Sen. Schatz leaves Trumps climate-denying NASA nominee sputtering nonsense

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Source: Think Progress

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A Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday morning exposed just how unfit former Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is to run NASA, one of the country’s leading scientific agencies.

At a hearing in front of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Trump’s controversial climate science-denying nominee revealed that he doesn’t even know the science he denies.

Unlike previous NASA chiefs, Bridenstine is a politician without any scientific credentials, and for that reason alone his nomination had already been blasted by senators on both sides of the aisle. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told Politico, “I just think [his nomination] could be devastating for the space program.”

And on Wednesday, Rubio’s Democratic counterpart, Sen. Nelson (FL), gave a 10-minute opening statement on just how bad Bridenstine could be for NASA.

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/bridenstine-senate-hearing-nasa-647e8baac174/

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This nominee is an idiot------------------

[Achilleaze]

1. Republican nominee is disgraceful and

America cannot afford to have an incompetent and ideologically prejudiced idiot in charge. Republicans continue to endanger America with their lies.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. All trump appointments are designed to destroy America and our government.

I wish this wasnt true, but it is.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Indeed the appointments are all designed to give morons a chance to destroy them. Fascism unleashed.

[riversedge]

4. Sane folks know it to be true.

[red dog 1]

7. + 1

[byronius]

12. +2

[bdamomma]

17. they are our

homegrown terrorists.......we need to seek criminal charges on all of them.

[HopeAgain]

21. Banon's deconstruction of the administrative state in action. Nt

[Angry Dragon]

5. another repub idiot

[The Blue Flower]

6. Bill Nelson is running against Rick Scott

He can use your help.

[Lochloosa]

9. Yes he does.

[HopeAgain]

22. I'm concerned with this race

Scott will have lots of resources

[red dog 1]

8. Kick

I wonder how many Senate Republicans besides Rubio will vote against this idiot's confirmation as NASA chief?

[left-of-center2012]

10. I totally agree with Sen Nelson, but ...

I'd like to hear the nominee's weasley response.

[bobbieinok]

11. Bridenstine is a disgrace to OK and my alma mater

He's my representative.

He and Jeb's son both graduated from my alma mater (61 grad). The standards seem to have declined drastically.

In my day, every grad got extensive training in science, no matter what your major was.

[DK504]

13. Will the Senate do anything to save science in this country?

Or will they continue to roll over like good little sub-missives. Where will those oh so courageous and strong senators that have "spoken out" against the Traitor?

[Ilsa]

14. So, will the Rs vote him in?

They voted in DeVos, and her job is every bit as critical to the support of critical thinking, education, assistance for the disabled, etc.

[OKNancy]

15. He's not a "former" member of Congress

He is currently sitting his ugly ass in a Congressional seat.

[pangaia]

16. Do you have a link to the video with Schatz? Can't seem to find it..

thanks

[pangaia]

18. I found the Schatz link...

blecvhk

[billh58]

19. Try this...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bridenstine-nasa-confirmation-hearing_us_59f9bdaae4b0d1cf6e91b823

Asked by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) if he believes humans are the primary cause of climate change, Bridenstine said, “It’s going to depend on a whole lot of factors, and we’re still learning more about that every day.”

[GulfCoast66]

20. Folks, help us keep Nelson!

Hearing his Southern Drawl defending our values made me think of old Walkin’ Lawton and brought tears to my ears.

Governor Skelator is challenging Nelson next year. The polling now looks good but Scott will bring 100 million to the battle. We Floridians must work hard to defend our last statewide office held by a member of the Democratic Party.

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. Worse than unqualified

Malqualified.

[Cold War Spook]

24. Watched the video.

I have just one question. Did he wet his pants?