Marco Rubio criticized President Obama Monday over his push to combat climate change amid heightened threats of terrorism from the Islamic State throughout Europe and the United States.
During a town hall event in Laconia, N.H., Rubio remarked that there’s “no way any reasonable person” would argue that climate change and what it’s going to look like down the road is the “most immediate threat” facing the U.S.
“No matter how you feel about the issue of the environment, and the climate, and the changes to climate, there’s no way any reasonable person could conclude that the most immediate threat we face to our security is what the climate’s going to look like in 25 or 30 years,” Rubio said to a voter during the Q&A segment. “No matter how you feel about it, it’s just not accurate.”
The presidential hopeful went on to tell the Laconia crowd that, rather, international and domestic threats are more pressing, pointing specifically to those from “radical jihadists” in the Middle East and the threat of a nuclear Iran. He also said the U.S.’s $18 trillion national debt is also a bigger concern.
Donald Trump, a rival for the 2016 Republican nomination, also called out Obama over the need for “serious leadership” abroad in an Instagram ad that featured terror footage over the past few weeks interwoven with shots of Obama during a photoshoot with Buzzfeed.
