President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 rally coincided with an intense heat wave on the East Coast, as Washington, D.C. experienced record-matching temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit on the Fourth of July.
In response to the extreme heat, comedic duo Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig, known as The Good Liars, took the opportunity to question Trump supporters about climate change in their latest video.
One woman, when asked by Stiefler about the scorching temperatures, claimed, “The weather was manipulated.”
In another clip, a woman wearing a MAGA hat questioned, “If there’s climate change, why is the glacier still at National — the Glacier National Park?”
Stiefler responded, “There are so many fewer glaciers.”
She replied, “OK, but why is the glacier still there?”
Another attendee, celebrating his birthday on the day marked as the “hottest July 4th in D.C. history,” expressed his enjoyment of the weather just before a military flyover interrupted the conversation.
The man, dressed in cowboy attire and American flag-themed overalls, shouted, “America!” while holding a water bottle.
Stiefler remarked, “Look at that!”
The man replied, “I know, right?”
Stiefler then asked, “But shouldn’t we be a little more worried about climate change or not?”
“No, I don’t — why?” came the man’s response.
Stiefler pointed out, “It’s just the hottest July 4th in D.C. history.”
The man shrugged it off, saying, “So what?” as he walked away with a smirk.
Watch more of The Good Liars’ interviews with Trump supporters below.
The scorching temperatures in the nation’s capital caused delays at the Great American State Fair, and attendees took on the heat to hear Trump’s partisan pre-fireworks speech, which was delayed due to the threat of storms on Saturday.
Emergency workers in D.C. evaluated 51 people for heat-related issues around the Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, including one dozen who were brought to the hospital, local officials told ABC News.
Climate experts recently warned NPR that extreme heat could be a sign of what’s to come during future Fourth of July celebrations.
“It’s not an anomaly. It’s a preview,” Michael Rawlins, associate director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said of the average number of heat waves doubling in the U.S. since the ’80s.
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