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ThinkProgress ?@thinkprogress 50m50 minutes agoWhat Marco Rubios climate denial means for his presidential chances http://thkpr.gs/3645153
When Marco Rubio announces his bid for President Monday, hell become one of two candidates of Latino descent in the running. But Rubios history of denial of human-caused climate change isnt likely to help his case among Latino voters, a group that, as a whole, is among the strongest supporters of U.S. action on climate change.
Rubios long been open about his doubt that climate change is being caused by humans. Last year, Rubio said that he didnt agree that somehow, there are actions we can take today that would actually have an impact on whats happening in our climate. According to Rubio, the Earths climate is always changing, and in saying that climate change is real, scientists have taken a handful of decades of research and and say that this is now evidence of a longer-term trend thats directly and almost solely attributable to manmade activity.
These opinions not only put him in opposition to with the 97 percent of climate scientists that believe climate change is happening and is human-caused, they also directly conflict the views of most Latino voters. A 2014 poll found that nine out of 10 Latinos in the U.S. including 68 percent of Republican Latinos want the U.S. to take action against climate change. Matt Barreto, co-founder of polling firm Latino Decisions, said when the poll was announced that immigration was the only other issue where hed seen such consistent support among Latinos.
A poll from this year found that Latinos were more likely than non-Hispanic whites to say that climate change was an issue that was very important to them personally, and were also more likely to say that climate change would end up hurting them personally.
read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/13/3645153/marco-rubio-climate-change-latinos/
gordianot
(15,247 posts)bigtree
(86,008 posts)...of running with republicans.
Still, he's trying to straddle the fence; admitting it exists, but claiming it isn't caused by humans - and besides, he says...nothing can be legislated to fix it. Rubio voted to construct a cap and trade 'system' in Florida, then, when it failed he celebrated as if he hadn't supported it in the first place. He's a right-wing suck-up and a prevaricating hypocrite.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)who hate Cruz and Rubio and will never vote for them, it's mostly because they are Cuban. There is a pretty radical divide between Cubans and other Latinos here in the US, especially those from Central America and Mexico. I suspect the GOP is stupid enough to make an assumption of support from fellow Spanish speakers without knowing some of the nuances between them.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)I have a co-worker from Ghana and apparently Ghanaians are not fans of Ethiopians because they (I'm quoting her) are too uppity and think they are better than the rest of their fellow Africans.