The lab-coat liberals are marching on Washington.
Dismayed by President Donald Trump’s perceived hostility to climate science and other areas of research, a surge of scientists is entering the public arena and running for political office for the first time.
They represent an evolving brand of Democrat that has been gaining steam for months. What began with rogue Twitter accounts and protest marches has graduated into candidacies in House races in places as varied as California, Texas, Pennsylvania and New York.
The handful of scientists who have formally announced their candidacies so far — and the others who are preparing to join them — have cast themselves as a counterforce to the Trump administration’s dismissal of climate science and de-prioritization of innovation funding.
Well that ought to make the debates over climate change more interesting on the House floor.
What's more Trump's election has also inspired a rather large number of women to also enter politics.
I guess this can be seen as a sort of accidental positive side effect of Trump winning the presidency.
And at this point I will take any positive news that I can find.
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