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</div><div>sparked by </div><div>November 20, 2019The AEA purchased a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191209180716/https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/2019/11/aea-launches-initiative-calling-on-republican-senators-to-end-welfare-for-auto-manufacturers-and-wealthy-coastal-elites/" data-wpel-link="external" target="blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;">full-page advertisement</a> in The Wall Street Journal calling on the Republican-led Senate to “protect consumers and taxpayers by eliminating the electric vehicle tax credit once and for all.” <a href="https://www.desmog.com/american-energy-alliance-aea/#s78" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;">[78]</a>The ad described the EV tax credit as a subsidy for “wealthy coastal elites,” 50% of whom reside in California. <a href="https://www.desmog.com/american-energy-alliance-aea/#s78" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none;">[78]</a>AEA President <a href="https://www.desmog.com/thomas-pyle" target="blank" rel="noopener external noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none;">Thomas Pyle</a> justified the ad with a statement on AEA’s website: <a href="https://www.desmog.com/american-energy-alliance-aea/#s78" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none;">[78]</a><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="font-size: small; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; position: relative; margin-top: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“House Democrats have made expanding the electric vehicle subsidy a top priority before Congress wraps up for the year. This move would essentially enrich two auto companies, GM and Tesla, along with wealthy coastal elites, mainly from California and New York. It’s now up to the Republicans in the U.S. Senate to stop the madness. No deals, no extensions. Majority Leader McConnell and his Senate GOP colleagues must protect consumers and taxpayers by eliminating the electric vehicle tax credit once and for all. At the very least, they must block the proposed expansion of this welfare program for the wealthy.” <a href="https://www.desmog.com/american-energy-alliance-aea/#s78" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; box-shadow: none;">[78]</a></blockquote></div>