evidence: A GOP senator called climate change "bullshit" after insisting he's not a climate denier Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has kept himself in the news for the last year by downplaying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and undermining the public's faith in vaccines. But don't worry, Johnson isn't a one-trick pony; he'll doubt any science that doesn't align with his worldview. Take climate change, for instance. Johnson recently told an audience of fellow conservatives, "I don't know about you guys, but I think climate change is ... bullshit." [...] Despite his misinformation about climate change and citing a notorious climate science skeptic and calling climate change "bullshit," Johnson insists that he is not a climate change denier. In a statement to CNN, Johnson said, "My statements are consistent. I am not a climate change denier, but I also am not a climate change alarmist. Climate is not static. It has always changed and always will change."