Waltz: ‘Ridiculous’ and ‘Emotional’ for Al Gore to Compare Climate Change to Slavery

‘There is just a reasonable way to have this conversation’

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WALTZ: "These analogies to slavery, women’s suffrage movement and all the other things that the vice president was talking about were a little ridiculous and a little emotional. If we can look at this in practical terms, national security and jobs, there is no doubt that areas that are going through drought and famine and that are drying up are places that terrorists take advantage of, like Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al-Shabaab in Somalia. They take advantage of these places and these people to spread their Islamic extremist ideology. That's what we need to be focused on. The world is warming up. We could have a debate about why, but let’s focus on the national security implications and let's focus on how the renewables energy market can create jobs in the United States and around the world. There is just a reasonable way to have this conversation."

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