Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 20, 2024
We offer warnings, Republicans mock the warnings, and then the news proves the warnings true.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse critiques the pattern of dismissing climate warnings by Republicans.

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