First off, not the Republicans. Just the GOP. Different group of ppl these days.
Secondly, Big oil and ICE vehicles are dead. They just do not know it. In another month, Tesla will have start delivering their Model 3s. By end of 2018, they are supposed to be delivering more than 400,000 cars / year. They will also be announcing 4 new gigafactories, which will start going online by 2019. At that time, they will introduce their $35K X-over AND a $40K truck with more torque than all of the ford or GM lines, except for their very top trucks (such as the diesel F350). 
At that point, it is game over.