GOP Governor Withdrew From A Climate Pact. Days Later, He's Pleading For Help With Drought.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Montana’s Republican governor has made it clear his state won’t be bothered to help in the fight against climate change. But he still wants federal assistance to deal with the climate impacts at Montana’s door.

Last week, Gov. Greg Gianforte withdrew Montana from a bipartisan coalition of more than two dozen states committed to upholding the goals of the Paris climate agreement, which include net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Brooke Stroyke, a spokesperson for Gianforte, told Montana Public Radio that the governor believes innovation, not government regulation, is the solution to climate change.

Two days later, Gianforte called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare a drought emergency across his state, which would make emergency funds available to farmers who have suffered losses.

“Data from the U.S. Drought Monitor now shows all counties in Montana experiencing abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions, and the situation continues to get worse,” Gianforte wrote on Twitter.

Link to tweet

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/governor-withdrew-climate-pact-days-204313513.html

[PortTack]

1. Uphold your end you sicko gqp creep, or no funds!!

[MontanaFarmer]

2. Surprised he hasn't told us residents

to pray for rain a la Utah yet. He's such a pompous prick religious zealot. Not excited about the direction our state is heading.

[lagomorph777]

14. He's also a violent asshole - beat up a reporter for kicks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. So now he wants help, after refusing to see what needs to be done about climate change?

He has a lot of nerve.

[Justice matters.]

17. Well, they don't want socialist handouts...

Let them feel the burn of their suicidal ideology.

[Enter stage left]

4. Well gosh, Greg...

maybe you should have been paying attention in high school, when the discussed "logic 101".

Dumbfuck

[Scruffy1]

5. Jared Diamond wrote extensively about hoe climate change has effected Montana in his book "Collapse"

That was 15 years ago. When you have a marginal water supply for agriculture and you lose a little and the temperatures warm a little that spells disaster. I may watch TV once if just one of the reporters would ask the idiot if he ever read the book "Collapse" and what he thought about it if he did. I've only visited Montana and never lived there, but it's pretty clear that it has always been on the bubble as far as agriculture. Of course Montana ranchers and farmers are tough and used to problems. I remember back over 40 years ago a friend of mine who was a tractor and equipment dealer in Minnesota told me about the guy from Montana stopped at his dealership to inquire about a planter for sunflowers. Of course he asked him some basic questions like how many acres he wanted to plant. The Montanans response was "It's just an experiment. I was thinking around a thousand acres." He left with a big one ordered for delivery.

[bmbmd]

6. I love Montana.

Used to live there, back in the eighties, when they were by and large sane. I'll not go back.

[2naSalit]

9. I am getting ready to leave...

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Haven't figured out where to go yet but I'll be deciding this year.

[Ingersollman]

18. East

Tennessee is a beautiful place to live. The climate is good. Government is not to my liking, but with enough influx of intelligent, caring people maybe one day we won't be so red.

[Solly Mack]

7. Typical republican. Always with their hand out but never with a helping hand.

[lagomorph777]

15. Socialism for me but not for thee.

[Bristlecone]

8. Bootstraps

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. Now there's someone in need of a good suplex! nt

[wnylib]

11. I'd love to send then some of the rain

we've been getting nearly every day for the past three weeks. Occasionally there is a dry day, but even those are overhung with heavy clouds that threaten thunderstorms.

[Mr. Evil]

12. He really needs to familiarize himself with the letters GFY.

[gratuitous]

13. Gee Greg, why don't you just punch climate change?

That's how you handle reporters you don't like, isn't it?

[smirkymonkey]

16. Gee. That's too bad.

Guess you'll have to tough this one out like the lone mavericks that you are. Best of luck to you!

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. Should have checked Montana's store of bootstraps before pulling out of the pact.

And I will show a little growth by not extending that to be a joke about his father.

[Permanut]

20. Okay, so gubmint money good..

gubmint regulation bad. Got it.

[hatrack]

21. Bernard DeVoto pegged the American West 80 years ago:

"Get out, and give us more money!"

[rpannier]

22. How unfortunate

But, as we learned from the time when il douche was president, "We need to stop expecting responsible, well-run states to bail out the irresponsible ones."