DeSmog - The Very Best Of America's Top Political Climate Liars & Hacks - Are They On YOUR Ballot?
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North Carolina was recently devastated by Hurricane Florence, which has raised discussions of climate change in a historically skeptical state. The congressional seat in the Ninth District, which felt the impacts of Florence, is currently up for grabs after the Republican incumbent lost in the primary. Running on the Republican side is Mark Harris, a conservative Baptist preacher and avid Trump supporter. While Harris has run for office before, he has not won. In 2014 when asked if he believed in climate change, he simply said, “No.”
Running against Harris is Dan McCready, a Harvard Business School graduate and former marine who started a solar investment fund after graduating from Harvard. Polls show a tight race. Though both candidates were asked at a debate about their views on public education and climate change, neither directly answered the question.
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Rep. Rohrabacher is a longtime Congressman representing Orange County, California, who is known for climate denying statements such as, “I disagree with the theory that CO2, done by mankind, is a major cause for climate change.” Despite his district's typically conservative history (though Hillary Clinton beat Trump there by two points in 2016), Rohrabacher finds himself in a competitive race against Democrat Harley Rouda. Last week the Los Angeles Times reported that a national Super PAC closely aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan stopped spending money on Rohrabacher’s race — a troubling sign for his campaign— but perhaps a positive one for the climate.
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After belittling as “a little young and naive” an 18-year-old constituent who asked him about climate change (and his campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry), Pennsylvania Republican candidate for governor Scott Wagner said, “Are we here to elect a governor, or are we here to elect a scientist?” In past comments, Wagner has used typical denier talking points when discussing climate change, saying: “I haven’t been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year — you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun.” He went on to say: “We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off? Things are changing, but I think we are, as a society, doing the best we can.”
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https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/10/23/climate-deniers-cruz-wagner-higgins-harris-desantis-rohrabacher
