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Vice President Mike Pence appeared on Fox & Friends Friday to tout President Donald Trumps decision to leave the Paris Agreement combatting climate change, and painted the issue as one of partisan politics.

For some reason or another, this issue of climate change has emerged as a paramount issue for the left in this country and around the world, Pence said. Its long been a goal of the liberal left in this country to advance a climate change agenda.

Pences remarks entirely ignore the consensus among climate scientists that humans have significantly contributed to global warming. And in framing the issue as one of right versus left, he also brushes aside the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change, including food shortages, floods, fires and irreparable damage to wildlife.

Hes also disregarding that some of his fellow Republicans have also urged action on what he describes as the climate change agenda.

Pences comments, of course, echo a familiar refrain from the right. Many conservatives have attempted to paint climate change as a partisan issue promoted only by the left, or simply punt on the issue by pleading ignorance. But the reality is that its not just Democrats who are concerned about global warming.

Recent polls also show that many Republican voters including those who sided with Trump in the 2016 election believe man-made climate change is real and is something to be concerned about. A HuffPost You/Gov poll earlier this year found that 61 percent of Americans supported staying in the Paris Agreement, including 31 percent of Trump voters surveyed. A Morning Consult/Politico poll conducted in April found that most Americans are concerned about climate change, including 50 percent of Republicans. And a March Gallup poll found that 68 percent of Americans believe humans are causing global warming.

There have also been efforts on the right to make climate change action a priority for the GOP. Nineteen House Republicanssigned on to the Republican Climate Resolution calling for congressional action on global warming, and many of those same members have joined a bipartisan caucus focused on climate issues. Bob Inglis, a former GOP congressman from South Carolina, formed RepublicEn, a conservative climate advocacy group. And as Reuters reported, college Republicans at campuses across the U.S. are increasingly in favor of actively combatting global warming, suggesting a generational shift looming for the party.

And, contrary to Pences comments, there are plenty of moderate and right-leaning politicians who have publicly warned of the dangers of rising global temperatures.

Here are just some prominent figures on the right who have acknowledged that climate change is a real and pressing threat to humanity, and are advocating for action:

2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Trumps secretary of state has previously expressed support for the Paris Agreement, and reportedly lobbied Trumpto stay in the deal.

After Trumps announcement, he said he hopes the U.S. will reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite leaving the accord.

I dont think were going to change our ongoing efforts to reduce those emissions in the future either, so hopefully, people can keep it in perspective, he said.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Perry, the former Republican governor of Texas and GOP presidential candidate, also supported staying in the agreement. He advocated for renegotiating the U.S.s commitment rather than fully withdrawing.

Perry, however, expressed support for Trumps decision following the announcement.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

One man cannot destroy our progress, one man cant stop our clean energy revolution, one man cant go back in time. Only I can do that, Schwarzenegger said in a video on ATTN following Trumps announcement, referencing his role in the Terminator films.Like all the great movements in human history, our clean future starts with a grassroots movement in our communities, our cities and our state.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.)

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)

The Paris Agreement isnt perfect. But by abandoning it, America is relinquishing that seat at the table. It calls into question our commitment to protecting and preserving the environment. And it forfeits our ability to drive countries like China and India to reduce their carbon footprint and compete on a level playing field. Ultimately, this disappointing decision diminishes Americas leadership role on the world stage.

Former GOP congressman and founder of RepublicEn Bob Inglis

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)

United States innovation and business leadership have been key drivers to lowering our carbon emissions over the last 20 years, and we should continue to have an influential seat at the table as the rest of the world addresses these issues. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is misguided, and harms the ongoing effort to fight climate change while also isolating us from our allies.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Murkowski addressed Trumps decision on Thursday, KTOO reported:

My hope is that with the presidents decision to go this route it does not mean that we fall back as a nation on our efforts to address and mitigate on the impact that we see from a warming climate, she said. Because we see it here in this state and it is real and I think weve got an obligation to help address it.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

Alexander is one of few Senate Republicans who has acknowledged the existence of man-made climate change.

According to the Times Free Press, Alexander said in a statement Friday that while he doesnt think withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is catastrophic for climate progress, he believes the most important thing the United States can do to solve our energy and climate challenge is to double funding for basic energy research.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R)

The Presidents decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is disappointing and concerning, particularly given the widespread and non-partisan support from business and political leaders for remaining in the Agreement.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

Although Graham expressed support for the decision to leave the Paris accord, he has previously acknowledged the gravity of climate change.

I have come to conclude that greenhouse gases and carbon pollution is not a good thing, Graham said in 2010. Whatever political push back I get, Im willing to accept because I know what Im trying to do makes sense to me. I am convinced that reason, logic and good business sense, and good environmental policy, will trump the status quo.

ExxonMobil chief Darren Woods

Woods, who has donated to GOP campaigns, wrote a personal letter to Trump last month urging him to stay in the agreement. As the Financial Times reports:

Mr Woods argues that staying in the accord will mean the US keeps a seat at the negotiating table to ensure a level playing field for all energy sources, and can argue for the most cost-effective greenhouse gas reduction options and support for innovation

Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris

Liveris, whose company gave $1 million to Trumps inauguration, was the driving force behind a letter from 30 major company executives backing the deal, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon

The frequent GOP donoralso urged Trump to uphold the U.S.s commitment to the international pact.

Defense Secretary James Mattis

Earlier this year, Mattis cited climate change as a national security threat.

Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today, he said in written testimony to the Senate Armed Forces Committee. It is appropriate for the Combatant Commands to incorporate drivers of instability that impact the security environment in their areas into their planning.

Former Defense Secretary and GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel

Hagel has also said global warming should be considered a security threat.

Preparing for climate change is about risk even if we do not understand every aspect of the scientific predictions, we know that the consequences of not acting may be significant, he wrote in a 2015 Time op-ed.

Former Secretary of State George Schultz

Schultz, who served as the head of the State Department under Ronald Reagan, warned of the dangers of climate change in 2013.

If you wait until youre boiling, you may have missed your moment. You have to look and see whats happening, and act on the basis of that, he said.

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Sen. Joni Ernst's annual Roast and Ride takes place in central Iowa on Saturday, with motorcyclists leaving the Harley Davidson shop just north of Des Moines and heading to Boone for food and remarks from politicians including Vice President Mike Pence.

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(CNN)The plane carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence that skidded off a New York runway last fall was nearly 2,000 feet off the normal touchdown point and skidded off the landing strip at about 45 miles per hour, according to new details released by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Moderate to heavy rain was falling at New York's LaGuardia Airport on October 27, 2016, when the chartered Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 flying from Fort Dodge, Iowa, came in for a landing. At the time, other pilots reported that the runway was wet but landing conditions were "fair" or "good."

The details of the incident -- which resulted in no serious injuries to the 48 occupants, though three flight attendants were briefly taken to the hospital to be checked out for back pain -- were made available Thursday in nearly 400 pages of documents. A full report won't be released for at least several months, so a final conclusion as to why the plane failed to properly land has not yet been reached.

What is made clear in the documents, however, is that the when the plane finally landed -- traveling at about 150 miles per hour -- there was less than 2,800 feet of runway left. The automatic speed breaks on the airplane were out of service, so the crew planned to follow a procedure to manual deploy them.

The speedbreaks didn't fully extend until the plane had traveled an additional 1,250 feet down the runway, and eight seconds took place between touchdown and the time max reverse thrust was initiated, according to the documents.

In a transcript of the plane's cockpit voice recorder, the pilots can be heard talking about the incident shortly after the plane stops.

"We should have went around," one of the pilots says, according to the transcript.

"My career just ended," one adds as they prepare the plane for shut down. "Mine too," the other replies.

A Secret Service agent is recorded entering the cockpit to check on the situation. After being assured no evacuation is necessary, he compliments the pilots.

"Nice job," the agent tells the pilots, according to the transcript.

"Huh?" one of the pilots responds.

"Nice job. You stopped at least," the agent replies.

The plane that was carrying Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence sits on the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport October 27, 2016 in New York.

There was some confusion in the cockpit after the plane touched down and as the crew was trying to make it stop.

First officer James Conrad told investigators he later realized the captain, Michael Lorenz, had started trying to control the plane as they were rolling down the runway, without announcing he was taking over.

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"He felt that there was a 'lack of communication' as he did not hear the captain say, 'I have control,'" according to a summary of the first officer's interview. "After they had stopped, the captain had said he was trying to get off on the last taxiway. Then, he (the first officer) realized that the captain was also on the controls when he was."

The first officer also declined to answer several questions about the captain.

"When asked how he enjoyed flying with the captain, he declined to provide an answer," a document says. "When asked about the captain's proficiency or for areas that could be improved, when compared to others he had flown with, he declined to answer."

Occupants inside the 737 were confused and startled as they immediately realized the landing was not going smoothly. Reporters, located near the back of the jet, could feel the initial skidding before the plane ran into safety material, designed to crumble beneath the plane at the end of the runway.

Once the plane had stopped, Pence came to the back of the aircraft to check on reporters and the Secret Service, asking if everyone was all right.

Fire and ambulance surrounded the airplane within minutes and evacuated it. The future vice president and his staff stepped onto the runway into the rain. Half of the plane was on the grass.

At the time, Pence told reporters he felt the plane fishtail after it landed, but added that he kept a saying from his son, who is a Marine Corps aviator, in his mind following the incident: "Every landing you walk away from is a successful landing."

Since being elected vice president, Pence usually flies US Air Force aircraft.

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Vice President Mike Pencesaid Friday that he doesnt understand why so many people are making such a big deal out of climate change, a phenomenon connected to such global issues as declining food security andwildlife populations.

Pence mocked the liberal left for condemning President Donald Trumps decision to pull out of the historic Paris Agreement, an international pact that aims to curb global warming by reducing carbon emissions.

For some reason or another, this issue of climate change has emerged as a paramount issue for the left in this country and around the world,Pence said during an appearance on Fox & Friends.

At least 97 percent of climate scientists agree that human activity has significantly contributed to the climate-warming trends of the past century, which threaten biodiversity and coastal communities and have contributed to an increase in extreme weather events.

Environmental activists, major corporations and world leaders wereoutragedwhen Trump announced on Thursday that the U.S. would withdraw from the historic accord.

The U.S. decision to leave the #ParisAgreement is a decision to leave humanitys last chance of securing our childrens future on this planet, tweeted Margot Wallstrm, Swedens minister of foreign affairs.

But Pence dismissed any apocalyptic predictions surrounding Trumps decision, noting that the U.S. has already demonstrated real progress in reducing carbon emissions.

Its long been a goal of the liberal left in this country to advance a climate change agenda, Pence said.

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Without evidence and against the wishes of the family, Fox News Sean Hannity continues to push a discredited conspiracy about the murder of Seth Rich. On his TV show and other platforms, Hannity is using the deceased DNC staffer as part of a desperate attempt to discredit t the U.S. intelligence communitys conclusion that Russian hackers sought to bolster Donald Trumps presidential bid.

Hannitys exploitation a young mans murder has caused some advertisers to sever ties with him. But Hannity, notwithstanding his pledge to stop talking about Rich, has pressed forward. As recently as Tuesday night told his viewers hed have a lot more coming probably sooner than later about Rich.

Vice President Mike Pence rewarded Hannitys conduct with an appearance on his show Thursday night. The vice president came on to talk about Trumps decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord following an opening monologue where Hannitywho has been working with a new right-wing group targeting liberal TV hosts advertisers for no particular reasonissued a thinly veiled threat to other hosts.

Tonight, it is time to fight fire with fire, Hannity said. Where are the so-called champions of civil rights and freedom of speech on the left? Why arent liberal commentators like Bill Maher and Steve Colbert, why arent they speaking out defending freedom of speech? And by the way, why has not one liberal cable news host stood up for me and my right to freedom of speech?

Hannity obliquely referred to the Rich situation during his interview with Pence.

Ive actually really be fighting for my career lately so Ive been a little busy with other topics, Hannity said, while introducing a fawning question to Pence.

I think this is really the only show in America that has listed the presidents accomplishments, and I noticed when he was in the Rose Garden today that he went through part of that list that never seem to get reported, Hannity continued. What are you most proud of and what do you see coming?

Hannitys approach to interviewing Pence is in line with how hes treated Trump. Hannity and Trump used a White House interview conducted the week after the inauguration to discredit other media outlets and uncritically restate Trump administration talking points.

After Hannity broached the topic of how other outlets have covered President Trump by saying, the New York Times, CNN, ABCthey use the word liar to describe you, Trump interjected with, these are very hostile, angry people the media is very dishonest. They are very dishonest people.

I said journalism is dead, so we agree, Hannity replied. He also said the media colluded against you on the campaign.

During the Republican primaries, Hannity interviewed Trump 41 times without ever coming even close to making news. He asked questions like, Im sure you wish you were wrong, Mr. Trump, but you were right. What did you see that maybe others didnt see about what was happening in Brussels and Belgium?

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