Steyer Group: Republicans = Cavemen
The environmentalist outside spending group is deploying shame tactics against Republicans.
NextGen Climate founder Tom Steyer
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Republicans throughout this election season have sought to tactfully avoid getting too deep into the debate over climate change with one sentence: I'm not a scientist.
Now NextGen Climate, the outside spending group funded primarily by billionaire Tom Steyer, is launching a series of television ads in Florida and Washington equating lawmakers who use the line to cavemen. (The ad going after Florida Governor Rick Scott is below.)