Jennifer Rubin weighs in on climate change denial

I frequently read op-eds written by the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin.  She's not afraid to express what she's thinking.  She is represented as a right-wing conservative voice, but fortunately (unlike some of the other Washington Post conservative writers, like Mark Thiessen, Hugh Hewitt, or Ed Rogers), she doesn't toe the party line and she is critical of the damage that President Trump, the Republican Congress (typified by the disreputable Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader), and the extreme conservative right-wing cultists are doing to the country.

So when JR took on climate change denial at the highest levels (i.e., President Trump and Senator Marco Rubio), I read it with interest.  She used quotes directly from interviews with both to show how they dissemble, distract, and dissuade (and ultimately, disgust and dismay us).   After doing that, she summed up, and that's when her powerful opinionated voice really showed:

"The utter contempt for facts and reliance on mumbo-jumbo rhetoric in lieu of arguments is not simply a sign of intellectual rot. As the signs of climate change abound and real people see real devastation in their lives, Republicans’ climate-change denial becomes a matter of public safety and economic pain for more voters with each passing year. Their irrationality now poses a threat to voters’ lives and property."

She finishes with this (but 2020 may be too late, vote NOW to flip the House and start the process of getting US, the USA, back on track):

"Unfortunately, their irresponsibility — egged on by tribalistic right-wing pundits and activists who revel in ignorance — is no joke. Democrats would be wise to highlight the issue in 2020, rightly identifying it as a matter of life and death."

She's right -- it's not a joke, it's not a hoax, it's real, it's happening, and it's getting worse.  Stay tuned for my revolutionary idea on a step in the right direction.