On the recordAugust 13, 2021
You can have differences of opinion, for instance, about how to deal with climate change. But how do you have a debate with someone who doesn’t believe that climate change is real and manmade.
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msnbc.comBarack Obama: “You can have differences of opinion, for instance, about how to deal with climate change. But how do you have a debate…”
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Ben Rhodes discusses the challenges of debating political issues with those who deny fundamental truths.
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