Jason Chaffetz has no response for a little girl who asked if he believes inscience

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has had a rough couple of weeks. Earlier this month, public outcry forced him to withdraw his bill to sell off 3.3 million acres of public lands.

Then in a raucous town hall held at a Salt Lake City high school Thursday, 10-year old Hannah Bradshaw had two simple questions for the climate-science-denying congressman:

“What are you doing to help protect our water and air for our generations and my kids’ generations?”
“Do you believe in science? Because I do.”

Chaffetz’s weak and evasive responses were not well received by his constituents.

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https://thinkprogress.org/young-girl-burns-chaffetz-at-town-hall-do-you-believe-in-science-because-i-do-2c973cf8c23e#.34qlxepyc

[ck4829]

1. And why would he? He said people like her are clearly "paid protesters"

[Egnever]

2. Sounds like his answer was

No I don't believe in science....."Coal is a big part of our future"....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. I hear buggy whips

and horse drawn carriages are too.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Of course it was, and he personally isnt any smarter than his answers.

He is selling off all our land, by the way.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. She is smarter than he is.

[3catwoman3]

6. Perhaps he is embarrassed to come right out...

...and admit he does not.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. He should be embarrassed, continually and publicly, as often as possible

Because he must be exposed.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. The question that ought to be asked of people is NOT

"Do you believe in science?" but "Do you understand science?"

And follow up questions need to include ones about essential scientific facts, such as "Why do you suppose we don't just all float off the earth and out into space?" "What do you suppose the word theory means when we refer to the theory of gravity?" "Does the earth revolve around the sun, or does the sun revolve around the earth?"

"Believing" in science isn't an option, any more than than floating off the surface of the earth is.

I can "believe" in all sorts of magical and untrue things, such as a sky god. But just because I believe something doesn't make it true. And not believing in some factual thing doesn't alter the facts, either.