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Mike Lee: “Without air travel, how are we supposed to get around the…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Mike Lee makes fun of the Green New Deal using Reagan on a dinosaur, Star Wars and Sharknado

Published | Video Starts at 00:53

But that quibble actually serves our purposes here today, Mr. President, because this image has as much to do with overcoming communism in the 20th century as the Green New Deal has to do with overcoming climate change in the 21st future. Without air travel, how are we supposed to get around the vast expanses of, say, Alaska during the winter? Well, I'll tell you how. Tauntauns, Mr. President. This is a beloved species of repto mammals native to the ice planet of Hoth. (00:53–01:02)

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Implies that the Green New Deal would eliminate air travel, affecting transportation in places like Alaska.

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