Republicans in the armed forces are coming back with much greener views on energy than the Senators that represent the Red States they come from, or the media that serves Republicans. A VoteVets poll of returning Afghanistan and Iraq veterans, comprising mostly Republicans – only 20% were Democrats – mostly from the Red States in the South showed a strikingly stark chasm opening between vets and their Senators.
Asked “Do you favor or oppose a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill that invests in clean, renewable energy sources in America and limits carbon pollution in the atmosphere?”
73% of vets voted “Aye”.
But since at least 1993, Senate Republicans have consistently voted and filibustered against all attempts at passing comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation that limits carbon pollution in the atmosphere.
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