CLIMATE CHANGE/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump should ‘admit that climate change is real’ and start figuring out ways to confront it. That wasn’t advice from prominent congressional Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but rather from one of the president’s staunchest allies in Congress: Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina… In response to a question about the president’s environmental record, Graham said Trump should agree with the overwhelming scientific consensus that the planet is warming and come up with an aggressive response…Trump often mocks the science behind climate change and once referred to it as a ‘hoax’ perpetrated by the Chinese to gain competitive advantage. He has instructed his administration to expand the development of carbon-emitting fossil fuels that contribute to a hotter planet. And he has rolled back previous efforts to reduce carbon emissions, including the Clean Power Plan that was a signature of President Barack Obama’s efforts to confront the growing crisis.”
–Ledyard King, “Trump ally Lindsey Graham says president should ‘admit climate change is real’,” USA Today, July 12, 2019 6:04 pm