President Trump on Sunday again sought to cast doubt on the existence of climate change, ridiculing Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., for discussing global warming at her presidential campaign kickoff in a “virtual blizzard of snow.”
“Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!” he tweeted.
Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2019
Klobuchar formally announced Sunday her candidacy for president at an outdoor event in Minnesota as snow fell around her and blanketed the crowd there to cheer her on.
As part of her platform, the Democratic senator said as president she would “put forth sweeping legislation to invest in green jobs and infrastructure.” Klobuchar also vowed the U.S. would rejoin the Paris Agreement on the first day of her presidency. Trump announced in June 2017 the U.S. was withdrawing from the international accord within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Klobuchar is now the fifth Democratic senator to officially enter the 2020 presidential race, following Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
In the past, Trump has cited cold weather in an effort to cast doubt on climate change. In November, he tweeted, “Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS — Whatever happened to Global Warming?”
But, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pointed out last month, in response to another mocking Trump tweet, “Winter storms don’t prove that global warming isn’t happening.”
Most scientists believe climate change is occuring and that it is accelerated by fossil fuel consumption. While global temperatures on average are on the rise, that does not preclude cold weather.
