Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Image

Born at night but not last night.

Analyzing the U.S. Chamber’s new and improved rhetoric

Sheldon Whitehouse
1 min readJul 3, 2019

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After years when inaction was @USChamber top goal, now it wants us to believe it’s sincere that “inaction is not an option.” Born at night but not last night. #ChamberofCarbon

.@USChamber claims to support “innovation,” but it opposes price on carbon that provides the business case for innovation — hoping Innovation Fairy will fly down? #ChamberofCarbon

Is @USChamber’s new and improved rhetoric just windowdressing to quiet members demanding that it stop blocking climate action? I hope members weren’t born last night. #ChamberofCarbon

@USChamber is America’s largest business lobby, dominant in Republican Party. How will we know when @USChamber is sincere? When Senate Republicans come forward to work on serious climate bill. Until then, window dressing. #ChamberofCarbon

America’s largest business lobby should reflect the business consensus that we must act on climate, or fess up and call itself #ChamberofCarbon.

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