Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was humiliated after tweeting that the Earth experienced its hottest day in 120,000 years.
Omar used the tweet to push for a “climate emergency” declaration. However, her claim was met with widespread skepticism, with Twitter even attaching a note poking massive holes in the claim.
The earth just broke the record for the hottest day in 120,000 years. In fact, we broke in on three separate days.
National climate emergency now.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 17, 2023
Former White House adviser Stephen Miller responded to Omar’s tweet by asking, “What was the temperature of the globe at 12pm GMT on July 1st, 116,539 BC?”Republican Utah Senate candidate Trent Staggs also questioned if her statement was satire.
A report from Florida outlet WFLA-TV, which cited the Climate Reanalyzer dashboard from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, stated that the Earth broke a record for its hottest day in 120,000 years on concurrent days.
The report clarified that the data should not be considered official records and that record-keeping began in the 1800s.
Conservative commentators also challenged Omar’s claim, highlighting the lack of precise daily temperature records dating back thousands of years.
If you believe that we have precise daily temperature records dating back 120 thousand years, then this claim may seem credible. But if you are approximately smarter than a sea sponge then you know that this is hysterical bullshit. https://t.co/0QHm14UPjy
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 18, 2023
They pointed out that temperature measurement tools were invented much later, and data from earlier periods relies on proxy data analysis.
President Biden has not declared a national emergency over climate change, and no mention has been made of it from him yet.
Advocates for a climate emergency declaration argue that it would grant the president more regulatory power. Critics such as Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s spokesperson Jeremy Redfern, argue that it would enable the implementation of a left-wing climate-centered agenda.
Benji Backer, founder of the American Conservation Coalition, expressed his opposition to Omar’s call for a national emergency to Fox News digital, comparing it to the COVID-19 response and emphasizing the need for effective solutions rather than symbolic gestures.
“Declaring a ‘national emergency’, especially for an international problem, doesn’t solve a thing,” he said in a tweet. “Just look at COVID. It might do well on Twitter, but it sure isn’t a solution.”
Declaring a “national emergency”, especially for an international problem, doesn’t solve a thing.
Just look at COVID.
It might do well on Twitter, but it sure isn’t a solution. https://t.co/HZOmbNnTx5
— Benji Backer (@BenjiBacker) July 18, 2023
