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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It really seems like he sends his worst people to the UN almost out of contempt for their institution.
Who in the hell is vetting these people?
Here we go again.
SHE’S A CONFORMIST, VIRTUE-SIGNALING, IGNORANT IDIOT.
CO2 is plant food.
So our UN Ambassador doesn’t reflect the views of the president (or the people) who appointed her?
What about loyalty? The President chooses you for a role -- go out there and support HIS vision. His vision matters. Yous does not. Shut up and support the President's agenda.
But she reversed that viewpoint on Wednesday, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “human behaviour has contributed to the changing climate”.
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So, so, so STUPID and GULLIBLE.
Since when does the boss not get his employees in line on company policy?!?!?!?
Fire her butt...and her loud mouth too.
Trump really knows to pick them doesn’t he? :-)
Why is this so hard for people?
OF COURSE there is climate change! Always has been.
The point is, that activities of man have nothing to do with it, and nothing man can do can stop it or alter the natural course of climate change.
FFS.
Climate Changes all the time
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Only leftists think this is weird and the world is ending.
He need to stop sending people to the UN and announce that they are as worthless as the Paris Climate Accord and pull out of the UN with Israel and tell them they have 30 days to leave. Then turn the building over to the homeless.
For the sake of argument let’s assume that global warming *is* caused by man. If that’s the case, and if all manufacturing has moved to China, shouldn’t the environmentalists be complaining to China?
This is a government thing that is foreign to President Trump
In private industry, when Donald Trump wanted to build a building, he gave the vision, what it would be used for, what it would look like, how tall it would be etc. He hired engineers, designers, lawyers, contractors to get it done. He did not hire them to give them their vision of what is should be.
Only in government where your personal view can overrule your boss.
I think about this regarding supreme court, except for Justice Thomas and Alito, everyone else their believe their view matters, it doesn’t. They are only their to apply the law to the constitution and if it is not there, is should be ruled unconstitutional. Over the many decades, the Constitution went from being the final word, to a “living document” so liberals can make it say whatever they want it to say, like killing babies is an unlimited right, while at the same time saying the 2nd amendment can be restricted.
That is in his 2nd term, he has always said the best thing to do with the UN is to turn its building into apartments
My first thought/question: Do Javanka know this person and did they suggest this person?
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