Bruce Blakeman’s solar phase

This post was originally published on Politico.

Republican Bruce Blakeman created Sustainable Technology LLC in 2017, pitching a federal contract to build a border wall of solar panels to President Donald Trump.

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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has made questioning the state’s commitment to green energy a key plank of his gubernatorial platform.

Not so long ago, he had an entirely different focus. Back in 2017, the Republican served as a green energy company executive who was seeking a multibillion dollar federal contract to build a border wall comprised of solar panels.

“The best thing about it is we could sell the energy to Mexico,” Blakeman said at the time during an appearance on Fox News. “So in fact, they would