6. “He thinks climate change is [no big deal].”
Congressman Eric Swalwell is one of the youngest members of Congress, and he has a message for young people: “We can’t stand with Rand:” http://bit.ly/1CiI97f
Posted by Democratic Party on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Also in the Medium article by Eric Swalwell, it is stated that Paul is downplaying the importance of combating climate change. Swalwell connects Paul to Senator Jim Inhofe, who brought a snowball to the Senate floor to show that climate change isn’t as serious as believed.
However, there is then a major disconnect, as this is the quote from 2010 which is used to show that Paul does not believe in climate change: “In his speech, [Paul] denounced cap-and-trade regulations, called the EPA ‘an out-of-control regulatory agency’ and said ‘we must stop these fanatics’ who advocate government action to combat global warming.”
So not only is it not a quote from Paul, it is a quote about him which at no points indicates that he is denying man-made climate change. The quite reasonable position that Paul takes is that, while our earth is precious and deserves to be protected, it makes no sense to enact alarmist policies that will likely harm our economy more than the good which they would do for our environment. To paraphrase from Thomas Sowell, just because one doesn’t agree with your particular solution to a problem does not mean that he does not care about the problem itself.
