“Climate change was a point of division between Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney. The president declared climate change a global threat, acknowledged that the actions of humanity were deepening the crisis, and pledged to do something about it if elected.” IfsActionHumanityPresidentRepublicanCrisisThreatClimateClimate ChangeDivisionRivalsRomney Author:Ron Fournier
“When a reporter files a piece about Republican that slams Republican or law enforcement or hypes up climate change, there's no attempt to expose their bias, to look at their background. And then when you find out later that they usually have a bias.” LooksLawPiecesRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeBackgroundsBiasReportersLaw EnforcementEnforcementFilesHypeSlam Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.” IfsWayStatesAsksPresidentChangeUnitedPartyUnited StatesPolicyRepublicanClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeStaringAddressesFriendlyBlankRepublican PartyEmissionsCo2Environmental PolicyCo2 EmissionsBlank Stares Author:Lindsey Graham
“There's a lot of Republicans who may have in the past been critical of fellow Catholics who they call 'cafeteria Catholics' who don't follow the church's teachings - say, on abortion. But now, are they going to become 'cafeteria Catholics' themselves and not follow the church's teachings on climate change?” MayPastChangeChurchTeachingRepublicanCatholicFellowsClimateClimate ChangeCriticalAbortionCafeteria Author:Bob Inglis
“Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the Republican side. On the Democratic side, he sees Hillary Clinton struggling a bit... And Mayor Bloomberg sees a big lane in the middle for a moderate former Republican who believes in gun control and climate change.” BelieveBigsBitsSidesStruggleMiddleTrumpRepublicanGunDemocraticClintonClimateClimate ChangeFormerGun ControlModeratesLanesMayorsCruz Author:Don Gonyea
“My feeling is that if any Republican was elected it would be almost a death knell for the species literally, just because of their attitude on climate change.” IfsFeelingsWould BeAttitudeRepublicanClimateSpeciesClimate Change Author:Noam Chomsky
“In the primary debates for the 2016 election, every single Republican candidate was a climate change denier, with one exception, John Kasich - the "rational moderate" - who said it may be happening but we shouldn't do anything about it. For a long time, the media have downplayed the issue.” MayLongSaidIssuesMediaRepublicanLong TimeHappeningsElectionClimateClimate ChangeDebateRationalPrimariesCandidatesExceptionModeratesClimate Change Deniers Author:Noam Chomsky
“They [Democrats and Republicans] agree with each other on either doing nothing or giving lip service to climate change and the really transformative changes that need to happen.” NeedsGivingHappensRepublicanAgreeDemocratClimateClimate ChangeLipsDoing NothingLip Service Author:Jill Stein
“Republican politicians are contributed to heavily by climate change, global warming, environmentalist wackos. That's how they're brought on board with this, and that's why an outsider like Trump is so appealing to so many people.” PeopleTrumpPoliticianRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeBoardsGlobal WarmingOutsidersEnvironmentalist Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As for LGBTQ people supporting Donald Trump (or other Republicans), I do understand that some of them value his stances on immigration, climate change (I should say "the war on coal"), and the economy over those of equality, fairness, and justice.” PeopleShouldWarValuesJusticeEconomyTrumpRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeImmigrationFairnessCoalStance Author:Steven Petrow
“[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do nothing about climate change except make it worse. And he's not just speaking for himself, but for the whole Republican Party, the whole leadership. It's already had impact, it will have worse impact.” Has BeensWholePartyTrumpRepublicanImpactClimateClimate ChangeConsistentRepublican PartyInconsistent Author:Noam Chomsky
“Since November 8, 2017 the United States is literally alone in the world in first of all refusing to join in efforts to do something about climate change, but even worse, dedicated to making the situation worse. Every part of the world is trying to do something. The United States alone is trying to destroy it, and it's not just Trump, it's the whole Republican Party. You just can't find words for it. And it's not reported. It's not discussed.” WorldTryingPartyEffortSituationRepublicanClimate ChangeDedicatedRepublican PartyNovember Author:Noam Chomsky