Nikki Haley was the only contender in the GOP debate to say climate change is real. That mattered to women watching.
found that 31 percent of Republican women said they thought climate change was having a significant impact on the planet, while just 17 percent of the party’s men thought the same.
The gender gap among these “non-voting environmentalists” is particularly pronounced in red states. In Texas, for example, about 60 percent of non-voting environmentalists were women, nearly two-thirds were aged 18 to 24 years old, and 37 percent were Latinx. In Florida, 53 percent were women, nearly 50 percent were aged 18 to 24 years old, and nearly 54 percent were people of color.
All of the Republican candidates have criticized Biden’s landmark climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act, which earmarked $369 billion for climate action, making it the largest climate-funding bill in history. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has” Trump has said he would repeal it, and others have signaled they’d do the same or claw back some of its funding.
The stage quickly devolved into one of the most chaotic moments of the debate. Before anyone could answer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis interjected: “We’re not schoolchildren.” Ramaswamy called it a “hoax,” prompting former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to call him a chat bot. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott from South Carolina partially deflected, saying that there are more serious environmental threats from countries such as China.
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