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Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) is famous for his sharp wit and dry sense of humor in the U.S. Senate. He has demonstrated these talents during his tenure as an elected official, whether by touting disqualified Biden nominees or in interviews with reporters.
During a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, an unsuspecting 23-year-old Olympic skier named Gus Schumacher became his latest victim. As Outkick.com reported, Schumacher was invited by Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to testify as an “expert” on “the nature of climate costs.”
But when it came time to interrogate Kennedy, things quickly went wrong for the young man. Then it got even worse when the Louisiana senator decided to go further and expose some damaging quotes highlighting Schumacher's left-wing activism.
Kennedy started with a simple question: “What is carbon dioxide?” Schumacher responded by answering primary school, thinking that would be enough.
However, Kennedy had a different opinion and pressed for more information. The so-called “experts” were completely stunned.
Here is a transcript of the exchange:
Schumacher (laughing): I went to high school, but carbon dioxide is a gas. I am not a professional to talk so much about carbon dioxide.
Kennedy: You're here as an expert. Tell me more about what carbon dioxide is.
Schumacher: Carbon dioxide is what I look at, you know, a gas that's present in our atmosphere.
Kennedy: Is it a major part of our environment?
Schumacher: It's a big part of our environment.
Kennedy: It's actually a very small part of our environment.
Schumacher: Okay, okay. But yes. I don't know.
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Kennedy then requested what steps the US ought to take to cut back fossil gas use. Schumacher responded that there was a chance for the nation to make use of extra renewable sources.
Nevertheless, he was shocked once more when Kennedy requested him how a lot the US ought to spend on renewable fuels and the way lengthy it could take to cut back carbon emissions.
“I'm not an economist,” Schumacher stated.
Scheer was ultimately compelled to confess that he had no thought whether or not spending trillions on renewable vitality would clear up “local weather change.”
“I don't suppose anybody is aware of for positive,” he stated.
Kennedy then dug up some previous tweets that uncovered Schumacher as an anti-racist leftist activist who hates police. Kennedy defined why it was obligatory to incorporate this supporting materials.
Kennedy defined, “When my colleagues invite witnesses to advise us on passing laws, I all the time verify the backgrounds of our witnesses as a result of I prefer to know who I'm speaking to.”
Schumacher reposted somebody on June 8, 2020, saying: “The 'Battle on Medicine' was deliberately created to mass incarcerate black folks.”
When Schumacher was requested for a solution, he claimed that he didn’t bear in mind typing it.
Scheyer additionally quoted a far-left protester who complained on August 27, 2020 that “Police are paid with no taxpayer cash. If they aren’t aware of us, we will demand new service and that's it. #AbolishThePolice in favor of that new service.”
“You suppose we must always abolish the police?” Kennedy requested. “Ought to we do that earlier than or after we do away with fossil fuels?”
“I received't speak about that,” Schumacher stated.
After all, Schumacher refused to take action as a result of he had already suffered sufficient humiliation.