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Cato Institute stated on April 01, 2009 in a political advertisement.:

"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."

By Robert Farley• April 1, 2009

Ted Cruz stated on March 17, 2015 in an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers":

"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."

By Lauren Carroll• March 20, 2015

Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a post:

"The Earth is warming because of the sun's changing distance from the Earth, not because of carbon emissions."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• April 3, 2024

Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech:

Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."

By Joseph Cariz• October 28, 2016

Barry Smitherman stated on November 17, 2013 in :

"The Earth is not warming."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 13, 2013

Rush Limbaugh stated on January 06, 2014 in comments on his radio show:

Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."

By Katie Sanders• January 8, 2014

Tom Tancredo stated on May 15, 2007 in Columbia, S.C.:

"For every single scientist that tells you (global warming is) happening and that it's our fault...I can stack up another group of reports that say just the opposite."

By Bill Adair• June 12, 2007

Sarah Palin stated on September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska:

On whether global warming is man-made.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 12, 2008

Viral image stated on November 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”

By Tom Kertscher• November 3, 2021

Don Beyer stated on March 24, 2016 in a website post.:

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

By Sean Gorman• April 4, 2016

Kevin Coughlin stated on August 18, 2011 in a campaign speech:

Says there’s not "much evidence to suggest that people have (contributed to global warming) or can do very much to change anything."

By Sabrina Eaton• August 31, 2011

Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall:

"The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."

By Sophie Austin• June 6, 2019

John McCain stated on October 07, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.

By Bill Adair• October 7, 2008

Ron Johnson stated on August 01, 2016 in an interview:

"The climate hasn't warmed in quite a few years. That is proven scientifically."

By Tom Kertscher• August 12, 2016

John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in a TV ad:

"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."

By Bill Adair• June 17, 2008

John Kerry stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":

"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."

By Keith Perine• September 3, 2008

Lenar Whitney stated on June 25, 2014 in a YouTube video:

"Global warming is a hoax."

By Lauren Carroll• August 1, 2014

Steve Goreham stated on August 05, 2013 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Global surface temperatures have been flat for 16 years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 25, 2013

Rick Perry stated on August 17, 2011 in a campaign stop in New Hampshire:

Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being put into question."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor• August 22, 2011

Wayne Smith stated on April 17, 2013 in an interview.:

"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 2, 2013

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