President Joe Biden addressed the wildfires raging in Texas on Thursday during his visit to the southern border, calling anyone who doesn’t believe in climate change his “Neanderthal friends.”
“I’ve been helicopters in the West, in the Southwest and Northwest, flown over more land burned to the ground, all the vegetation gone, than the entire state of Maryland,” Biden said during his speech in Brownsville, Texas. “The idea there’s no such thing as climate change, I love that, man. I love some of my Neanderthal friends who still think there’s no climate change.”
A group of wildfires raging in the Texas panhandle has burned more than 1 million acres and prompted evacuation orders in multiple northern Texas communities.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties on Tuesday, warning residents to limit their activities that could spark a fire as the area faces hot, dry, and windy conditions that make fires spread faster.
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Biden was in the state to talk about illegal immigration but mentioned the fires and climate change at the top of his remarks.
“My administration is going to keep building on the progress we’ve made fighting the climate crisis, and we’re going to keep helping folks rebuild themselves in the wake of these disasters,” he said.
