what's missing is that these are individual donors meaning they work in the industry...

it doesn't mean the companies within the industry are donating large chunks of money

why this matters is context

the obvious common sense version is...this is TEXAS

that industry is one of the largest industries in the state

so it's pretty obvious that an obvious and unapologetic backer of Bernie conveniently throws out a stat that sounds sensational if you don't know or understand context

it's trying to make him look beholden to big oil when he's really just you know beholden to his constituents

that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how this data is presented btw bc his individual donor was huge across a ton of different industries and scaled pretty predictably based on what industries employ the most individuals in the state