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on Climate Activist.
Throughout the day on Monday, conservatives on television and social media mocked and belittled the 16-year-old climate activist.
The Daily Wires Michael Knowles joined other conservative pundits and Fox News personalities in openly attacking 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg following her fiery speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Monday, calling the teenager a mentally ill Swedish child.
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Appearing on Fox News The Story on Monday evening, Knowles joined anchor Harris Faulkner and liberal commentator Christopher Hahn to discuss Mondays climate protests across the nation as well as Thunbergs speech. Knowles immediately went after the young climate activist.
If it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left, Knowles said, prompting Faulkner to ask Hahn to respond since he had a visceral reaction to the right-wing talkers comments.
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As Hahn continued to demand that Knowles take it back, the conservative podcaster stood by his remarks, repeating his claim that Thunberg is mentally ill while accusing the left of exploiting a girl with many mental illnesses. (For the record, Thunberg has been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, something she has called her superpower.)
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A Fox News spokesperson provided the following statement to The Daily Beast on Knowles remarks: The comment made by Michael Knowles who was a guest on The Story tonight was disgraceful - we apologize to Greta Thunberg and to our viewers.
Fox News also told The Hollywood Reporters Jeremy Barr that it has no plans to book Knowles again as a guest.
more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-guest-calls-greta-thunberg-mentally-ill-swedish-child-as-right-wing-unleashes-on-climate-activist
tblue37
(65,483 posts)previously planned vacations. She compared Greta to the leader of the kids in Children of the Corn.
catrose
(5,073 posts)Oh, and scientists have been telling us for at least 50 years about climate change. That worked, didn't it?
maxrandb
(15,349 posts)They need to go the way of the Nazi propadandist for the destruction they've enabled and encouraged to our country.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)JFC, it's tabloid TV. I had to shut it off after the "lefty guy" called him a skinny boy.
There's a reason WWE is so popular in this country... STILL.