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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 12:12 AM Feb 2017

Senator Ed Markey: 'GOP, In A Modern Era, Stands For 'Gas And Oil Party'

During the confirmation hearing for Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Senator Ed Markey asked Pruitt point-blank if he believed climate change was a hoax.

"Donald Trump has called global warming a hoax caused by the Chinese," Markey said. "Do you agree that global warming is a hoax?"

Pruitt replied, "I do not."

"So Donald Trump is wrong?" Markey asked.

"I do not believe climate change is a hoax," Pruitt responded.

Read more: http://news.wgbh.org/2017/01/20/local-news/senator-ed-markey-gop-modern-era-stands-gas-and-oil-party

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Senator Ed Markey: 'GOP, In A Modern Era, Stands For 'Gas And Oil Party' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Let's all adopt this framing. Liberty Belle Feb 2017 #1
That's why the Saudis aren't on the terrorists list. Alice11111 Feb 2017 #4
Markey is just plain wrong.. pkdu Feb 2017 #2
Yes, TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #3

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
4. That's why the Saudis aren't on the terrorists list.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 03:24 AM
Feb 2017

They could get pissed and drive down oil prices again.

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