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On the recordDecember 7, 2015
How does that noble sentiment comport with the call from our colleague Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse that anyone who dares dispute the global warming alarmist orthodoxy should face criminal prosecution under RICO?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions the compatibility of academic freedom and calls for prosecution of climate change skeptics.

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