Sen. Johnson (R-WI) Now Denies Denying Climate Change In Face Of Ad Campaign

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), under fire for being a climate denier in a world ravaged by climate change, this week denied believing that humans are not warming the planet. Yet the senator still will not acknowledge the basic fact that humans are warming the planet.

Confused? So are we. But we’ll try to explain.

Johnson is one of four members of Congress being targeted by a $2 million TV advertising campaign funded by the League of Conservation Voters. LCV went after Johnson because of statements he’s made denying climate science, like in 2010 when he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, “I absolutely do not believe in the science of man-caused climate change,” and speculated that sunspots or “something in the geologic eons of time” might instead be responsible for the changing weather.

But on Wednesday, Johnson stepped back from such strong assertions. During a Madison Rotary Club luncheon, he said he’s a “strong environmentalist.”

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http://grist.org/politics/climate-denier-ron-johnson-denies-denying-climate-change/

[iandhr]

1. Wow

We got to boot this guy in 2016

[Scuba]

2. Johnson is an idiot. He accused the LCV of waging an "environmental jihad".

Having Johnson claim to be an environmentalist is like Dick Cheny claiming to have a soul.

[thucythucy]

3. It's about time these climate change deniers

began to feel the heat, so to speak.

[winterpark]

4. I would think the words "republican" and "environmentalist" are mutually exclusive. n/t