Game show host Pat Sajak caused a major uproar in social media circles on Tuesday, writing on Twitter that “global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends.”
The longtime “Wheel of Fortune”
host has been outspoken about his political views for several years, and
has donated thousands of dollars to Republican candidates, but his
opinions have never before really interfered with his day job.
First posted on Monday, the
hyperbolic attack was a trending topic on Twitter by late afternoon and
has been picked up by major news organizations, including The Washington Post.
Left-leaning website The Raw Story
pointed out that Sajak has been a longtime critic of climate-change
science and has written about the issue in the conservative publication
Human Events. Earlier this month, Sajak fired another missive at
proponents of climate-change science from his Twitter account, writing:
Most of his other recent
political jabs have been more benign sounding, including a joke about
the “agony” involved in determining the most environmentally friendly to
transport his purchases from the grocery store.
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