Editing Ted Cruz (section)

== On Climate Change ==
"On the global warming alarmists, anyone who actually points to the evidence that disproves their apocalyptical claims, they don't engage in reasoned debate. What do they do? They scream, 'You're a denier.' They brand you a heretic. Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers. It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/03/27/we-dont-have-a-ted-cruz-problem-on-climate-change-we-have-a-gop-problem-on-climate-change/ 2015]

When discussing climate change, Cruz mixed up climate change and weather, implying that because there is snow and ice in New Hampshire, climate change isn't happening. 
"I just came back from New Hampshire where there's snow and ice everywhere. And my view actually is simple. Debates on this should follow science and should follow data." [http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/03/ted-cruz-seth-myers-climate-change 2015]

"And many of the alarmists on global warming, they've got a problem because the science doesn't back them up. And in particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years there's been zero warming, none whatsoever." [http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/03/ted-cruz-seth-myers-climate-change 2015]

[http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/03/ted-cruz-seth-myers-climate-change As ''Mother Jones'' wrote], this assertion by Cruz is a lie, as satellite data does indeed show warming in the last 17 years. And just by focusing on the satellite date, Cruz ignores a large part of climate science, as ''Mother Jones'' asserts, writing "More importantly, satellites measure temperatures in the atmosphere, high above the surface. The chart above shows the lower troposphere, about six miles above the surface. This data is an important piece of the climate and weather system, but it's only one piece. There are plenty of other signs that are far less equivocal, and perhaps even more relevant to those of us who live on the Earth's surface: Land and ocean surface temperatures are increasing, sea ice is declining, glaciers are shrinking, oceans are rising, the list goes on. In other words, the satellites-vs-computers dichotomy described by Cruz ignores most of the full picture."