Ron DeSantis rejects GOP debate vote on climate change belief, other candidates follow his lead
It would’ve made for a good snapshot of the GOP debate Wednesday night, but Ron DeSantis shut the photo op down.
Returning from the debate’s first commercial break, co-host Martha MacCallum of Fox News called for a show of hands from candidates who think Earth’s rising tides and record heat waves are human-made.
DeSantis rejected MacCallum’s request before any candidate hoisted their arm, explaining that he and his candidates are “not schoolchildren” and should “have the debate” on the subject.
“I don’t think that’s the way to do it,” he said before pivoting to an attack on President Joe Biden’s response to the deadly fires in Maui and touting his own action following Hurricane Ian’s devasta...
