Opinion: GOP heartlessness is a political loser
Workers open the gates of the Bonnet Carre spillway, a river diversion structure, which diverts water from the rising Mississippi River, to Lake Pontchartrain, in Norco, La. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 27 at 2:30 PM You may have already seen the viral video of Rep.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez March 27, 2019 That’s political gold — and not only because it provides such a glaring contrast to cynical Republican know-nothingism: “During floor debate ahead of a vote on the Green New Deal," The Post noted,"Sen. Mike Lee told his colleagues that if they really want to address environmental concerns they’ll encourage people to couple off and have more babies.
In fact, Democrats need to label emergency funding bills for natural disasters “Climate damage abatement” — let know-nothing Republicans argue about that. So long as Trump and his ilk can mock science and paint those aware of the threat as hysterics, a good 35 percent or so of the country will reject sensible measures to abate the problem.
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