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==Early blame against Trump==

==Early blame against Trump==

Florence was still far out to sea before the mainstream media decided to connect the hurricane to the subject of man-made [[global warming]], and to seemingly blame President [[Donald Trump]] for the storm's creation.  On September 11, 2018 the ''Washington Post'' published an editorial which declared Trump and everyone else who denies global warming to be complicit.  "Yet when it comes to extreme weather," the author wrote, "Mr. Trump is complicit. He plays down humans’ role in increasing the risks, and he continues to dismantle efforts to address those risks. It is hard to attribute any single weather event to climate change. But there is no reasonable doubt that humans are priming the Earth’s systems to produce disasters."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-hurricane-is-about-to-batter-our-coast-trump-is-complicit/2018/09/11/ccaed766-b5fb-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fb2b3ae4f089&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1</ref>  

Florence was still far out to sea before the mainstream media decided to connect the hurricane to the subject of man-made [[global warming]], and to seemingly blame President [[Donald Trump]] for the storm's creation.<ref>Murphy, James (September 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/30088-mainstream-media-uses-hurricane-florence-as-a-political-tool Mainstream Media Uses Hurricane Florence as a Political Tool]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref> On September 11, 2018 the ''Washington Post'' published an editorial which declared Trump and everyone else who denies global warming to be complicit.  "Yet when it comes to extreme weather," the author wrote, "Mr. Trump is complicit. He plays down humans’ role in increasing the risks, and he continues to dismantle efforts to address those risks. It is hard to attribute any single weather event to climate change. But there is no reasonable doubt that humans are priming the Earth’s systems to produce disasters."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-hurricane-is-about-to-batter-our-coast-trump-is-complicit/2018/09/11/ccaed766-b5fb-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fb2b3ae4f089&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1</ref>  

In response to the ''Post'' article, Conservative strategist Chris Barron stated "This column is so absurd it should be coming from ''The Onion'' not the ''Washington Post''. To the extent that climate change is happening, it is a global phenomenon that has been occurring for decades and decades.  The media won’t give Trump credit for the economy but they will blame him for a hurricane. You can’t make this stuff up."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/12/hurricane-florence-washington-post-declares-trump-is-complicit-for-dangerous-storm.html</ref>

In response to the ''Post'' article, Conservative strategist Chris Barron stated "This column is so absurd it should be coming from ''The Onion'' not the ''Washington Post''. To the extent that climate change is happening, it is a global phenomenon that has been occurring for decades and decades.  The media won’t give Trump credit for the economy but they will blame him for a hurricane. You can’t make this stuff up."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/12/hurricane-florence-washington-post-declares-trump-is-complicit-for-dangerous-storm.html</ref>