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Former Vice President Al Gore made a stunning comparison, saying that climate change skeptics are akin to law enforcement officers who failed to respond to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
“Climate deniers are really, in some ways, like all those almost 400 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who waited outside an unlocked door while children were being slaughtered,” Gore said during a pre-taped “Meet the Press” interview that aired on Sunday.
“They heard the screams, they heard the shots, and nobody stepped forward,” he continued. “And God bless those families who suffered so much. Law enforcement officials tell us this is not typical of what law enforcement typically does.”
Former Vice President Al Gore discusses “Confronting the Climate Crisis: Critical Roles for the US and China” at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater on April 7, 2016 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
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Gore, a former senator from Tennessee who served as vice president to former President Bill Clinton, insisted that tackling climate change was not a “partisan issue” but that the US, like Uvalde’s response, was failing to act.
“And in the face of this global emergency, what we are doing with our inaction and failure to walk through the door and stop the killing is not typical of what we are capable of as human beings,” he said. “We have solutions, and I think these extreme events that keep getting worse and more severe are really starting to change minds.”
“We need to have unity as a nation to come together and stop turning this into a political football,” he added. “This should not be a partisan issue.
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Former United States Vice President Al Gore attends the UK premiere of ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: The Force Awakens’ at Somerset House on August 10, 2017 in London, England. (Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Video footage of the police response to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School, where 19 children and two adults were fatally shot, showed officers gathered for more than an hour outside the classroom where the gunman carried out his attack.
Police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo is on paid administrative leave while the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District determines his fate.
A 77-page report released by the Texas House of Representatives investigative committee found that school administrators had adopted a “deplorable culture of noncompliance” with safety and security measures leading up to the shooting.
Jessica Chasmar is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Jessica.Chasmar@fox.com and on Twitter: @JessicaChasmar.
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