Sanders: Trump Would Blame Global Warming ‘Hoax’ On Mexicans, Muslims

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joked at a campaign rally Tuesday that he thought Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would blame global warming on Mexicans or Muslims.

Sanders said he was looking forward to addressing climate change while on the campaign trail, but questioned how Trump would make “rational public policy” on the issue.

“I would’ve thought Trump would say it was a hoax pushed by the Mexicans or Muslims,” Sanders quipped.

Sanders called Trump a “brilliant scientist” for believing that climate change was a “hoax by the Chinese,” as the real estate mogul tweeted in 2012:

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  1. ISIS: We cant let Chinese take the credit. It was all the idea of great Osama Bin Laden who colluded with Obama in Kenya regarding Global Warming. Hillary joined them from Benghazi.

  2. FoxNews headline: “Democrat Socialist Sanders admits global warming is a Muslim hoax.”

  3. Dear Jeff Weaver,

    If you want to go after Trump with regard to Mexicans, please try this:

    The only time Trump wants to deport undocumented immigrants is when they complete their work on his projects and preferably before they can cash their last paycheck.

    Thank you

  4. Shouldn’t Bernie be castigating Ted Cruz at this point?

  5. I first read that as castrating and thought, “Wasn’t that already taken care of?”

    I mean, seriously, Cruz is about as butch as a peony.

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