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Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary says ‘there is no climate crisis’
(www.theverge.com)
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Unfortunately, Republicans have spent decades systematically destroying public education in this country, and this is the end result. When Trump said "I love the poorly educated" back in 2016 he wasn't really saying anything new or breaking from the mainstream GOP stance... He was just honest about it, unlike the rest of the GOP who have always described their supporters with cynical euphemisms like "salt of the earth" and "regular folk" when they really mean ignorant rubes.
the common clay of the new west.
You know... morons!
"The common clay" and in "as dumb as a brick"?
Maybe more like "salting the earth"