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An enviro-journalist for ''Mother Nature Network'', Byron Nelson wrote that the conquests of the [[Mongol]] leader [[Genghis Khan]] had a beneficial effect on the environment. "Over the course of the century and a half run of the Mongol Empire," Nelson explains, "about 22 percent of the world's total land area had been conquered and an estimated 40 million people were slaughtered by the horse-driven, bow-wielding hordes. Depopulation over such a large swathe of land meant that countless numbers of cultivated fields eventually returned to forests. In other words, one effect of Genghis Khan's unrelenting invasion was widespread reforestation, and the re-growth of those forests meant that more carbon could be absorbed from the atmosphere."<ref>http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/was-genghis-khan-historys-greenest-conqueror</ref>
An enviro-journalist for ''Mother Nature Network'', Byron Nelson wrote that the conquests of the [[Mongol]] leader [[Genghis Khan]] had a beneficial effect on the environment. "Over the course of the century and a half run of the Mongol Empire," Nelson explains, "about 22 percent of the world's total land area had been conquered and an estimated 40 million people were slaughtered by the horse-driven, bow-wielding hordes. Depopulation over such a large swathe of land meant that countless numbers of cultivated fields eventually returned to forests. In other words, one effect of Genghis Khan's unrelenting invasion was widespread reforestation, and the re-growth of those forests meant that more carbon could be absorbed from the atmosphere."<ref>http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/was-genghis-khan-historys-greenest-conqueror</ref>
Nelson does not explain how trees are more beneficial than grasslands or crops in removing carbon, but the implied meaning of his column is the celebration of the slaughter of millions of people for the sake of the environment.
Nelson does not explain how trees are more beneficial than grasslands or crops in removing carbon, but the implied meaning of his column is the celebration of the slaughter of millions of people for the sake of the environment.
==Gerrymandering==
Liberals have claimed that Republicans are better represented in the U.S. House compared to the national popular vote because of gerrymandering, when it actually is because so many more "lopsided" Democrat districts exist compared to "lopsided" Republican districts – districts that would exists irrespective of whether the district is gerrymandered.<ref>https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/1060895879769587712</ref>
===Joy Behar===
In November 2018, liberal TV host [[Joy Behar]] falsely claimed that the Republican Party did so well in the U.S. Senate elections that year because of "gerrymandering."<ref>Multiple references:
*Key, Pam (November 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/11/07/joy-behar-dems-lost-senate-because-of-gerrymandering/ Joy Behar: Dems Lost Senate Because of Gerrymandering]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
*Payton, Bre (November 7, 2018). [https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/07/watch-joy-behar-claims-democrats-lost-senate-races-due-to-gerrymandering/ WATCH: Joy Behar Claims Democrats Lost Senate Races Due To Gerrymandering]. ''The Federalist''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
*Smits, Mikhael (November 7, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/behar-blames-gerrymandering-midterms-dowd-explains-constitution/ Behar Blames ‘Gerrymandering’ for GOP Senate Wins in Midterms]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
*O'Neil, Tyler (November 7, 2018). [https://pjmedia.com/video/joy-behar-blames-gerrymandering-for-gop-senate-wins/ Joy Behar Blames 'Gerrymandering' for GOP Senate Wins]. ''PJ Media''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.</ref>
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