Watch Jim Inhofe throw a snowball on the Senate floor to 'disprove' global warming

"Here, Mr. President, catch."
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During a speech on climate change, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) employed some very questionable science to prove that global warming is a hoax.

"Do you know what this is?" he asked. "It's a snowball. It's just from outside here, so it's very very cold out," Inhofe said before tossing the snowball.

"Here, Mr. President, catch."

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His staff confirmed that the snowball was caught by a Senate page. —Marshall Bright

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