Cameron Cawthorne writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one U.S. senator’s questionable approach to climate change.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) on Tuesday called for liberal activists to believe in climate change as if it were a “religion.”
Hirono said on Tuesday that liberals will need to show zeal for environmental issues if they are going to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. At an event hosted by the Center for American Progress, Hirono told the audience to “Believe in climate change as though it’s a religion, it’s not, it’s science.”
“Get people out to vote, so that we can have people here who truly are committed to human rights, environmental rights,” Hirono said at the event.
Hirono has been a vocal advocate of the Green New Deal introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.). The Hawaii senator called it a “bold national framework” in February. …
… Hirono’s comments come just months after she and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) questioned whether judicial nominees who belong to Catholic groups are qualified to hold office. She defended her religious line of questioning even after the Senate rebuked her by passing a unanimous resolution.
Hirono isn’t the only Democrat to use extreme rhetoric while discussing climate change. Ocasio-Cortez compared Green New Deal opponents to white opponents of the civil rights movement in April. She also characterized climate change as a “systemic threat to our country” on par with World War II or the Cold War.
