So CUTE! That Rich Republican Businessman Who Wants GOP Candidates To Talk About Climate!!

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Jay Faison has never been afraid of risk. From trekking through East Africa to launching a business in Portugal and a series of start-ups back home.

Now Faison, 47, is taking his most public risk – betting $175 million that he and his ClearPath foundation can convince fellow Republicans that man-made climate change is real, and that they can do something about it. Since the Charlotte businessman announced the campaign last month, he has contributed more than $800,000 to GOP politicians who support the cause. That vaults Faison to the top ranks of donors across the country. Almost overnight, he has become a new power player in the 2016 elections and in a political landscape increasingly influenced by super PACs and wealthy donors.

He already has drawn fire. Last month Sen. James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and is one of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken deniers of man-made climate change, warned that Faison’s money could appeal to some lawmakers.

“When they see how much money is there … they might be tempted to give them a vote,” he told a conference of fellow climate skeptics. “This is why you have this last guy with $175 million claiming to be a Republican, and all it takes is one or two or three of the senators to say, maybe I’ll appease them.”

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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article28763269.html

[Turbineguy]

1. He'll need to pay them more that that.