Obama Mocks Climate Skeptics: ‘I’m Going to Just Pretend Like – I Don’t Know, I Can’t Read’

‘Generally they don’t just say, ‘No, I don’t believe anything that scientists say.’ Except – where? In Congress!’

Obama Mocks Climate Skeptics in Congress: ‘I’m Going to Just Pretend Like – I Don’t Know, I Can’t Read' (CNS News)

President Obama on Wednesday mocked members of Congress who challenge man-made climate change, saying in many cases they really believe otherwise but don’t want to be run out of town by those who call it “a liberal plot.”

Addressing a League of Conservation Voters (LCV) annual dinner in Washington, he said, “It’s pretty rare that you encounter people who say that the problem of carbon pollution is not a problem.”

People may not grasp the issue fully, Obama said, “but generally they don’t just say, ‘No, I don’t believe anything that scientists say.’ Except – where? In Congress!”

“In Congress. Folks will tell you climate change is a hoax or a fad – or a plot. It’s a liberal plot!

“And then most recently, because, many who say that actually know better and they’re just embarrassed, they duck the question. They say, ‘Hey, I’m not a scientist.’

“Which really translates into, ‘I accept that man-made climate change is real, but if I say so out loud I’ll be run out of town by a bunch of fringe elements that think science– climate science is a liberal plot, so I’m going to just pretend like, I don’t know, I can’t read.’ ”

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