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Scott Brown Now Rejects Climate Change

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Used to believe it was “absolutely” real.

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Scott Brown appears to have changed his mind on climate change as he attempts to win over New Hampshire Republicans. The Senate candidate answered “no” when asked "Do you believe that the theory of man-made climate change has been scientifically proven?" Brown received the question while speaking on a panel featuring other candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. This answer is completely the opposite of his response to a question about his belief in climate change during his 2012 campaign for reelection as senator from Massachusetts. "I absolutely believe that climate change is real and I believe there's a combination between man-made and natural,” he said then before losing to Elizabeth Warren.

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