During the first 2024 GOP presidential debate on 23 August 2023 candidates were asked to raise their hands if they believed human behavior was causing climate change.
Nobody was able to raise a hand before Florida governor Ron DeSantis overtook the conversation by blasting President Biden over his handling of the Maui wildfires.
Vivek Ramaswamy was quick to join the conversation by saying he believed that “climate change agenda is a hoax.” His statement was met with boos from the audience.
The only candidate to acknowledge climate change was South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
Nobody was able to raise a hand before Florida governor Ron DeSantis overtook the conversation by blasting President Biden over his handling of the Maui wildfires.
Vivek Ramaswamy was quick to join the conversation by saying he believed that “climate change agenda is a hoax.” His statement was met with boos from the audience.
The only candidate to acknowledge climate change was South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
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00:00 So we want to start on this with a show of hands.
00:03 Do you believe in human behavior is causing climate change?
00:08 Raise your hand if you do.
00:10 - Look, we're not school children.
00:11 Let's have the debate.
00:12 I mean, I'm happy to take it to start.
00:14 Alexander, so do you want to raise your hand?
00:16 (audience cheering)
00:17 I don't think that's the way to do it.
00:18 So let me just say to Alexander this.
00:20 First of all, one of the reasons our country's declined
00:23 is because of the way the corporate media
00:26 treats Republicans versus Democrats.
00:28 Biden was on the beach while those people were suffering.
00:31 He was asked about it and he said, no comment.
00:34 Are you kidding me?
00:35 As somebody that's handled disasters in Florida,
00:37 you got to be activated.
00:39 You've got to be there.
00:39 You've got to be present.
00:40 You've got to be helping people who are doing this.
00:43 And here's the deal.
00:44 - Let's just answer the question.
00:45 - So is that a yes?
00:46 Is that a yes?
00:47 Is that a hand raise?
00:48 - You do not.
00:49 - I think it was a hand raise for him
00:50 and it's my hands are in my pockets.
00:52 - No, no, no, I didn't raise a hand.
00:54 - Let us be honest as Republicans.
00:56 I'm the only person on the stage
00:57 who isn't bought and paid for so I can say this.
00:59 The climate change agenda is a hoax.
01:02 The climate change agenda is a hoax.
01:05 And we have to declare independence for it.
01:07 And the reality is the anti-carbon agenda
01:11 is the wet blanket on our economy.
01:13 And so the reality is more people are dying
01:15 of bad climate change policies
01:18 than they are of actual climate change.
01:20 - Governor Haley, are you bought and paid for?
01:23 - Hold on, hold on.