McConnell Dodges On Climate Change: ‘I’m Not A Scientist’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., speaks to the crowd during the Red, White and Blue Picnic on the Daviess County Courthouse lawn in Owensboro, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inqui... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., speaks to the crowd during the Red, White and Blue Picnic on the Daviess County Courthouse lawn in Owensboro, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Greg Eans) MORE LESS
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t say if he accepts the scientific consensus on man-made climate change because he’s “not a scientist.”

The Kentucky Republican told the Cincinnati Enquirer editorial board that the “crusade” of dealing with climate change is damaging his state.

“I’m not a scientist. All I can tell you is that country after country after country, given a choice, between pursuing this goal and their own economic growth are choosing economic growth,” he said. “I’m not interested in handicapping Kentucky’s economy in pursuit of a crusade that no one else is following. It makes no sense.”

The remarks by McConnell, who faces a tough reelection battle in November, echo those made by other Republicans, such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

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  1. I’M Not A rOCKEt SUrGEON eITHEr but I PraYed TO JEsus ANd HE TOld ME that CLIMATE ScieNCe was JUnk ANd MADE up BY LIBtards Who DOn’t WaNT us TO USE gODs MOSt PRecIOUS inVentIOn. GasOLIne.

  2. Not only am I not a scientist, but I’m not going to listen to what the scientific consensus is! #ImARepublican

  3. I’d like to think that someday voters in Kentucky will realize that coal doesn’t do jackshit for the Commonwealth’s economy anymore. Automation has wiped out all the jobs, it costs more to fix the shit the industry messes up than the taxes bring in and most of the profits flow out of the state.

    But, of course, being Kentuckians, they’re not going to let any ol facts interfere with what their “common sense” tells them must be so.

  4. Answer this Senator, as an elected representative of the good people of Kentucky, how can you represent them from a position of ignorance on this subject? As a follow-up question, why have you filibustered or voted against all Climate related legislation that has come before you if you are so ignorant of the matter?

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