Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, has withdrawn his support for a GOP climate bill after facing backlash from conservative groups. The bill included a carbon border tax, which some organizations criticized for potentially increasing inflation and prices. Wicker's decision to abandon the bill has raised questions about the bill's ability to achieve its goals of reducing global emissions and protecting US jobs.
Senate Republicans announced a long-awaited plan to tax carbon-intensive imports. But it’s unclear if the bill will be able to achieve its twin aims of lowering global emissions and protecting U.S. jobs. https://t.co/IcbLaHLsKy
Kudos to @SenatorWicker for bailing out of the latest hare-brained GOP climate bill supported by Sens. @LindseyGrahamSC, @BillCassidy and others. No non-RINO Republican has any business doing anything on the climate hoax or than opposing it. https://t.co/XDV8hPSzkj https://t.co/iZsPbzn9qi
🟡Scoop: GOP Sen. Wicker bailed on climate bill after blowback from conservative orgs, per two people familiar. Some orgs were stunned at his support of carbon border tax. His office fielded criticism the bill would undercut GOP on inflation & lift prices https://t.co/15l6JCOY4P
Key Senator ditches GOP climate bill after conservative pushback https://t.co/vnF7te3ysp
🟡 SCOOP: Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. withdrew his support of a GOP climate bill after encountering major blowback from conservative groups, @josephzeballos reports. https://t.co/a3UzsFzdvt
🟡Scoop: @SenatorWicker confirms he is off the GOP climate bill, @josephzeballos reports https://t.co/S35XaZo75V