They claim to be the party of science, yet leftists like MSNBC’s Chris Hayes insist that not only can humans contribute to the warming climate, but the President of the United States can simply invoke a “climate emergency” and thus do something about “climate change.” This kind of delusional thinking was only outdone by Hawaii Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono, who took a page out of the Hillary Clinton playbook and acted like what Daily Wire host (and MRC Bulldog Award winner) Matt Walsh described as a “primitive tribal shaman” who “blam[ed] the weather on her political opponents.”
This entire absurd incident happened on MSNBC’s All In Thursday while Hayes and Hirono were discussing the ongoing wildfires in Hawaii. Hayes decided that Biden could somehow do something about the weather by declaring a climate emergency. Although he admitted in passing that he’s unsure how it would have an effect.
“I saw some Hawaiian politicians and sort of prominent public leaders calling on the President to declare a climate emergency. This is something that a number of folks have been calling for, there are various emergency powers under a variety of statutes,” Hayes said, adding “A lot of people want the President to declare a climate emergency.”
Hayes turned to Hirono and asked: “Is it something that you’re looking for? Do you think there's some kind of climate tipping point that there’s some executive urgency necessary that is currently not present?”
From there, Hirono boasted that the Biden administration and the “Democratic Congress truly has focused more on fighting climate change than any others.” She implied that Republicans are responsible for the weather because “$300 billion was in the Inflation Reduction Act with not a single Republican voting for it to combat global warming and climate change and getting us away from reliance on fossil fuel.”
“Were it not for Hurricane Dora and the 60 to 80 mile per hour winds in the Hawaii big island and Maui, then this firestorm [...] would not have burned so much of Maui as it did,” she insisted.
Hirono ended by fear mongering that “[c]limate change is upon us, and the more we recognize it and spend the resources and the focus that we need to do the better off we all are gonna be. This is a worldwide exigency.”
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The transcript is below:
MSNBC’s All In
8/10/2023
8:57:54 p.m. Eastern
2 min 9 secondsCHRIS HAYES: You talk about a federal natural disaster declaration. I saw some Hawaiian politicians and sort of prominent public leaders calling on the President to declare a climate emergency. This is something that a number of folks have been calling for, there are various emergency powers under a variety of statutes. A lot of people want the President to declare a climate emergency. It's unclear really what that would effectuate and what that would allow him to do, though there’s interesting arguments about the power of it. Is it something that you’re looking for? Do you think there's some kind of climate tipping point that there’s some executive urgency necessary that is currently not present?
SEN. MAZIE HIRONO: This administration and the Democratic Congress truly has focused more on fighting climate change than any others. Because note that some 300 billion dollars was in the Inflation Reduction Act with not a single Republican voting for it to combat global warming and climate change and getting us away from reliance on fossil fuel. And yes of course, there’s more that we can do. But I’ve been announcing grants to fight climate change brought to us by the EPA for example. And so all of these kinds of efforts need to continue. But Chris there are some states where you can't even use the term climate change. They're running away from it head in the sand, but it's very clear what we’re experiencing in Hawaii and so many other parts of the world. There's a severity and frequency of major climate events. Were it not for Hurricane Dora and the 60 to 80 miles per hour winds in the Hawaii big island and Maui, then this firestorm would not have been the way—I would say, it would not have burned so much of Maui as it did. That is the view of I think, climate scientists here. So, climate change is upon us, and the more we recognize it and spend the resources and the focus that we need to do the better off we all are gonna be. This is a worldwide exigency.
