Minnesota State Wire

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is pushing for President Joe Biden to end the Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project in Minnesota, which would cause many jobs to be lost in the state.

Biden already killed thousands of jobs when he ended the Keystone XL Pipeline.

The Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project began in December. It has so far provided approximately 8,600 jobs — 4,200 of which are union construction jobs.

"It's clear that Ilhan Omar is more focused on serving radical environmental special interests than she is in the availability of thousands of well paying jobs for Minnesotans.” Ian Prior, the spokesman for The Empower Alliance, said in a statement. “With people's livelihoods already sacrificed to those same special interests with the cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline, it would be pure lunacy to kick thousands more hard-working Minnesotans to the curb in the middle of a pandemic to satisfy Omar's radical anti-worker agenda.”

The pipeline project will provide a $2 billion boost to the state’s economy and would create $334 million in payroll. It also increases the local property tax revenue by $35 million.