‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Host Denies Climate Change On Twitter — A Science Blogger Sends A Great Reply

“Wheel of Fortune” host (and former weatherman!) Pat Sajak tweeted to say that anyone who believes in global warming is an unpatriotic racist. Yep that’s right: It was once his job to study the weather and climate, and he makes this kind of comment below.

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Upworthy Staff Writer

May 22, 2014

Photo credit: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash – Just a short, sweet little reminder out there: Climate change *is* real.

Interesting.

Sometimes all you need is a reality check. Here is the reply science blogger Greg Laden gave:

Just a short, sweet little reminder out there: Climate change *is* real.

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