Inhofe hurls snowball on Senate floor
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) threw a snowball on the Senate floor Thursday in an effort to disprove what he sees as alarmist conclusions about man-made climate change.
Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said the snowball was from outside in Washington, which he used to argue against claims that the earth’s temperature is rising due to greenhouse gas emissions.
“In case we have forgotten, because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, I ask the chair, do you know what this is,” Inhofe said to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who was presiding over the Senate’s debate, as he removed the snowball from a plastic bag.
“It’s a snowball. And it’s just from outside here. So it’s very, very cold out. Very unseasonable.”
He then warned Cassidy before throwing the snowball at him.
An Inhofe aide said the snowball was caught by a congressional page.
“We hear the perpetual headline that 2014 has been the warmest year on record,” he said, referring to a report last month from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
“But now the script has flipped,” he said of the unseasonably cold weather.
Another shocking discovery! Proof evolution is a hoax, too.
Look, it's a real live monkey in 2015! Inhofe should have an intern fetch him a monkey for his next brilliant speech.
It's not just a monkey, it's a climate denier monkey!
Please donate to the Oklahoma Democratic Party in honor of Inhofe's incredible stupidity.