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The Hill forwards DeMint's tweet attacking global warming

February 10, 2010 6:35 am ET by Media Matters staff

From a February 9 post on The Hill's Twitter Room blog:

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Tuesday used the D.C. snowstorm to make a political jab, saying that it provides evidence for global warming skeptics.

The conservative senator took to Twitter on Tuesday amid reports that the area is due to receive another 10 to 20 inches of snow this week:

It's going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries "uncle"

Some conservatives have echoed DeMint's sentiments that the snowstorm should poke holes in evidence backing global warming. 

DeMint took direct aim at the former vice president, who is one of the foremost proponents of government action to counter global warming. 

Reports of more snow caused the House of Representatives to call off the rest of its votes scheduled for this week. The Washington, D.C. area was blanketed with about two feet of snow last week, causing the Senate to adjourn earlier than expected on Thursday. 

The South Carolina senator was not the first Republican to use the snowstorm to make a political point. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas) said that absence of votes in the House is a plus for taxpayers.

Previously:

Brain Freeze: Conservative media still using winter weather to attack global warming

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    • Author by Old55 (February 10, 2010 6:46 am ET)
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      But as someone here pointed out in another story, they're having to ship snow into Vancouver for the Olympics, since it's been so warm there. If Hannity's listeners are so simple as to believe him, I feel sorry. Global Warming just means average temperatures are rising around the world, and your particular location may or may not be warmer during a particular week/month/season. What Global Warming brings is mroe severe changes in weather. Just because a certain season may be colder than normal is not grounds for declaring man-made Global Warming a 'hoax'.
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      • Author by punkin (February 10, 2010 7:41 am ET)
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        something else to keep in mind: the climate scientists didn't say there would be less precipitation, more drought with global warming (or "climate change" as it is more accurately referred to). Quite the contrary. As the ambient air temperature rises polar ice caps and high elevation snow and glaciers melt with much more of that moisture becoming airborn. More moisture in the air means more rain and snow.
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        • Author by Dharmasatya (February 10, 2010 8:41 am ET)
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          Very good point, Punkin, but I think it needs to be said that this increase in OVERALL moisture does not mean that the Sahara is going to experience Monsoon or that Death Valley will become another ocean.

          I find it amazing that people who have been educated in North America don't understand the basics of how weather works, how our atmosphere circulates or how things like the jet stream and ocean currents drive our weather systems. None of these concepts are difficult to grasp for young children and the more "difficult" concepts can be easily taught to fourth, fifth and sixth graders.

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    • Author by mmfa.fan (February 10, 2010 6:47 am ET)
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      Hey now, no room for facts here. There are political points to score.
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      • Author by mk3872 (February 10, 2010 9:56 am ET)
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        No matter how much of an idiot that makes one look.

        One of the best Dem response lines during last weekend's storm was this:

        If Republican's cannot tell the difference between climate and weather, then that is their problem
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    • Author by txthinker (February 10, 2010 9:46 am ET)
         
      Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas) said that absence of votes in the House is a plus for taxpayers.

      And Lynn Jenkins is a minus for Kansas.
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    • Author by bilbo_dies (February 10, 2010 9:50 am ET)
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      Here we go:

      The South Carolina senator was not the first Republican to use the snowstorm to make a political point. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kansas) said that absence of votes in the House is a plus for taxpayers.


      That should tell you all you need to know.
      It isn't about facts.
      It isn't about science.

      It is all about politics.
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