Henry Barbour, one of five Republicans tasked with rethinking GOP strategy following the 2012 elections, refused to say if climate change is one of the areas his party should address, stating that “there’s certainly two sides to every issue.”
During a Thursday appearance on NPR’s On Point to discuss the Republican Party’s post-election regrouping, Barbour fielded a question from a caller who lamented that Republicans have largely ignored climate change, often “denying that this is a problem.”
“Well, with the Republican Party what it has to be about is fixing problems,” Barbour, a Mississippi Republican National Committee member, responded. “Whether it’s dealing with the environment or whether its dealing with security, education, or spending, or whatever it is.”
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