Kyle Bell

The Party of No apparently is also the Party of No Science. Republican Representative Mike Pence appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews only to deny evolution exists. When asked “Do you believe in evolution” by Chris Matthews, Pence responded, “God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that’s in them.” He went on to claim that the validity of climate change is debatable.

In this segment Congressman Pence states that “science is the exploration of demonstrable fact.” Evidently he never took a science class. Anyone with even a basic understanding of science knows that theories are not fact. It’s why we call them theories – they are well grounded and documented assumptions. As the dictionary puts it a theory is “a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.” It’s sad that this man has a position in the Republican leadership.