Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) Snowball in the Senate (C-SPAN)
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters invoke it as a shorthand example of climate denial in politics, in threads about climate records and policy, usually critically.
What it is
A C-SPAN clip of Senator James Inhofe displaying and tossing a snowball on the Senate floor, used as an argument against global warming.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2021 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Critical ttfkam · 2022-01 · on “Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse”
This is a man elected to the US Senate in 1994. First elected to Cross in 1987. Still there today. Guess which political party he belongs to. [this video] Folks are literally about to be put on respirators denying they're sick from Covid. They're rarely if ever left wing. [LINK] So yeah, one side has the lion's share of denying climate change and Covid. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to research which demographic has been promoting the consumption of urine as a protective measure against a respiratory and vascular disease-causing virus. It may be popular to blame politicians, but people need to take responsibility for voting for folks that espouse belief in Jewish space lasers. Whethe
Critical melling · 2022-11 · on “Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Schiphol Airport”
Nah, they’re climate change “alarmists”. People ignore them. It doesn’t change anyone’s mind. [this video] [LINK] Companies do make more promises they can’t keep. [LINK]
Critical melling · 2023-05 · on “Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica hits new record”
You don’t need to convince 8 billion people. You simply need to convince the handful of people in charge. Unfortunately, this climate change thing really throws some of those people: [this video] “Here’s a snowball, it’s very cold out…” We send some pretty low IQ people to DC.
Critical ForkMeOnTinder · 2023-10 · on “2023 was earth's warmest September In 174 year record”
Yeah, GP's comment is on the same level as the senator who tried to disprove global warming by showing everyone a snowball. [this video]
Critical melling · 2025-07 · on “EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases”
You act like climate change is widely accepted in America. Ten years ago we had the “snowball in the Senate “ [this video]