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calling on President Donald Trump ― who once dismissed global warming as a hoax created “by and for the Chinese” ― to acknowledge the connection
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“This is the time to talk about climate change. This is the time that the president and the [Environmental Protection Agency] and whoever makes decision needs to talk about climate change,”
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Scott was even accused in 2015 of banning administrators in the Department of Environmental Protection from using the term “climate change” in official communications.
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When asked if he believes the mountain of scientific evidence proving the connection between climate change and human activity, the governor has replied: “I’m not a scientist.”
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“The Republican Party has just moved too far to the extreme right,”
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It was one of at least five times that Mr. Trump would switch party affiliations over the years.
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abandoned Republican congressional leaders to forge a short-term fiscal deal with Democrats
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On Friday, he addressed discontent about his approach with a Twitter post that started, “Republicans, sorry,” as if he were not one of them
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“This week was the first time he struck out and did something completely at odds with what the Republican leadership and establishment would want him to do in this position.”
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The Trump administration on Wednesday circulated a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would effectively empower the United States Navy and Air Force to interdict North Korean ships at sea
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essentially seeking to plunge a country of 25 million people into a deep freeze this winter if its leaders fail to begin giving up their nuclear weapon and missile programs
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North conducted its largest nuclear test to date
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it could set the stage for some of the tensest encounters on the high seas since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis
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the result could be an exchange of fire at a time when Pyongyang is threatening to use its nascent nuclear arsenal, and the United States is warning of a “devastating response.”
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“We should not act out of emotions and push North Korea into a dead end,” Mr. Putin said
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an executive order had been prepared that would authorize a halt in trade with “anybody that does trade with North Korea.”
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Even some Democrats have joined the Trump administration in calling for an oil cutoff
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