'The
Republican Oklahoma senator, and supporter of current Environmental
Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, made the comments to anchor
Poppy Harlow during an appearance on CNN's
"New Day."
"We
are going to take all this stuff that comes out of the EPA that is
brainwashing our kids, that is propaganda, things that aren't true,
allegations," Inhofe said, though at the time he did not point
to any specific examples.
Inhofe,
a frequent climate change skeptic, made similar comments to
conservative talk show host Eric Metaxas after the senator said that
one of his grandchildren asked why he was a climate change denier,
according to Newsweek.
"You
know, our kids are being brainwashed? I never forget because I was
the first one back in 2002 to tell the truth about the global warming
stuff and all of that," Inhofe said.
"And
my own granddaughter came home one day and said, … 'Popi, why is it
you don't understand global warming?' I did some checking, and Eric,
the stuff that they teach our kids nowadays, you have to un-brainwash
them when they get out." '
Let's wish him well on this mission. And it is just not just kids who need to be 'un-brainwashed', but the adults who have been through the educational system at all levels in recent decades, from nursery through to university. Some pastoral care could help them a lot, reducing anxiety, reducing stress, and encouraging a more optimistic and reality-grounded outlook with regard to climate variation.
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