It was all bad for Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to give his perspective as the committee considered the impact of climate change on the recreation industry. Schumacher tried to fend off what Kennedy asked which should have been a no brainer for this guy since he's up there sitting being asked as an expert of the left so the interrogation which began with a question about what carbon dioxide is was answered this way! 'I'm not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much.' Clearly this answer explains all the issues facing todays leftist idiots... I mean young people. But as John Kennedy demanded an explanation about the gas's role in climate change.
Member The House Democrats presented the young skier as an 'expert witness' as the Budget Committee considered the effect of climate change on the recreation industry But Schumacher, 23, struggled in a series of excruciating exchanges, claiming that the 0.04 percent of CO2 in the atmosphere was a 'huge part.' He also refused to explain his calls to abolish the police and claims that the war on drugs was designed to jail black people. The excruciating exchange continued with Schumacher insisting carbon dioxide is a 'huge part of our atmosphere', before Kennedy pointed out that it accounts for 0.04 percent. 'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know,' the skier admitted. Democrats invited US Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to the Budget Committee to answer questions on 'Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs'
Democrats invited US Olympic skier Gus Schumacher to the Budget Committee to answer questions on 'Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs' The 23-year-old said climate change has 'dramatically altered the conditions for winter sports' Introducing the hearing, Senator Whitehouse praised the quality of the 'highly credible witnesses' the committee had heard from. 'We have heard warnings from economists, scientists, medical professionals, insurance and investment executives, even a former Republican Senate Majority Leader. They warn of danger ahead.' But there was danger ahead for Schumacher as he tried to fend off Kennedy's interrogation which began with a question about what carbon dioxide is. 'I went to high school, but carbon dioxide is a gas,' the skier told him 'I'm not a professional to talk about carbon dioxide so much. But Kennedy demanded an explanation about the gas's role in climate change. 'Carbon dioxide is, what I see it as, you know, a gas that exists in our atmosphere,' Schumacher explained.
'Is it a major part of our atmosphere?' Kennedy asked innocently.
'It's a huge part of our atmosphere,' the skier insisted.
'It's a very small part of our atmosphere,' the Senator pointed out.
'Well, okay. But, yeah. I don't know. What are you asking specifically?' Schumacher replied. But the skier slipped over in the face of questions from Republican Senator John Kennedy 'You said we need to reduce carbon emissions,' Kennedy reminded him, 'I'd like to know first if you know what it is.' Schumacher, who competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics, insisted he had seen 'climate change dramatically alter the conditions for winter sports,' during his decade or so on the slopes. Kennedy was keen to test his expertise on other issues he had weighed in on including a 2020 retweet claiming the 'war on drugs was intentionally created to incarcerate black people en masse'. 'Who intentionally created the 'war on drugs' to put black people in jail?' Kennedy demanded. Schumacher said he did not remember the tweet, adding: 'I'm here as an athlete giving you my story of what I've seen in my field.' The senator then asked about a tweet calling for the police to 'abolished' and replaced with a new service. 'You think we ought to abolish the police?' Kennedy asked.
'Should we do that before or after we get rid of fossil fuels?' 'I'm not going to address that,' the skier replied. Footage of the head-clutching exchange left viewers baffled as to why he had been invited with some suggesting he should stick to what he knows. 'I just like play in the snow and I like noticed the snow wasn't so snowy anymore,' tweeted one. 'It's sad this fella went to the Senate to speak about Carbon dioxide and it's effect on the environment and he has no clue,' added another. 'He thought it would be fun to go advise the Senate on an important issue. That fun ended at Senator John Kennedy,' wrote a third.
Schumacher (right) was invited to speak by Democrat Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (left) and appeared alongside Hilary Hutcheson, a fishing guide and outfitter from Montana And the young skier appeared unfazed about his mauling at the hands of the veteran senator Schumacher deleted the X account from which the senator quoted at Wednesday's hearing. And though some compared him to the gormless surfer Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemount High, the young Alaskan did not seem fazed by his mauling at the hands of the Republican Senator, insisting it had been a 'huge honor'. 'I don't pretend to be an expert, but I'm using my platform to elevate the issue!' he wrote on Facebook. 'I hope that my testimony has made an impact on public officials making policy decisions.'
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