In New Gallup interview , he says it was once 'accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat , and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier ' Claims 50-year swing from 'global cooling ' to 'global warming ' and then to 'climate change ' shows liberals just want to control the US economy . 'The satellite data demonstrate that there has been no significant warming whatsoever for 17 years ' The Washington Post branded Cruz 's comments 'just baffling ' and said lengthy 'warming hiatus ' does n't change global warming reality . Texas poll finds Americans rank climate change at the bottom of a list of six environmental concerns .
In Texas interview , he says it was once 'accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat , and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier ' Claims 50-year swing from 'global cooling ' to 'global warming ' and then to 'climate change ' shows liberals just want to control the US economy . 'The satellite data demonstrate that there has been no significant warming whatsoever for 17 years ' The Washington Post branded Cruz 's comments 'just baffling ' and said lengthy 'warming hiatus ' does n't change global warming reality . New Gallup poll finds Americans rank climate change at the bottom of a list of six environmental concerns .