(C) Common Dreams
This story was originally published by Common Dreams and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Chaos Erupts When Republican Candidates Are Asked if They Believe in Climate Change [1]
['Neil Vigdor', 'More About Neil Vigdor']
Date: 2023-08-23
It was an unusual litmus test for a Republican primary debate, one that quickly descended into personal attacks and obfuscation: The candidates were asked whether humans had contributed to climate change.
There is no scientific dispute that the answer is yes, but hardly any of the Republican candidates gave a straight answer.
Before they could raise their hands, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida broke in.
“Look, we’re not schoolchildren,” he said, rejecting the idea of a show-of-hands response. “Let’s have the debate.”
The line of questioning from the moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, was about the devastating wildfires in Maui and a recent tropical storm that caused flooding in Southern California. They mentioned rising ocean temperatures and played a clip from a young conservative, who asked how the Republicans running for president could assuage young people’s concerns about climate change.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/republican-debate-climate-change.html
Published and (C) by Common Dreams
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0..
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/commondreams/
