"Ted Cruz, the junior U.S. senator from Texas and first official contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, compared people who think that the climate is warming to "flat-Earthers" and described himself as a modern-day Galileo in an interview with the Texas Tribune.
"On the global warming alarmists, anyone who actually points to the evidence that disproves their apocalyptical claims, they don't engage in reasoned debate," Cruz said in an interview with reporter Jay Root on Tuesday. "What do they do? They scream, 'You're a denier.' They brand you a heretic. Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers. It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier."
Root noted that Cruz's disbelief that the planet is warming puts him out of step with younger voters. But Cruz dug in."
Kate Sheppard reports for the Huffington Post March 25, 2015.
SEE ALSO:
"Ted Cruz Invokes Galileo To Defend Climate Skepticism — And Historians Aren’t Happy" (Washington Post)
"Republicans Face Dilemma as Climate Change Rises Up Political Agenda" (Guardian)
"Ted Cruz Compares Climate Change Activists To ‘Flat-Earthers.’ Where To Begin?" (Washington Post)
"Ted Cruz Compares Himself to Galileo, Calls Those Who Believe In Climate Change ‘Flat-Earthers’" (Climate Progress)
"Cruz Demolishes Climate Change Alarmists" (Rush Limbaugh)
Ted Cruz Equates 'Global Warming Alarmists' to 'Flat-Earthers'
Source: Huffington Post, 03/27/2015