Tapper Obsesses About Climate Change During Interview with Pence

Vice President Mike Pence appeared on State of the Union Sunday, where host Jake Tapper obsessed over climate change.  Tapper quoted from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who said "the climate emergency is likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent."  Tapper described the "climate emergency" as a "priority for the DNI coats" before complaining that the EPA "rolled back part of President Obama's Clean Power Plan, letting states set their own limits for coal...power." Tapper then asked the Vice President "do you think human-induced climate emergency is a threat to the United States?" As Vice President Pence explained the problems with the Clean Power Plan, Tapper asked "but is it a threat?" After the Vice President explained "we're seeing a reduction in carbon emissions all across this country," Tapper asked again "but is what people are calling a climate emergency? Is it a threat? Do you think it's a threat? Manmade climate emergency? Is it a threat?" Pence told Tapper "the answer to that is going to be based upon the science." Tapper responded: "the science says yes. I'm asking you what you think." Pence attempted to tell Tapper that "many in the science community" did not agree with that analysis but Tapper cut him off: "the science community in your own administration, at NOAA, at the DNI, they all say it's a threat...but you won't for some reason." Tapper asked if he thought it was a threat three more times before complaining again that "you just rolled back all these clean coal..."