Iowa Sen. Grassley: President Trump's wind turbine comments were 'idiotic'
Source: Omaha World Herald-AP
DES MOINES (AP) An Iowa Republican senator expressed irritation Wednesday at what he called idiotic comments by President Donald Trump about wind energy.
Trump, at the National Republican Congressional Committees annual spring dinner Tuesday night, said noise from wind turbines causes cancer.
Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters that the comments were first of all idiotic and it doesnt show much respect for Chuck Grassley as the grandfather of the wind energy tax credit.
Grassley was instrumental in approving a federal tax credit 26 years ago that has spurred wind energy development.
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SWBTATTReg
(22,174 posts)in from Canada etc. has quite a few windmills.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Just asking for a friend...
sarge43
(28,946 posts)They are not loud. The closest comparison is waves lapping on a shore line, quite soothing.
I'd love to have one in my back yard. Here if you agree to have one on your property, you can tap into it for free.
Far more birds are killed by pet and feral cats than by wind turbines.
ck4829
(35,093 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,643 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)Yup, just a rank and file, regular old, Senator. Nothing to see here folks.
playaseeker
(59 posts)"..of the wind energy tax credit. Notwithstanding my calling out the President as an imbecile, I will do everything I can to support him because that's the way we do things on the right, where the worst possible sin is to support the Democrats, even if they are correct".
riversedge
(70,321 posts)Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)Chuck Grassley talking about himself in the 3rd person. Yes, Gregory Peccary likes that!
paleotn
(17,989 posts)riversedge
(70,321 posts)jimlup
(7,968 posts)They guy is short several cards but still far ahead of the orange dumpster fire.
rpannier
(24,339 posts)For it's not you agreeing with him, it's him agreeing with you
Golden Raisin
(4,614 posts)(i.e. complicit with Trump) on everything.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)in the process of building a Wind Farm of 450 towers in the Northwest Part of Iowa. Duh,Grassel Fart will not admit he likes to play ignorant.
Marcuse
(7,520 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,636 posts)world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Constantly
djacq
(1,634 posts)Rex Tillerson did it.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,597 posts)Fat Donnie's alternate reality:
The reality:
Like I said, he's a f*cking idiot!
Aussie105
(5,440 posts)Trump is just fear mongering with a new topic.
And distracting from other, serious topics. He does that a lot.
Mother to 5 year old: Cookie jar seems a bit empty!
5 year old: Look! Is that a spider on your shoulder?
Got to hand it to Don - for a 5 year old, he has the act down really well!
Initech
(100,107 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)ck4829
(35,093 posts)rownesheck
(2,343 posts)I was quite surprised at the vast number of windmills I saw in Kansas as well as northwest Texas as I drove through recently. All the attacks on renewable energy are just bluster. The Republicans know renewables are expanding, they just pretend to hate it in order to rile up their ignorant base.
True Blue American
(17,992 posts)Rural Ohio, that is most of the state very few farms do not have wind turbines.
A new version of the old windmills that used to be on every homestead.