Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) successfully flipped the script on “climate change” during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, but the moderators tried to revive the left-wing topic, perhaps because Donald Trump・Perhaps he was unprepared for the way former President Trump's vice presidential candidate acted. He brought it all back to American workers and talked about how Vice President Kamala Harris' policies are worsening the environment.
“Let's move on to Hurricane Helen,” host Norah O'Donnell argues, “because of historic rainfall, climate change is making hurricanes bigger, stronger and more deadly.” The storm could be one of the deadliest on record, he said, citing scientists who say the storm could be one of the deadliest on record. She then cited a CBS News poll showing that 7 in 10 Americans and more than 60 percent of Republicans under 45 support the U.S. taking steps to mitigate climate change. It was revealed that he was doing so.
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“Senator, what responsibility will the Trump administration take on mitigating the effects of climate change?” O'Donnell asked.
Vance began by speaking about the victims of this “incredible, indescribable” tragedy and praying for them.
“If Donald Trump becomes president again, he promises that his government will put the people of this country first in times of disaster,” he promised. But then, instead of challenging the question's flawed premise, Vance took a different approach.
“I think it's important for us to say, first of all, that Donald Trump and I support clean air and clean water. We want to make our environment cleaner and safer. But what I've noticed that some of our Democratic friends talk about a lot is their concern about carbon emissions, the idea that carbon emissions are causing all of the climate change,” Vance said. Ta.
“But for the sake of argument, let's just say it's true,” he said, adding that if he actually believes this to be true, then Democratic policies are making things worse. He pointed out the fact that there is.
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“So, if you believe that, what do you want to do? The answer is, we want to rehome as much American manufacturing as possible because we are the cleanest economy in the entire world. , you're going to want to produce as much energy as possible in the United States,” he said. .
That's true. Research shows that reshoring American manufacturing reduces carbon emissions. And even the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the United States as one of the cleanest countries on earth.
Mr. Vance then reversed the issue, returning the issue squarely to Democrats.
“Kamala Harris' policies have actually led to increased energy production in China, increased manufacturing overseas, and expanded operations in the dirtiest parts of the entire world. When I say this, I mean… is talking about carbon emissions per unit of economic output,” he said.
“So if we actually want to have clean air and clean water, our best bet is to double down and invest in American workers and American people,” Vance said. added. “And unfortunately, Kamala Harris has done just the opposite.”
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In his rebuttal, Vance reiterated the point that if Democrats and Harris really believed what they were saying about climate change, there would be more manufacturing and energy production in the United States.
“And that's not what they're doing. Obviously, Kamala Harris herself doesn't believe her own rhetoric on this. If she does, she actually agrees with Donald Trump's energy policy. “Vance concluded.
Notably, a CBS poll conducted after the debate showed Vance leading Walz in the debate.
