Posted on 06/19/2019 8:08:33 PM PDT by Ennis85
President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations has broken with his viewpoint on climate change, saying it "poses real risks".
Kelly Craft told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing she would "be an advocate for all countries to do their part in addressing climate change".
In the past, she had claimed to believe "both sides" of the climate debate.
Mr Trump has previously called climate change a "hoax" and questioned the scientific consensus on the matter.
Earlier this month, Mr Trump said climate change "goes both ways" and blamed other nations for worsening air and water quality.
In 2017, he pulled the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, saying the deal was disadvantageous to US workers.
Mrs Craft who is currently serving as the ambassador to Canada, had offered a similar opinion in 2017, telling CBC she believed "there are scientists on both sides that are accurate".
But she reversed that viewpoint on Wednesday, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "human behaviour has contributed to the changing climate".
"Let there be no doubt: I take this matter seriously."
She also acknowledged "that fossil fuels have played a part in climate change".
However, Mrs Craft did support Mr Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord, saying the US did not have to "be part of an agreement to be leaders".
She added that the US should not have to assume "an outsized burden on behalf of the rest of the world".
Mr Trump's nominee has been under scrutiny over her ties to the coal industry as she is married to Joseph Craft III, the head of Alliance Resource Partners, one of the country's largest coal companies.
After being grilled by Democrats on how she would handle fossil fuel discussions in the UN, Mrs Craft pledged
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Get Nikki Haley back
*** Get Nikki Haley back ***
No thanks, her screeching petulant stomp out histrionics were an embarrassment to civility and any sense of decorum.
Get rid of her now and fire the person who recommended her.
Trump keeps doing this. What is he thinking, that is he plays nic and tries to make friends with our enemies everything will be ok?
“It really seems like he sends his worst people to the UN almost out of contempt for their institution.”
Democrats do the same thing on the committees. I mean, Maxine Waters in charge of the financial services committee?
Drop her like a hot rock.
Hysterically funny! LMAO! Rather well done. FReegards.
;^)
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