TRUMP VP CHOICE MIKE PENCE DOESN’T AGREE WITH SCIENCE [View all]

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SMOKING DOESN'T KILL, TEACH THE CONTROVERSY, AND MORE QUOTES FROM THE CANDIDATE
http://www.popsci.com/top-5-worst-mike-pence-quotes-on-science

"Mike Pence, the putative next vice president of the United States, does not believe in evolution, thinks smoking doesn’t kill, would like creationism taught in public schools, and doesn’t think scientists agree climate change is happening.

We’ll learn a lot more about Donald Trump’s newly minted running mate in the coming days, but the Indiana governor is already on record as sharing some of the most easily refuted claims of the GOP’s anti-science wing. Some of his more remarkable lines come from a 2009 interview with Chris Matthews, the bombastic host of “Hardball.” Others are taken from previous statements made during his campaigns for Congress, or other interviews he’s done over the years.

Here’s a selection.

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“I think the science is very mixed on the subject of global warming.”

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“Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill.”

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Trump's pseudoscience nonsense, including anti-vacccine ridiculousness only gets worse with this guy in tow.