They really shouldn’t be surprised: there are almost never any questions on ‘climate change’ at Democratic debates, because, while people say they Care in theory, in practice, they do not want to practice what they preach, and debating ‘climate change’ would mean exposing the authoritarianism and taxation involved, like
Steyer Says He Would Use Presidential Powers To Tell Companies ‘What Kind Of Cars They Can Build’ https://t.co/JSUaekziOR
— Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) February 25, 2020
“I will use the executive emergency powers of the presidency to tell companies how they can generate electricity, what kind of cars they can build, what kind of buildings we’re gonna have,†he told CNN’s Chris Cuomo at a town hall event in South Carolina.
It’s those types of unscripted moments that keep the questions away
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) watched Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, and one thing stood out to her.
“Not a single climate change question,” she tweeted. “Horrifying.” One of the participants, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), agreed, responding, “A disgrace.” The Democratic candidates don’t shy away from talking about climate change on the campaign trail; billionaire investor and environmentalist Tom Steyer told voters in South Carolina on Tuesday that climate change is his “No. 1 priority,” and if elected, he will declare a climate emergency on his first day in office.
Yet, AOC has failed to demand that her Green New Deal be voted on in the House of Representatives. Bernie hasn’t offered any legislation in the Senate, and voted “present” when the Senate voted on the GND. Steyer made his money from fossil fuels, yet, now wants to restrict you from using them.
Poll after poll has shown that climate change is a key issue for voters; last week, the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that for the first time in two decades, a majority of Americans believe that tackling climate change should be a main priority for the president and Congress.
Now ask citizens if they are personally willing to pay a lot more for everything, what they are willing to sacrifice, and how much freedom, liberty, and choice they are willing to give up. And if Bernie and Tom are willing to give up their own private jets.
They don’t ask climate change questions at these debates because they don’t want to open that can of worms. They don’t want debate on this as that would open the door to dissenting opinions and that can’t be allowed.
You know the leftists, Nighthawk, a dissenting opinion is a heresy which cannot be tolerated. They’re like the frikin’ BORG. That will be their downfall. You can’t have homos and mooslems agree and you can’t believe in feminism and demand male “transsexuals” be admitted to women’s sports.
What, you expect logical consistency from the left? I would have thought you knew better by now.
I would like to see the moderators have less of a role in the debates. My ideal debate would look like:
All candidate draw numbers from a bin of numbered chips and go in order of the numbers they draw.
Each candidate gets to ask one other candidate a question. ANY QUESTION. The candidate responds and then the next candidate goes. Rinse, repeat until time expires.
This gives the candidates more control over the content that they think best shows their strengths and their opponents’ weaknesses.
I like your idea Professor Hale but I would replace the numbers in the bin with pistols.