Imagine That! Amy Coney Barrett Is Also "Not A Scientist"! More GOP Bafflegab On Climate
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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) questioned Barrett, trying to prove a point about Democratic objections to her confirmation: “My colleagues think you’re only qualified if you’re dumb, if you have a blank slate. If you’ve never thought about the world. Have you thought about the world?” Barrett answered that indeed she had.
He asked her if she’d thought about social problems and economic problems. She answered yes to both. Then he asked, “How about climate change?” and Barrett launched into a non-answer.
“I’ve read about climate change,” she said. “I’m certainly not a scientist. I mean, I’ve read things on climate change. I would not say I have firm views on it.”
Kennedy wasn’t looking for a detailed answer here. And Barrett has found plenty of ways to dodge questions throughout the hearings. But it is clarifying that Barrett chose this answer for evasion. She didn’t even have a clever line prepared, but trotted out a classic line used by politicians like Sen. Mitch McConnell looking to dodge the actual policy and legal debate over what we should do to address climate change. It’s so prevalent that there have been an entire books written about the phrase as Republican shorthand for climate change denial.
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https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/10/on-climate-amy-coney-barrett-demurs-im-not-a-scientist/