They always do.
Posted on 12/28/2017 10:53:29 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Democrats in both houses of Congress piled on President Trump Thursday night after he suggested that the northeastern U.S. could use some "global warming" to help recover from cold temperatures.
In his tweet earlier Thursday evening, Trump also incorrectly asserted that the U.S. would be the only country to contribute money to a climate fund under the Paris agreement, which Trump pledged to exit in June.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on
record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global
Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to
pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!
The tweet sparked rebuked from several Democratic lawmakers, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D), who tweeted that the U.S. has a "moral obligation" to combat climate change.
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethforma
I’m going to say something really crazy: I believe in science.
Climate change is real and we have a moral obligation to protect
this Earth for our children and grandchildren.
Warren was joined by fellow Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). Harris tweeted that local governments must confront climate issues while the administration won't, while Whitehouse implored the president to read a report on climate change produced by his own administration.
Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris
Climate change is real and it poses a grave threat to our nation
and our planet. It’s abundantly clear this Adminstration won’t
tackle climate change head on, so state and local governments
must.
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
This is just embarrassing. It’s clear facts don’t matter to you, but
here’s the new climate report from your administration that
affirms climate change is caused by human activity, and has
serious health, economic, and environmental consequences.
Read it.
The tweet also drew jabs from several California Democrats, including Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) also weighed in. Rice was the sharpest with her criticism, accusing the president of tweeting "like a child."
Kathleen Rice
@RepKathleenRice
Instead of tweeting like a child who hates science class, if you're
so worried about the cold you could always send your 45M+
followers info about how to find shelter, prevent hypothermia &
frost bite, prevent pipes from freezing, protect their pets, etc.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal
@RepJayapal
In 2017, there were about three record high temperatures in the
U.S. for every record low temperature. Weather is not the same
as climate. The president should be able to understand that. It
isn't hard.
Ted Lieu
@tedlieu
Either @realDonaldTrump doesn't understand the science
behind climate change, or he is intentionally misleading the
American people. Also, Merry Christmas (even though today is
Dec 28) because the President says we can say that again
(even though we have always been saying it).
Virginia Rep. Don Beyer (D), meanwhile, pointed out that Trump erroneously referred to the amount the U.S. would pay under the Paris agreement as "trillions" of dollars, accusing Trump of not understanding the deal he has often criticized. Wisconsin's Mark Pocan coined a nickname for Trump over the affair, "Denying Donald."
Rep. Don Beyer
@RepDonBeyer
1: This isn’t how climate change works.
2: We weren’t paying trillions of dollars. You didn’t understand
the Paris Agreement in June and you still don’t.
3: Climate Change is real. It is a serious threat to our children.
You need people on your team who can explain this to you.
Mark Pocan
@MarkPocan
Denying Donald doesn’t understand science. His ignorance is
our loss.
The tweet also drew criticism from former DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), who praised local efforts in Broward County, Florida to protect the state from the effects of climate change.
D Wasserman Schultz
@DWStweets
While Trump struggles to understand the difference between
temperature and climate, we must take action in our own
communities. We can’t afford to wait. Thank you Broward County
just like that, they took the bait.
Global warming is wrong and false. We called them on it. They are struggling wth this. Bad time to be a liberal.
Wrong move, Democrats. Wrooong move.
“Trump also incorrectly asserted that the U.S. would be the only country to contribute money to a climate fund under the Paris agreement”
Yea, he said other countries, not every country. Once again the media gets it wrong to fit their narrative. Rope. Tree. Journalist.
OMG this REALLY triggered the Dems!! LOL...
they always put words into the President’s tweets that weren’t there.
but fun to see their heads explode.
Over the next four years, the economy will get better, energy will get cheaper, and the weather might get colder.
Trump just got the Dem frontrunners to go on record saying they’d be doing the opposite of him.
I don't think that Trump's observation disproves AGW. But you a****les always blame Global Warming for just about every event but a cold snap.
Jayapal says it’s easy — weather is not climate. Uses weather to prove climate change.
These people are idiots. All next week all you’re going to see is weaponized autism publishing tweet after tweet of liberals saying this hurricane or that hot spell or this flood, yada, yada, yada is due to global warming. They’ll rue the day they tounge-lashed the greatest trolling troller to inhabit the White House. Trump has the libs on leash like a teacup poodle.
Could almost read, “Democrats in both parties...”
This lil' injun had to stop right there.
Pocahontas be heap big abortion suporter. Just sayin'.
Every time it is warm, the media goes globulwarming ape sht, Trump demures today once and they lose their minds because the hoax mainstream media is ridiculed
Golly gee Wally, Trump even put the word coldest in all capital letters and the retards still missed it.
21 climate models in use isn’t “settled science.” When they get to a single model, then go around saying you have a consensus. Until then you got gotz.
Triggered. Idiots!!
Notice how NOT ONE of the responses explains how it can be so cold if there’s so much “global warming due to human-produced CO2”, like the media has been screaming for years.
Al Gore said it would be so warm by now, most ski resorts would be out of business and the Arctic would be ice-free. Other scientists predicted a warming climate would bring north tropical pests and diseases.
So where’s all the warm-climate optimism now? What happened to the warm winters we were warned about?
THAT’S why the alarmists are scared, cold weather puts the lie - in real, feelable terms - to the the myth of a warming planet, and they know it!
Wait till the next winter storm socks Europe, then they’ll have some explaining to do.
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