‘Political Warfare’: Billionaire Climate Elitists Pose as MAGA to Eliminate ‘Enemy’ Chip Roy

In this RAIR Foundation article, Renee Nal reports that billionaire crypto figure Chris Larsen and former Sierra Club chief Michael Brune are openly discussing a strategy to push climate politics inside conservative circles by using MAGA-style messaging, Republican primary spending, and targeted attacks against conservatives such as Rep. Chip Roy.

• The article says Larsen and Brune, through the Clean Break Fund and allied political operations, are moving away from failed ESG messaging and toward language designed to appeal to conservatives, including cost, energy reliability, and faith-friendly framing.
• Larsen is quoted describing ESG as a “total failure” and saying climate advocates should stop emphasizing terms like equity and sustainability when trying to reach Republican voters.
• RAIR argues that groups such as ClearPath, Evangelical Environmental Network, and American Conservation Coalition are being used to rebrand climate activism as conservative-friendly environmentalism.
• The central example is Rep. Chip Roy, whom Larsen reportedly called “the biggest enemy for solar in Congress,” with the article claiming climate-aligned money helped fund anti-Roy ads in the Texas Republican primary.
• According to the article, those ads did not mention climate change but instead attacked Roy from the right, portraying him as insufficiently loyal to Trump and MAGA.
• RAIR frames this as deceptive political warfare: left-aligned climate donors allegedly posing as grassroots conservatives to influence GOP voters against anti-subsidy Republicans.
• The article connects the campaign against Roy to his opposition to Inflation Reduction Act green-energy subsidies, which he has called the “Green New Scam.”
• Brune is portrayed as arguing that opponents of climate subsidies must face consequences, while Larsen suggests Republican primaries are the real battlefield in safe GOP districts.
• RAIR warns that other conservatives could be next, naming potential targets such as Andy Biggs, Ralph Norman, and Nancy Mace, while also noting support for more climate-friendly Republicans such as Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
• The article concludes that this strategy represents an attempt by wealthy climate interests to infiltrate, reshape, and discipline the conservative movement from within rather than persuade voters openly.

Read the full story:
https://rairfoundation.com/political-warfare-billionaire-climate-elitists-pose-as-maga/