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Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a 'hoax,' dies at 89
ABC News via AP ^ | July 9, 2024 | Ken Miller (D) AP

Posted on 07/09/2024 10:50:45 AM PDT by willk

Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89.

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I heard it on ABC news break. Only said he died and that he denied climate change. Nearly all media has headline that he died and was climate denier. Ted Kennedy (who probably did more damage to this country than any other senator) was memorialized as The Lion of the Senate by the media but a Republican Senator death is only referred to as a denier of climate change.
1 posted on 07/09/2024 10:50:45 AM PDT by willk
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To: willk

Figures the AP, who embedded themselves with Hamas on Oct 7th, would trash this man after he died..meanwhile if he had been a Hamas member the AP would have praised him


2 posted on 07/09/2024 10:52:20 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: willk

The man was a hero and one of the few to call out this nation killing hoax.


3 posted on 07/09/2024 10:53:37 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: willk

Inhofe is gone, but climate change is still a hoax


4 posted on 07/09/2024 10:55:46 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: willk

Memory Eternal!


5 posted on 07/09/2024 10:59:57 AM PDT by Honorary Serb
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To: willk

one of the few good guys in Congress


6 posted on 07/09/2024 11:01:01 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: PGR88

Yep, still a hoax. Just a way for the left to get more money.


7 posted on 07/09/2024 11:01:34 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: willk

I bet he was a Flat Earth denier too!


8 posted on 07/09/2024 11:05:38 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: willk

RIP


9 posted on 07/09/2024 11:13:09 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: willk

Man caused climate change is a hoax.


10 posted on 07/09/2024 11:19:17 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: willk
his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change

Correction:

his denial ASSERTION that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change

Dumbass/biased pos msm.

11 posted on 07/09/2024 12:06:31 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: willk

The guy that the deep state tried to take out with a private plane crash.


12 posted on 07/09/2024 12:31:45 PM PDT by Revel
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To: CIB-173RDABN

None of the predictions ever came true but there is still time.


13 posted on 07/09/2024 12:33:19 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: willk

Surprised he was an ex-senator at only 89.


14 posted on 07/09/2024 12:36:20 PM PDT by Old Yeller (On judgement day, you’ll wish you were biblically correctly, not politically correct.)
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I know he was pilot. Iirc, he once lost a prop from his plane in flight, as it fell off.


15 posted on 07/09/2024 12:42:57 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: willk

Fox News had it at almost 11am:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-oklahoma-sen-jim-inhofe-dies-89


16 posted on 07/09/2024 2:08:33 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: OldHarbor

I met with him once at his DC office. He said as long as he could do a 360-degree loop he’d be a Senator.


17 posted on 07/09/2024 4:13:41 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free
His love of flying factored into his congressional work. He had about 50 years of experience as a pilot, and a few near-death experiences.

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James Inhofe, iconoclastic former senator from Oklahoma, dies at 89

I believe the prop falling off mid flight was one of the incidents.

18 posted on 07/10/2024 1:43:28 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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