Michigan Republican Tim Walberg was in Coldwater, Michigan speaking with constituents about all of his shitty AHCA ideas. Rep. Walberg is probably more recently remembered as the asshat whose sole appearance (hiding out from all of the (mostly women) constituents who wanted an audience with him in March) went to a men-only breakfast as his “town hall.” Here he was asked by a citizen about climate climate change and boy, what a doozy of an answer.
Walberg: Right now I’d take a little more climate warming—I’m tired of the cold springs. [No one laughs] In Washington I’ll take global cooling because of the heat and humidity in Washington, D.C. [no laughs] I believe there’s climate change.
Fantastic. Your standup routine was dumb.
Walberg: I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning of time.
I guess I spoke too soon.
Walberg: I think there are cycles. Do I think that man has some impact? Yeah, of course. Can man change the entire Universe? No.
Straw man arguments, anyone? I suspect I’m about to be initiated into a cult.
Walberg: Why do I believe that? Because I believe there is a creator in God, who is much bigger than us.
That. Doesn’t. Make. Sense. Even if you believe there’s a God.
Walberg: And I’m confident that if there’s a real problem, He can take care of it.
Rep. Walberg gets pushback for his stupid answer and huddles behind his empty support of the Great Lake Restoration, which Trump and Republicans are planning on defunding. It’s really like watching the devil do his work. Rep. Walberg even says that he fly-fishes. Here’s an old street joke that I’m sure you’ve heard in some form before.
A man is living in an area hit by a huge storm. As the levies break, his neighborhood is beginning to flood people walk by and ask him if he wants to come with them to higher ground, the man replies, “Go on ahead, God will provide.” The group moved on and as the flooding reached the first floor the man moved on to his second floor. A group in a boat came by and asked the man if he wanted to come with them.
“Go on ahead, grab others, God will provide.” The man smiled and the waters rose.
Finally the man was on the roof of his home, the neighborhood now almost fully consumed by the flood waters. A helicopter swung by and shouted down to the man, lowering the basket for him to climb in. The man waved them off. “Go on ahead, grab others, God will provide.” He said. After they left the floodwaters came up and the man drowned.
Upon reaching heaven, the man found himself in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. Feeling a bit peeved, he said to Peter, “Hey. I worshipped God all my life, went to church every week, tried my hardest not to sin, and then this flood happens and God does nothing for me?”
St. Peter looked up from his checklist and exclaimed, “We sent you a crew of people, a boat and a fucking helicopter. What did you expect?”
You can see the Rep. Walberg blame God at the 46:55 mark.