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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe New GOP Majority Whip Is A Climate Change Denying Koch Brothers Flunkey
http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=17001The New GOP Majority Whip Is A Climate Change Denying Koch Brothers Flunkey
Posted by Mark NC on June 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm.
When Eric Cantor lost his primary bid to run for reelection to his Virginia congressional seat, he set off a game of musical chairs within the Republican leadership ranks in the House. Today the GOP caucus chose Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy to replace Cantor as Majority Leader. Subsequently, they needed to fill the new vacancy in the Whips post. for that role they chose Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
Scalise is regarded as a far-right conservative aligned with the Tea Party. He is currently the chair of the Republican Study Committee, an offshoot of the GOP caucus with an avowed ultra-rightist slant. Wikipedia notes that
The organization has long had ties to outside groups closely allied with the most conservative elements of the Republican Party, such as the National Rifle Association, The Heritage Foundation, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America and the conservative magazine National Review, as well as the libertarian Cato Institute.
Last year Scalise authored a resolution that falsely asserted that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy and to American families and businesses, and that it would fall hardest on the poor, the elderly, and those on fixed incomes. The bill was backed by the Koch brothers who spent heavily on lobbyists to insure its passage.
But for a real taste of the idiocy that is being incorporated into the highest ranks of the GOP elite, you need look no further than Scalises speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last year where he had this to say about Climate Change (video below):
He {President Obama} talked about global warming at his inauguration, I found it ironic that the President was wearing a trench coat it was so cold, but hes talking about global warming.
So Scalise is one of those anti-science dimwits who doesnt know the difference between weather and climate. He believes that the 97% of the scientists who affirm that climate change is real and man-made are perpetrating a hoax. He is an advocate for Big Oil, going so far as to defend BP after the disastrous 2010 calamity in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that This job killing ban on drilling is causing more problems right now than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
And now he is the Republican Majority Whip and the third highest ranking Republican in the House of Representatives. Well, at least for the next few months, when there will be another vote. If Democrats will get off their duffs and vote in November, we may not need to worry about him or the rest of the Republican Dark Agists.
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The New GOP Majority Whip Is A Climate Change Denying Koch Brothers Flunkey (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2014
OP
The wonderful news is that their job title will change in January of next year...
Timez Squarez
Jun 2014
#2
Wish I could say I'm surprised. But I'm not. He's from Louisana. Big oil state.
dballance
Jun 2014
#3
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)1. And this is different from the last GOPPER whip?
Timez Squarez
(262 posts)2. The wonderful news is that their job title will change in January of next year...
From Majority Whip to Minority Whip.
dballance
(5,756 posts)3. Wish I could say I'm surprised. But I'm not. He's from Louisana. Big oil state.
I'd be more surprised if he admitted there was climate change.
b.durruti
(102 posts)4. Far as I can tell, all repugs fit that description. ~nt~