It’s Day 2 of coverage of Gov. Scott Walker’s views on evolution with National Journal’s Ron Fournier jumping in with his take on the matter:
On @ScottWalker:
1. How does a serious person duck evolution?
2. Why do these guys keeping going to London? http://t.co/jeJzEDL9bs
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 12, 2015
Hate to break it to @ScottWalker and his friends here, but "Do you believe in evolution?" may be among easiest questions you get as POTUS
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 12, 2015
As a leader, @ScottWalker has a responsibility to explain to his supporters that evolution is fact http://t.co/WKxUMOyxdN
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 12, 2015
A. Fact.
But as we reported yesterday, The Federalist’s Sean Davis proved why that’s not such a simple question in the first place. Let’s see if “serious person” Ron Fournier can handle the “easiest” of questions on this “fact,” shall we?
Here’s Davis, again, and the conversation with his soon-to-be victim:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565867932966981632
Fournier’s response:
Yes. RT @thaSalsa: @seanmdav @ron_fournier It's among the easiest questions you'll get, Ron. Your answer?
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 12, 2015
And here comes the boom:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565869012698300416
Wait, wut? You mean it’s not as simple as an old guy on a boat studying finches in the Galapagos? Who knew!
Davis continued with his biology lesson:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565869353099620352
@seanmdav @ron_fournier Evolution is nuanced subject most people talking about it really don't understand very well. http://t.co/1isTe4l1Lj
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) February 12, 2015
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https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565870570127233024
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565870920120926208
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565871152212750336
Oh, and we just knew that eventually anthropogenic global warming would be added to the mix, too:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/565871608074862592
Maybe it’s now anti-science to believe humans will evolve and adapt to any slight warming of the planet?
Here’s another question Fourneir gets wrong. Is the Earth round?
Earth being round is a theory too @Alphatileist: @JayCaruso @ron_fournier @ScottWalker key word being
" theory "”— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 12, 2015
Umm, no Ron … it’s not:
https://twitter.com/Neal_Dewing/status/565879673494962176
Oops, but thanks for playing.
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