Surprise! Another Politician's Hypocrisy On Climate Change Policy

Republican Congressman Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania hated
President Biden's climate spending, but his business
dipped right into it to the tune of $315,000

 Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa) really didn't like President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Not a lot of Republicans did. And that's their right, the loyal opposition and all that. 

That is until the hypocrisy sets in. There's plenty of examples, but Kelly's is the latest and one of the more over the top of all the examples. Kelly used the climate portion of the act to receive a grant to install solar panels at one of his car dealerships. 

He got quite a bit of money out of the deal, too.  According to HuffPost:

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a Uniontown dealership owned by Mike Kelly Automotive Group a nearly $315,000 grant to install a 261.9 kilowatt solar panel array, according to the Erie Times-News, the local news outlet that first reported the grant on Monday. The grant is set to save the firm $23,700 per year in energy costs, according to the USDA."

After the Inflation Reduction Bill was signed into law, Kelly said it was "loaded with bad policy and wasteful spending that will ultimately worsen inflation, expand government and hurt the middle class.

He really hated the law's climate provisions, at least supposedly. Kelly said in a statement at about the time the Inflation Reduction Act became law that the climate change portion of the spending package was wasteful and elitist. 

I guess Kelly forgot to mention he was one of those "elitists."

Responding to all this, a Kelly spokesman said:

"Representative Kelly's energy policy has always supported an all-of-the-above approach.... Additionally, Rep. Kelly does not have an active role in the day-to-day operations of his family's business. "

Ya, sure he's invested in the business but has no idea what's going on with it. Tell me another one.