A Bunch of People Already in Office
The folks listed so far here are political newcomers, running against incumbents. But the climate denial call is coming from inside the house—literally. With almost every seat in the House and more than 30 Senate seats up for grabs, quite a few politicians who have made dubious and/or laughable statements about climate science are defending their seats this November.
There’s Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who just last year called climate science “bullshit.” In the House, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona claimed back in 2019 that photosynthesis disproved climate science. Missouri Rep. Jason Smith has made fun of the science behind the beef industry’s contribution to warming, while Rep. Tim Wahlberg of Michigan once said God would “take care of” climate change. And how can we forget Georgia’s Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has floated the theory that space lasers were responsible for California wildfires and who in June called climate change “healthy for all of us” and used Scooby-Doo memes in Congress to make false claims about the Green New Deal?
Rating: -10/10. All these people already have the power to make decisions about our democracy. Cool!!!!
