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Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) Snowball in the Senate (C-SPAN)

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A C-SPAN clip of Senator James Inhofe displaying and tossing a snowball on the Senate floor, used as an argument against global warming.

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HN commenters invoke it as a shorthand example of climate denial in politics, in threads about climate records and policy, usually critically.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2025

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melling · 2025-07 · Criticism

You act like climate change is widely accepted in America. Ten years ago we had the “snowball in the Senate “ [VIDEO]

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ForkMeOnTinder · 2023-10 · Criticism

Yeah, GP's comment is on the same level as the senator who tried to disprove global warming by showing everyone a snowball. [VIDEO]

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melling · 2023-05 · Criticism

You don’t need to convince 8 billion people. You simply need to convince the handful of people in charge. Unfortunately, this climate change thing really throws some of those people: [VIDEO] “Here’s a snowball, it’s very cold out…” We send some pretty low IQ people to DC.

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