Ah, Yes! GQP Rep. Tags Republicans' Shitty Environmental Reputation As A "Branding Problem"
An oldie but a goodie!
Rep. John Curtis says the idea that conservatives don’t care about climate change is a result of bad branding, something the Utah Republican is trying to overcome during his trip to Glasgow, Scotland, where world leaders convened this week to workshop solutions to a warming planet.
“We’ve been subject to a branding problem, and we need to overcome that. But loud and clear, Republicans care,” Curtis said on “Face the Nation” Sunday, before host Margaret Brennan pressed him further. “You think it’s just a branding problem?” Brennan asked. Absolutely,” Curtis said, before telling Brennan that in Utah, “deep down, everybody cares about this planet.”
Curtis said “extremist rhetoric” on the environment can alienate Republicans, but pointed to the Conservative Climate Caucus, which he started, as an example of the GOP taking climate change seriously. Curtis is one of several Republicans traveling to Scotland for the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Accompanied by Republican Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, David McKinley of West Virginia and Garret Graves of Louisiana, Curtis wants to use the conference to show Republicans are serious about climate change.
“Very important to us is for the world to see that Republicans are very interested in the climate dialogue and that we want a seat at the table and that we feel like we have some good ideas,” Curtis told the Washington Post. However, Curtis says he will vote no on the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, which has been lauded by the president as a key step in tackling carbon emissions.
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https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/11/1/22757634/cop26-john-curtis-says-republicans-have-climate-change-branding-problem-glasgow-biden-infrastructure
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