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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell tells other countries not to trust Obama when it comes to combating climate change
In an effort to undermine international negotiations aimed at combating climate change, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is telling other countries not to trust President Obamas promise to significantly reduce the United States carbon emissions.In a statement released Tuesday, McConnell warned other countries to proceed with caution before pledging any carbon emissions reductions to the United Nations, saying the U.S. would likely not be able to meet its own climate goals. The statement came shortly after Obama announced the official U.S. plan to slash the United States greenhouse gas emissions as much as 28 percent as part of an international agreement brokered by the U.N.
Even if the job-killing and likely illegal Clean Power Plan were fully implemented, the United States could not meet the targets laid out in this proposed new plan, McConnell said, adding that Our international partners should proceed with caution before entering into a binding, unattainable deal.
The Majority Leaders tactic is similar to a recent and slightly more aggressive effort by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to undermine international negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Earlier this month, Cotton and 46 other Republican senators wrote a letter to the Iranian government warning that it should not trust any deal it strikes with the United States and its international partners, saying that the deal likely would not last past the Obama administration.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/01/3641594/mcconnells-inner-tom-cotton/
villager
(26,001 posts)"Can you hear me, now?"
G_j
(40,372 posts)goes even lower ..
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Easy for me, McConnell who pledged to stop Obama instead of doing his job governing. McConnell and his party denies Climate Change so it makes me wonder why he would advise any country not to trust Obama on an issue denied by McConnell and his party.
global1
(25,285 posts)How and why he hasn't lost it and went off on them is beyond me.
I'm thinking that fortunately that the countries that McConnell sent this to realize just how partisan the politics are in this country and don't give this type of tactic the time of day.
dmr
(28,349 posts)He & his assholic cronies are undermining national security.
They play into the hands of our foes who understand how divide & conquer works, & would very much employ it.
pampango
(24,692 posts)When it comes to negotiating international agreements, republicans are the ones who cannot be trusted. All they care about seems to be maximizing next quarter's net profit.
Rex
(65,616 posts)The things that GOPukers can put down on their resume grows and grows.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Ugh, I cannot stand republicans.