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Related: About this forumChaffetz Dodges, Waffles 10-Year-Old Girl's Question: "Do You Believe In Science? Because I Do."
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.
Chaffetzs weak and evasive responses were not well received by his constituents.
Link to tweet
Rather than simply replying, Of course I believe in science, Chaffetz starts down a long and painful road of congress-speak and platitudes, such as, I dont pretend to have all the answers to all the questions But the jeering and shouts of answer the question! pushed the Utah congressman to acknowledge her first question with more mushy platitudes: What is thrown into our air, what is thrown into our water, obviously has an effect on our environment.
Uh, yes. Chaffetz then endorses an all-of-the-above energy strategy, adding, I do think coal is an important part of that. More jeers. After the clip above ends, Chaffetz kept going. He rehashed the hopelessly out-of-date myth that electric vehicles are dirty: Theres a lot of people who want to move to electricity. Well how in the world do you think electricity is generated? Yet more jeers (at about 1:10:00 in full video here).
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https://thinkprogress.org/young-girl-burns-chaffetz-at-town-hall-do-you-believe-in-science-because-i-do-2c973cf8c23e#.u925cffh5
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Chaffetz Dodges, Waffles 10-Year-Old Girl's Question: "Do You Believe In Science? Because I Do." (Original Post)
hatrack
Feb 2017
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RandySF
(59,484 posts)1. Jason Chaffetz is not smarter than a 5th grader.
2naSalit
(86,872 posts)2. He uses those extra special speaking words to answer questions.
sheshe2
(83,979 posts)3. Punked
By a 10 year old GIRL!
Bless her sweet heart.