Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm, a major Republican donor and confidant for President DonaldTrump, said he’s waiting for all “legal” votes to be counted and expressed relief that Congress willprovide a backstop against potential legislation that could be harmful to the once-booming shalepatch.“I believe that had the Democrats’ position to eliminate oil and gas -- they call fracking -- had thatbeen known at the commencement of early voting, the outcome would have swung further toPresident Trump,” Hamm, the chairman and founder of Continental Resources Inc. told analystsand investors Friday on a conference call announcing third-quarter results. “Thank goodness itlooks like we’re going to control the Senate and add to the House representation. That’s the gamewe’ll be playing again to hold them at bay.”
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