Bernie Sanders: Climate change poses a bigger threat to America than ISIS
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2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said climate change represents a bigger threat to national security than ISIS or Al Qaeda, during a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday.
"Four years ago I came here to Iowa and I was asked what is the major national security issue we face? And people thought I’d say ISIS or Al Qaeda, and those are big issues. The answer that I gave, in terms of national security, is climate change," Sanders said as the crowd cheered.
Sanders has been an outspoken advocate of government intervention to combat climate change but also spent nearly $300,000 on private air travel in October 2018.
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Sanders’ 2018 campaign committee paid $297,685 on October 10 to New York-based Apollo Jets, a charter jet company used by famous sports stars, according to federal campaign reports obtained by VTDigger.org, a watchdog website in Vermont.
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“This expense was for transportation for the senator’s nine-day, nine-state tour to support Democratic candidates up and down the ballot ahead of Election Day,” said Arianna Jones, senior communications adviser for Friends of Bernie Sanders.
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Sanders also called President Trump an "idiot" on Twitter Saturday for being skeptical of climate change.
"Donald Trump believes climate change is a hoax. Donald Trump is an idiot," he wrote.
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Anti-Trump Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., responded to Sanders' tweet and called Trump "a danger to our democracy and our country's future."
Fox News Louis Casiano and David Montanaro contributed to this report.