Climate scepticism is the touchstone for identifying true Republicans
Republicans of the 118th Congress overwhelmingly reject 'Climate Science' propaganda
Center for American Progress’s fav pop-psych term, "denier," best applies to addicts refusing to admit to their problems. "Climate denier" implies the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming hypothesis is so obviously correct that only the clinically delusional could doubt it.
CAP’s first "Deniers in Congress"
report defines "climate denier" as anyone:
- questioning the "scientific consensus" on climate change; or,
- saying: "the climate is always changing;" or,
- not believing climate change poses a serious threat; or,
- questioning the extent of human contribution to climate change.
Subsequent reports hone "deniers" to anyone saying:
- climate change is a hoax; or,
- observed climate changes are natural; or,
- humans contribute little to climate change; or,
- climate science is unsettled.
The 115
th Congress (2016-18) yielded:
- 180 "deniers" – all Republicans;
- 142 in the House, constituting 59% of House Republicans;
- 38 in the Senate, constituting 73% of Senate Republicans.
CAP’s second
report scours the 116
th Congress (resulting from the 2018 mid-terms wherein Democrats gained 41 seats). Authors enjoyed the cropped tally of "deniers" (150), whilst bemoaning:
"…the number is still high enough to hamstring Congressional efforts to tackle climate change through legislation in the 116th."
Climate scepticism is the touchstone for identifying true Republicans
CAP’s 117
th Congress (2020-22)
report guestimates:
- 139 "deniers" – all Republican;
- 109 in the House, constituting 52% of House Republicans;
- 30 in the Senate, constituting 60% of Senate Republicans.
This report
undercounts Republican climate sceptics.
Marjorie Taylor Greene,
Lauren Boebert,
Bob Good, and
Andrew Clyde each oppose the climate agenda and express doubts about cli-fi. All served in the 117
th. None adorn CAP’s list. Others…?
Meanwhile, CAP notes: "
no currently serving Democrat or Independent elected officials have engaged in explicit climate denial."
The climate issue breaks the slate clean along party lines. Climate splits the Uni-party. Climate science scepticism unites Republicans. Climate scepticism is the touchstone for identifying true Republicans.
Unsurprisingly,
Paul Gosar is a listed "denier"; but here’s
Liz Cheney, on-air, calling climate science: "
junk science."
Mitch McConnell and
Kevin McCarthy both bear the Scarlet D; as do
Marco Rubio,
Ted Cruz,
Rand Paul,
John Neely Kennedy and
Mike Lee and
hundreds more, recent and current, Republican Congressional members.
Strange smear, that: "climate denier"
While climate scepticism forms a sweeping majoritarian viewpoint within the Party, Republican sceptics seem unawares of their own strength. CAP low-balls "deniers" in the 117
th and there’s more in the 118
th – probably 80% of seated Republicans.
Moreover:
Ten Senators, whom CAP’s village scolds tarred as "deniers," sought re-election in 2022. All won!
Seventy-six House Republican "deniers" tromboned into the 2022 parade. Seventy-five won re-election!
Strange smear, that: "climate denier."
CAP sought to pry-open a rusty crankcase of retiring "deniers" like American hero, Senator Inhofe (who stood solid for 36 years against torrents of criticism). CAP, however, uncovered Congressional resistance to "climate science" at a scale CAP’s superiors couldn’t handle.
If such scepticism persists after forty years of withering propaganda and comprehensive corruption of science;
then might not the entire "Energy Transition" wreck upon Republican reefs?
Said prospect being unthinkable, latter reports depict "deniers" as a shrinking, beatable fringe.
Denial, anyone?
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