Ted Cruz: “Sheldon Whitehouse gives a damn speech on the Senate floor…”

“We should produce massive human poverty to stop climate change, because if we don't, humanity will be extinct. That's been their talking point for a decade. Sheldon Whitehouse gives a damn speech on the Senate floor every single week. For years. I have presided during those. They make your eyes want to bleed. They're so bad. Elon Musk has produced more electric vehicles than any human being who has ever lived.” (42:44–42:50)

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