Amy Klobuchar rolls out 2020 campaign in a blizzard, promptly spars with Trump over climate change, hair
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) may have drawn a bigger audience than Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) when she announced her candidacy for president in sunny California, but Klobuchar formally launched her campaign in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon amid a snowstorm, in 16-degree weather, and she still drew a crowd.
"The people are on our side when it comes to climate change," Klobuchar said, snow flurrying around her. "Why? Because like you and I, they believe in science." Extreme weather — cold and hot — is part and parcel of climate change, but President Trump doesn't care. He tweeted that Klobuchar "looked like a Snowman(woman)!" while "talking proudly of fighting global warming" in a "virtual blizzard of snow." Klobuchar responded that she looks forward to debating climate science with Trump, adding the dig: "And I wonder how your hair would fare in a blizzard?"
For the record, Trump's hair does not do great in strong winds. On Saturday, one Twitter user tried to imagine what Trump would look like without the Propecia and Tresemmé Tres Two hairspray.
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And Bald Trump had admirers. "Speaking for myself, I think he looks better — I am not kidding — and more distinguished as a normal 72 year old man than as the bizarre makeup show he puts on every day," opined foreign policy expert Tom Nichols.
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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