Republican Attacks 'Naive' Young Voter for Asking About His Deranged Views on Climate Change

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

https://splinternews.com/republican-attacks-naive-young-voter-for-asking-about-h-1827715869

In video from a town hall event in Glenside, PA on Wednesday, state Senator Scott Wagner took a question from a woman later identified as a volunteer with Sunrise Movement, a climate change advocacy group.

The woman said her name was Rose, age 18, and asked if Wagner’s citing “body heat” from humans as a source of climate change—he told a reporter last March that “We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off?”—has anything to do “with the 200,000 that you have taken from the fossil fuel industry?”

Wagner dodged the question, instead responding: “Rose, you know I appreciate you being here. You’re 18 years old, you’re a little young and naive.” Most of the audience responded by laughing and applauding the old man joke.

Aside from his batshit remarks about the environment—and the $203,000 in contributions he received from the oil and gas industry, according to campaign finance records—Wagner doesn’t get better from there. He’s a pro-Donald Trump friend of Wall Street who supports drilling on public lands, opposes sanctuary cities and local gun control efforts, and once took it upon himself to physically confiscate a camera from a researcher. Sitting Governor Tom Wolf is still leading in the polls, but all bets are basically off in 2018.

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[dalton99a]

1. Eh, because Republican science is better than regular science

[Laffy Kat]

2. And bet he wouldn't have said that to a young man.

She's old enough to vote, Sen. Scott, you condescending asshole.

[jalan48]

3. I'd like to see her run against him. He could take his old and bought off and become a lobbyist.

[maxsolomon]

4. Next time she'll craft the question more incisively

So he can't wave her off so easily. Pols are good at this, we need to learn how to counter it.

Maybe if you add a preamble that explicitly states your expectation of his bad faith?

[world wide wally]

5. So, he's saying you should elect a "stupid" governor

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. Funny how none of the jagoffs are scientists when it's convenient. But they have no

issue pretending to be medical experts when it comes to women's health and their private parts.