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Biden calls climate change deniers 'Neanderthals' during

border speech in Texas
Biden spoke about the wildfires in Texas, while urging Congressional Republicans to help pass meaningful border
legislation
By Louis Casiano Fox News

Published February 29, 2024 8:35pm EST

Biden calls climate change deniers 'Neanderthals' during border speech

President Biden began his speech on the southern border crisis by addressing wildfires in Texas.

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President Biden began his remarks during a Thursday visit to the southern border in Texas
by addressing a devastating wildfire in the state's panhandle and Oklahoma before calling
climate change deniers "neanderthals."

Speaking in the border city of Brownsville, Biden first addressed the ongoing wildfire that
has ravaged a portion of Texas and destroyed more than one million acres.

"I've flown over a lot of these wildfires since I've been president," Biden said. "Flown over
more land burned to the ground. All the vegetation gone more than the entire state of
Maryland in square footage."

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro
Mayorkas, looks on, Thursday, in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"The idea there's no such thing as climate change. I love that, man," he added. "I love some
of my Neanderthal friends who still think there's no climate change."

Biden didn't mention Republicans, but he has criticized the GOP in the past for disputing
global warming. When the National Climate Assessment, which details climate change
impacts, was released in November 2023, Biden blasted the party .

"Anyone who willfully denies the impact of climate change is condemning the American
people to a very dangerous future. Impacts are only going to get worse, more frequent,
more ferocious and more costly," he said at the time. "None of this is inevitable."

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Border Patrol agents look on as President Biden delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville,
Texas, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

After his brief climate change remarks, he further criticized Congress for failing to pass
bipartisan border legislation.

"This bill was on its way to being passed. Then it was derailed by rank-and-file politics," he
said. "The U.S. needs to reconsider this bill and those senators who oppose it need to set
politics aside and pass it on the merits."

"The majority of Republicans and Democrats in both houses support this legislation until
someone came along and said ‘Don’t do that. It'll benefit the incumbent,'" Biden added.
"That's a hell of a way to do business in America for such a serious problem.

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