The deplorables are starting to wonder if govt has been lying to them about Hurricane Matthew intensity to make exaggerated point on climate
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) October 6, 2016
@DRUDGE please get on the next flight to Palm Beach and collect some data, for science.
— 1st Amendment Person (@psychic_twin) October 6, 2016
I sincerely doubt Matt Drudge is dumb enough to try this (or to believe it), but no doubt there’s the odd Trumplodyte idiot already planning for their cellphone SUCK ON THIS MATTHEW WOO HOO!!! videos to go viral. Which would be fine — some people can only learn experientially, as when they get literally thumped around by natural forces — except that rescuing these sorry putzes will put first responders in harm’s way. TPM, “Conservative Hurricane Truthers Downplay Danger Of Hurricane Matthew”:
Hours ahead of Hurricane Matthews’ landfall on Florida’s Atlantic coast, some climate change skeptics downplayed the danger of what meteorologists say could be the worst such storm since Hurricane Katrina…
“This storm will kill you. Time is running out,” Gov. Rick Scott (R) said in a press conference Thursday. “There are no excuses. You need to leave. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. Are you willing to take a change to risk your life? Are you willing to take a gamble? That’s what you’re doing.”
Yet in the face of those pleas conservative aggregator Matt Drudge, who has a house in Florida, tweeted that “The deplorables are starting to wonder if govt has been lying to them about Hurricane Matthew intensity to make exaggerated point on climate,” and “Hurricane Center has monopoly on data. No way of verifying claims. Nassau ground observations DID NOT match statements! 165mph gusts? WHERE?”…
On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh expressed a similar sentiment on his radio show, saying that government scientists might be “playing games” with storm data in order to “sell” the role climate change has played in making hurricanes stronger…
Listening to the scary forecast. What are the odds that Trump uses the storm hitting Mar-a-Lago as an excuse to flake on the debate?
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) October 6, 2016
Nah, but you can bet he’ll shove his way to the front of the line to collect any available storm-damage mitigation funds… whether or not he’s actually eligible.
meanwhile, on the republican internet pic.twitter.com/cVbLuWUzO2
— laura olin (@lauraolin) October 6, 2016
Welcome to 2016 when you have to check the news before tweeting jokes to make sure they haven't happened in real life while you were busy.
— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 5, 2016