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Paul Gosar: When someone says you are not allowed to ask questions, you are not allowed to look at the data, you are not allowed to…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
When someone says you are not allowed to ask questions, you are not allowed to look at the data, you are not allowed to debate the issue, you are not allowed to look at the full scope of the data, that is not a scientist talking, that is a politician--and an authoritarian one, at that.
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Paul Gosar
Republican · Arizona

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Gosar argues that restricting scientific inquiry reflects authoritarian political behavior.

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