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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that stripped the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to continue with President Obama’s Clean Power Plan and the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) went nuts. “After suffering defeat in Congress in his promise to replace ObamaCare, President Trump returned back to the executive order route today to try to deliver on another major campaign vow,” whined anchor Lester Holt at the start of NBC Nightly News, “It’s a jobs move that like the health care gamut entails shredding another major piece of the Obama legacy.”
“As President Donald Trump struggles to find his footing in an attempt to show strength today by obliterating his predecessor's record on the environment,” reporter Kristen Welker exclaimed after Holt handed it off to her.
Welker’s report dipped into climate alarmism as she proclaimed that the elimination of the Clean Power Plan harmed national security. “And tonight, environmentalists decrying the executive order, saying combatting climate change is key to protecting the planet, the economy, and even national security,” she reported. She followed that up with a clip of Democratic Senator Ed Markey asserting that “This is not an executive order, this is a declaration of war.”
Who the United States was going to war with over the striking down of the Clean Power Plan was never explained, but then again that’s kind of how fake news works.
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