For reasons too bizarre to be immediately clear, long-time game show host Pat Sajak tweeted this on Monday night:
I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends. Good night.
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 20, 2014It’s not the first time he’s used Twitter to take on the scientific consensus on climate change. Here is a sampling:
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Help…climate changing…must send money to lots of places…a lot of money…hurry…time is short…not kidding…
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 14, 2014Very hot weather: "We're all going to die!" Very cold weather: "There's a difference between climate & weather, moron!"
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 11, 2014With ice caps melted, polar bears gone and kids no longer able to play in the snow, who's laughing now, huh?
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) February 13, 2014Ok, I'll explain again: cold, snowy winters do not disprove global warming, but warm winters do prove it. Got it?
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) February 4, 2014It’s unclear what provoked Sajak’s latest remark on climate change. In recent interviews, California Gov. Jerry Brown has blamed worsening wildfires in the state on climate change caused by humans.
Sajak’s latest tweet provoked plenty of reactions. Perhaps, as this Sajak tweet from today hints, the game show host was just trying to stir controversy:
Sometimes it's fun to poke a stick in a hornets' nest just to hear the buzzing.
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 20, 2014
Nick Ramsey
Nick Ramsey is a senior producer with MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.”