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Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) was OK with offshore drilling when former President Barack Obama proposed it in 2010.

From The Washington Free Beacon:

Florida senator Bill Nelson (D.) is labeling himself as a career-long opponent to drilling off his states coast, but he briefly dropped his guard during former president Barack Obamas first term.

Nelson, facing reelection this November, was fuming last week after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced he was reversing plans to open up Floridas coast to drilling and said the decision was made at the urging of Republican governor Rick Scott, his possible November opponent.

Nelson took to the Senate floor to call the announcement a political stunt and brag that hes been fighting offshore drilling since he was in the House of Representatives in the 1980s. He told Zinke in a letter hes fought to keep drilling away from Floridas coasts for decades now and put out a separate statement to reporters portraying himself as the last line of defense for the coasts.

There are no oil rigs off Floridas coast, and as long as Im around there will not be, Nelson said. Weve been at this battle now three decades, ever since I was congressman.

Nelsons opposition to drilling off Floridas coast, however, hasnt been as consistent as he portraysin 2010, he shocked environmentalists when he threw his support behind an Obama administration proposal for drilling 125 miles from Florida.

H/T Free Bacon

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