It’s never a dull week with both Trump and Lamar Smith of TX-21 in Washington, D.C. This week ol’ Lamar tells us: “Don’t Believe the Hysteria Over Carbon Dioxide.”
Lamar Smith reveals his agenda in the first sentence of his op/ed: “The way Americans perceive climate change is too often determined by their hearing just one side of the story.” And then he proceeds to debunk this side of the scientific “story” without citing any evidence to support his tale of fossil fuels creating lush greenery and abundant vegetation for all the world to enjoy.
Why does Lamar think increasing the amounts of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere is good? Because, as we all learned in middle school, plants love CO2. Thus, he argues that “carbon dioxide in our atmosphere would aid photosynthesis.” While there may be a nickel of truth in that, he forgets to mention the million-dollar omissions that obliterate his arguments.
To make things simple, here’s a list of Lamar’s dishonest claims:
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Claims that increased CO2 makes vegetated areas greener, forgetting to mention the desertification of the world.
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Claims that increased CO2 makes better crops, failing to mention that extreme weather will destroy those crops.
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Claims CO2 isn’t that harmful, failing to mention the ocean acidification that is killing the world’s reefs and soon fish.
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Claims “The American people should be made aware of both the negative and positive impacts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,” but only lists the positive impacts (which, conveniently, aren’t supported by any cited evidence).
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Claims fossil fuels make people rich, failing to mention that by “people” he means himself $600,000 richer.
Lamar Smith lying and grasping at straws made of Alternative Facts is nothing new, though at this rate we might as well start calling him Lyin’ Lamar. And the thing is, the more I “Chris-cross” Texas-21, meeting its people and hearing their concerns, the more I realize that most Republicans are also getting tired of his act -- an act that’s been ongoing in our Congress since 1987.
This means only one thing: we finally have a real chance to restore both common sense and science to TX-21 when we tell Trump exactly what we think of him and his Tool in the next election. We must tell them we will not tolerate their lies.
I am Chris Perri; I’m a progressive of the people, by the people, and for the people; and I fight for our country’s future.
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