To protect a lucrative tax break for his company, Continental Resources, Mr. Hamm waged a brutal campaign against the wind industry to convince lawmakers and the public that the tax breaks it received were the real problem.

In a 2016 commentary, he called the wind industry “parasitic” and a “drain on state coffers.”

Lying is an essential part of the oligarchs’ playbook.

Nevermind that Oklahoma spent roughly four times as much on tax breaks for the state’s oil-and-gas industry.

The hypocrisy of the oligarchy knows no bounds.