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WASHINGTON, July 9 – Oklahoma Republican James Inhofe, a mainstay of the ideological right in the U.S. Congress and champion of American military strength who derided as a hoax the notion that human activities drove climate change and fought environmental regulations, died on Tuesday at age 89.
Inhofe earned a reputation as one of the most conservative U.S. senators and was known for aiming caustic barbs at political and ideological adversaries. In 2015, Inhofe tossed a snowball on the Senate floor to demonstrate that the planet was not warming. Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse then spoke on the Senate floor, referring to scientific evidence of global climate change obtained by the U.S. space agency and others.
In a radio interview to promote his 2012 book “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future,” Inhofe, a conservative Christian, explained his views on climate change in religious terms. Inhofe made headlines when he said he was “more outraged at the outrage” than he was about the actual treatment of the prisoners.
Inhofe said making English the national language was needed for “preserving our culture and heritage.” Democrats described it as “a step backward” for America.
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