He had no business showing up at the hearing.
Posted on 03/25/2024 4:27:55 AM PDT by Libloather
Senate Democrats were left red-faced at a hearing on climate change as their 'expert witness' proved to be anything but when faced by veteran senator John Kennedy.
Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse invited Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to give his perspective as the committee considered the impact of climate change on the recreation industry.
But it was all downhill for the 23-year-old as he struggled to answer basic questions and could not remember his tweets claiming the war on drugs was designed to jail black people, and calling for the police to be abolished.
The excruciating exchange continued with Schumacher insisting carbon dioxide is a 'huge part of our atmosphere', before Kennedy pointed out that it accounts for 0.04 percent.
'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know,' the skier admitted.
Introducing the hearing, Senator Whitehouse praised the quality of the 'highly credible witnesses' the committee had heard from.
'We have heard warnings from economists, scientists, medical professionals, insurance and investment executives, even a former Republican Senate Majority Leader. They warn of danger ahead.'
But there was danger ahead for Schumacher as he tried to fend off Kennedy's interrogation which began with a question about what carbon dioxide is.
'I went to high school, but carbon dioxide is a gas,' the skier told him
'I'm not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much.'
But Kennedy demanded an explanation about the gas's role in climate change.
'Carbon dioxide is, what I see it as, you know, a gas that exists in our atmosphere,' Schumacher explained.
'Is it a major part of our atmosphere?' Kennedy asked innocently.
'It's a huge part of our atmosphere,' the skier insisted.
'It's a very small part of our atmosphere,' the Senator pointed out.
'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know. What are you asking specifically?'...
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Schumacher, you're a Deep State tool. And continuing proof, as if it were needed, that Deep State doesn't hire you lot for brains.
Get a load of this...
https://protectourwinters.org/alliance/gus-schumacher/
Then follow the money...
“Gorebal Warning”
I see what you mean... a lot of sports equipment producers with vested interests.
What’s the male word for airhead?
So they hired Jeff Spicoli to testify about climate change ? Rad Man !!!!
Algore and Enron invented the fraud.
Follow the outflow of money too. It looks like they are very good at getting donors to finance vacations. All they had to do was measure the depth of the snow.
They even raked in $106k in Covid money.
EC
He had no business showing up at the hearing.
This kid who has been indoctrinated from whatever schools he attended is only there because of his Olympic skier status and is being used as a tool to carry the globalist’s phony climate change word to young people who think he is cool.
He doesn’t know anything about what he is talking about but all that matters is that the media would carry the pics and the word that he addressed Congress as an expert. LOL
He would have been wise to stick to being a tool of what he knows about. Like skiing.
+1
In other news, the Rockies and Sierra Nevada ski resorts are enjoying some of the longest ski seasons on record.
One comment compare him to Jeff Spicoli. LOL!
Kennedy always has the receipts.
“is being used as a tool”
He’s definitely a tool.
“All I need is some cool waves and a tasty buzz and I’m fine”
Anymore...I think I’d settle for that.
BFL
And Sen. Kennedy was the one who who went to high school...or at least was the one who paid some attention. They need not call Schumacher up again as a witness for much of anything...except maybe skiing.
If they wanted real witnesses & the Three Stooges were available........
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