GOP Climate Caucus: "We Don't Judge Members By Where They're At On This Issue" - No, You Certainly Don't
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One member, Rep. Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.), famously boycotted a speech by the pope in 2015, after it became clear His Holiness would devote the bulk of the talk to climate change. Another was lambasted by environmentalists for telling constituents in 2017 that if climate change was a problem, God “can take care of it.” (The legislator, Timothy Walberg of Michigan, says his views were misrepresented and that he believes people need to take action.)
None of the caucus’s members voted for the Biden administration’s signature climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Many have lobbied fiercely against parts of it. Two members have scored zero on the left-leaning League of Conservation Voters’ tally of how frequently lawmakers have supported environmentally friendly legislation. The average score for the 80-plus members of the caucus hovers a bit above 8%.
Curtis, whose own score is 6%, is unfazed. The slim, amiable Mormon, a leading contender for the Senate seat being vacated by Mitt Romney, is known for his flashy sock collection and chatty videos on social media—including a post with Arnold Schwarzenegger and a series during last year’s House leadership battle titled “Friends don’t let friends become Speaker.”
“Part of our success is that we don’t judge people on where they’re at on this issue,” he says. “It doesn’t matter to me if they struggle with climate. It doesn’t matter to me if they don’t like the science. All that matters to me is that they’ll come and listen…. I have found that the more they come, the more they talk about this, the more comfortable they get with it.”
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https://thinc.blog/2024/03/15/conservative-climate-caucus-heroes-or-the-worst-of-the-worst/