sen. ted cruz man whose climate science expertise extend ability hold arm window see rain try troll democrats prove climate change wrong single tweet backfire massively.a vehement denier climate change claim like galileo hold unpopular opinions eyeroll accuse 97 scientists say climate change real liars cruz cause considerable damage america scientific community senate poise white house could downright derail it.with stake mind weekend democratic party twitter account take dig cruz brush idea carbon dioxide contribute global warming.yesterday ted cruz say `` carbon dioxide n't pollutant `` someone need go back science class pic.twitter.com/ctp3qbxa2x democrats thedemocrats april 16 2016cruz whose philosophy appear well already hole may well dig immediately fire back tweet own.dems kill job ignore facts co2 every human breathe every plant turn consume co2 sciencefacts https //t.co/0eesf2oz08 ted cruz tedcruz april 16 2016to scientific community respond unison stupid cruz may avid reader even quick google search debunk premise conclusively article publish scientific american 2014 aptly title bad climate pollution carbon dioxide writer gayathri vaidyanathan walk us reason far climate change go gas truly matter carbon dioxide unlike shorter-lived cousins co2 stick around atmosphere decades centuries wreak climate havoc become clear want stabilize warm level start talk phase co2 say joeri rogelj research scholar international institute apply systems analysis lead author study reduce climate pollution help different ways different things climate stabilization term noise fact phase co2 simple experiment ted home take blanket put blanket head breathe notice start feel great imagine planetary scale much co2 disaster great place live.the always point science writer slate phil plait tackle exact climate denier myth months ago blog co2 deniers say harmless breathe carbon life base around bad nonsense say plait stun statement like denier talk point germ truth carbon live tissue come large part atmospheric co2 say mean pollutant pretty silly.for example body produce formaldehyde naturally byproduct metabolic process yet center disease control prevention classify pollutant much wrong condition bad thing.as ever cruz manage wrong smug time ignorant proud it.why matter may notice last october hot october ever record november december january february march climate change theoretically possible happen quickly many scientists ever dare worry would mean time action already president obama do several key things help america play catch war climate change first dump tons money research alternative energy america finally get serious solar wind power perhaps significantly begin work countries around world globally combat bad effects.this go away ted cruz president cruz believe climate change worth fight believe exist four eight years america rollback dismantle progress make crucial time mean future stuff nightmares.but bright side cities flood crop fail least president cruz provide us plenty good healthy carbon.featured image via darren hauck/getty image ted cruz use sciencefacts hashtag instantly become laughingstock scientific community