Supporters hospitalized following rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix, where temperatures have broken records

Supporters hospitalized following rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix, where temperatures have broken records

Dozens of Donald Trump’s supporters have been requiring medical help at his rallies in the scorching US south-west but it seems lost on him that his plans to reverse climate policies and “drill, baby, drill” for fossil fuels will only worsen extreme weather, campaigners say.

A total of 24 people at a Trump rally in Las Vegas on Sunday required medical attention due to the heat, according to the Clark county fire department, with six taken to hospital for treatment. The hospitalizations come after a further 11 people needed to be admitted to hospital for heat exhaustion as they waited for Trump to speak at a rally in Phoenix on Thursday.

Trump himself noted the severe heat during his speech on Sunday, with the Las Vegas rally starting around noon when the temperature was about 90F (32C) and climbed to around 102F (38C). The rally was held in a park with little shade, although organizers provided water and cooling tents, and allowed attendees to hold shading umbrellas.

  • @Rapidcreek
    38•7 months ago

    The more salient point is that the US is already producing more oil than any country ever.

    • @[email protected]
      14•7 months ago

      And they keep going “what about Gina?” Heard that shit as late as yesterday.

      China is the fourth most oil producing country in the world, and that’s bad, but they’re pretty fucking far from being in top three. China could triple their oil production and not make the top three.

      The top three is in order from top to bottom: USA, Saudi Arabia, Russia.

      • @[email protected]
        10•7 months ago

        Usually the people screaming what about China also forget that per capita the US is still producing more greenhouses gases, and that much of the greenhouse gases emitted in China are to manufacture things used in other countries or arguments about historical emissions burden.

        China has work to do too, but per capita there are a whole bunch of countries that emit more per capita.

        US is at 256% global average emissions per capita, China is at 157% global average. So China is still above average, but not as bad as the US, Russia, Australia, Canada, or many Middle eastern countries right now. Though also should be noted the US is on an improving trend whereas China is on a worsening trend, though looks like hopefully China may be reversing this trend soon, they seem to be at least plateauing.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita