Vance appears to be leveraging a rhetoric strategy that focuses on past behavior to justify current inaction. It is crucial to analyze the underlying logic and evidence behind this argument, as it might not take into consideration the evolving understanding of climate change and its implications. Highlighting past inaction doesn’t address the urgency and importance of addressing climate change now or in the future. Solutions can still be crafted and pursued despite previous inaction. It’s like saying if we’ve neglected a problem in the past, we should continue to do so, which is illogical when considering the growth in our understanding and the increasing urgency of the issue.
Climate change, given its global and long-term impact, requires consistent action and adaptability based on ever-emerging scientific evidence. Today’s GOP, like any political party, has an opportunity to revise its stance and take action in accordance with recent evidence, regardless of past actions or inactions. Political parties have traditionally evolved their stances on countless matters as time passes and new developments, data or cultural changes arise.
