Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right is using it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

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Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right is using it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

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To be clear, “ignoring” doesn’t mean doing nothing; the Democrats actually passed major climate legislation that was then dismantled once the Republicans took power. It mostly means that they’re not campaigning on it right now.

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Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | ​While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right​ is using ​it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | ​While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right​ is using ​it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right is using it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.

Climate Disasters Are Catnip for Cynical Republicans | While Democrats are ignoring the climate crisis, the right is using it as a handy source of chaos they can exploit to advance their own aims.