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In the US Republican primary debate, moderators ask for a show of hands of how many candidates believe in human-caused climate change. Not a single candidate raises their hand. (twitter.com)

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Because 30-40% of the US population have the IQ of broccoli.

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