Steve Cortes founded the League of American Workers in 2022 as a conservative advocacy organization focused on labor and economic policy. He previously served as a senior adviser and Hispanic outreach lead during Donald Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. Cortes maintains an active role as a political commentator and senior political adviser for CatholicVote.
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2026-05-05
League of American Workers Founder Steve Cortes Discusses Energy Policy and the Case Against Wind PowerIn the latest episode of the Powering America Podcast, Steve Cortes, founder of the League of American Workers, discusses the inefficiencies and environmental concerns surrounding wind power. Cortes critiques government energy policies that favor wind and solar, arguing that natural gas is a more viable and cleaner energy source. He emphasizes the economic and aesthetic drawbacks of wind turbines, while advocating for a return to utilizing America's abundant natural gas resources.
Notable quotes
“Perhaps one of the worst offenses is the wind scam, and so that motivated me to make that documentary.”
“Wind does not work anywhere; it is literally a scam, a multi-billion dollar scam.”
“We are literally paying our existential enemy, the Chinese Communist Party, to import materials for a power source which doesn't work for American consumers.”
“In the meantime, for the near term to medium term, we have literally centuries of supply of natural gas.”
“We know how to access responsibly natural gas again. We can ship it via pipelines all over America.”
“I think there is a growing aversion to windmills; I think people are waking up to even if they subscribe generally to the so-called green agenda.”
