GOP U.S. Congresswoman Mocks Report: ‘Oh Good, We’ve All Been Dying to Get Al Gore’s Take on Current Events’

U.S. Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) mocked a report that former Vice President Al Gore said fixing issues with American democracy is necessary to properly address climate change. 

Gore told NBC News’s Chuck Todd in a “Meet the Press” interview that public sentiment on climate issues is changing in favor of supporting urgent action, but a “broken” democracy is preventing progress from happening. 

“Oh good, we’ve all been dying to get Al Gore’s take on current events,” McClain declared in a quote tweet of the Hill, who shared an article on Gore’s comments.

Oh good, we’ve all been dying to get Al Gore’s take on current events. https://t.co/ETgouJx8C7

— Representative Lisa McClain (@RepLisaMcClain) July 24, 2022

Gore claimed in the interview, “In order to solve the climate crisis, we’re going to have to pay attention to the democracy crisis.”

Congress cannot pass climate legislation for the same reason it is unable to pass legislation to ban assault rifles, Gore insisted.

Gore, like many progressive Democrats, believes that the Senate’s filibuster, which requires most legislation to receive 60 votes to advance, should be eliminated and that “big money” plays too influential a role in politics. 

In an attack on U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Gore said Joe Biden is attempting to have the United States serve as a leader to the world on climate change, but he really has a “49-51 Senate on everything related to climate” and a “razor-thin majority” in the House.

Gore also claimed that the public needs to elect more “pro-climate” senators and representatives from both parties to enact more pro-climate policies. 

“We do have the solutions. And I think these extreme events that are getting steadily worse and more severe are really beginning to change minds,” Gore suggested.

Gore asserted, “We have to have unity as a nation to come together and stop making this a political football. It shouldn’t be a partisan issue.”

Biden has reversed some of the “terrible policies” of former President Donald Trump, Biden added, but needs congressional action to take the “bold steps” that are needed on the climate.