The Regime Media can’t resist injecting their deeply held policy beliefs into certain stories. One of those policy preferences centers around climate, which the media address by performing the condescending ritual of lecturing Republicans on climate after a major disaster.
Watch CBS’s Scott MacFarlane lecture former President Donald Trump on climate during his most recent visit to Valdosta, Georgia on occasion of the passage of Hurricane Helene:
SCOTT MACFARLANE: We asked him if this historic storm had convinced Trump to consider a new approach on a key issue.
Do you think these storms may make you rethink climate change, get more aggressive about climate change?
DONALD TRUMP: No. Not too much.
The question sticks out towards the end of a basic hurricane roundup, less centered on the catastrophic damage than on the political aspects of the response.
You never see a Regime Media Reporter run behind a prominent Democrat to ask them whether they’ve reconsidered their stance on immigration after a migrant murder. Whether on guns, abortion, climate change or anything else on the leftwing policy platter, the “will you reconsider” questions go in only one direction.
If it weren’t for Regime Media, we’d have none at all.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the CBS Evening News on Monday, September 30th, 2024:
NORAH O’DONNELL: Well, tonight President Joe Biden is calling Donald Trump a liar after the former president said the current one isn’t doing enough to help storm victims. Trump visited the storm zone in Georgia today and Biden will be in North Carolina on Wednesday. CBS’s Scott MacFarlane is on the ground in Valdosta, Georgia, with more on the federal response and how this storm is affecting the presidential campaign.
SCOTT MACFARLANE: Helene's path of destruction has forced the presidential candidates to change course. Vice President Kamala Harris returned this afternoon from a stop in Nevada for a briefing at FEMA headquarters in Washington, and spoke to both North Carolina and Georgia's governors.
KAMALA HARRIS: We will continue to do everything we can to help you recover and to help you rebuild. No matter how long it takes.
MACFARLANE: As a subdued Donald Trump visited a ravaged city in a battleground state. Valdosta, Georgia, where the power is still out, schools are closed and roofs, trees, and signs litter the streets.
TRUMP: Helene turned out to be a big one, like- just about the biggest that anyone’s seen…
MACFARLANE: Trump falsely claimed Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, couldn’t reach President Biden by phone- even though Kemp and the White House spoke this weekend.
REPORTER: Donald Trump has accused both of you of ignoring…
JOE BIDEN: The guy is lying. Let me get this straight. He is lying. And the governor told him he was lying.
MACFARLANE: And Trump suggested Elon Musk provide satellite service to restore wi-fi, even though FEMA is already doing so. We asked him if this historic storm had convinced Trump to consider a new approach on a key issue.
Do you think these storms may make you rethink climate change, get more aggressive about climate change?
TRUMP: No. Not too much.
MACFARLANE: Just down the street from Trump’s location, downtown is shuttered. With generator power, Candy Baumer’s restaurant is serving meals for those who need them, streetside.
CANDY BAUMER: Our focus is on our community, not any celebrity or politician that comes in.
MACFARLANE: Meanwhile, President Biden said he was commanding direct federal response. First from his home in Delaware, then back at The White House this weekend.
BIDEN: My first responsibility is to get all the help needed to those impacted areas.
MACFARLANE: With absentee ballots already being distributed, there's another recovery issue to our north in North Carolina, where CBS News has learned the State Board of Elections had an emergency meeting about the damage and said they will have a successful election, no matter the damage. Norah.
O’DONNELL: Scott MacFarlane, thank you for being there.
