>> Martha: CLIMATE CHANGE HAS
BEEN BLAMED FOR TURBULENCE ON A
PLANE LINKED TO GUN VIOLENCE,
ACCUSED OF BEING RACIST AND
SEXIST AND NOW IT IS BEING
BLAMED FOR ABUSE.
IF A MAN IN A POOR COUNTRY
BRUTALIZE AS A WOMAN IS VICTIM
COULD ATTRIBUTE HER AGGRESSORS
CRUELTY TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE OP-ED IS ENTITLED CLIMATE
CHANGE PUTS MORE WOMEN AT RISK
FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
ACCORDING TO AN EXCERPT HEAT
WAVES FLOOD CLIMATE-INDUCED
DISASTERS INCREASE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT, MENTAL AND
PHYSICAL ABUSE, HOMICIDE,
REDUCED OPPORTUNITY AND INCREASE
THE RISK OF TRAFFICKING DUE TO
FORCED MIGRATION.
YOU KNOW, HARRIS, WHY TAKE THE
FOCUS OFF THE DOMESTIC ABUSE TO
THE ABUSER BY TRYING TO REDUCE
THIS TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> Harris: BECAUSE THEY CAN’T
DEAL WITH THAT.
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE COPIOUS
ANSWERS TO DEAL WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAW IN THE
LOCKDOWNS WAS AN INCREASE IN
DOMESTIC ABUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE
WERE HOME WITH THEIR ABUSERS.
MORE.
WE SAW THAT WITH CHILDREN AS
VICTIMS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, TEACHERS NEED TO DO
MORE THAN JUST A CHECK IN.
WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM RANDI
WEINGARTEN TODAY?
SHE LEADS AND SHE SAYING WELL
MAYBE THE LOCKDOWNS WEREN’T A
GOOD IDEA.
THEY ARE SEEING THE SUM OF THE
SAME STATISTICS ON THE
RELATIONSHIPS IT TAKES TO CHECK
ON A CHILD IN AN ABUSIVE HOME.
AND TEACHERS KNOW.
MY MOM WAS A TEACHER FOR MANY
YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS A SOCIAL
WORKER.
WHAT THEY WILL TELL YOU IS YOU
KNOW THE KIDS IN CLASS YOU NEED
TO CHECK UP ON EVERY NOW AND
THEN.
YOU NEED TO EYEBALL THEM.
THIS IS TO ME A FUNCTION OF WE
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO LET’S
MAKE IT ABOUT RACE AND MY
GOODNESS, HOW MANY THINGS CAN
YOU MAKE ABOUT RACE?
>> OR ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,
EVERYTHING, TURBULENCE ON A
PLANE, GUN VIOLENCE EVERY THING
IS BEING ATTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE
CHANGE AND NOW THIS DOMESTIC
ABUSE.
WHAT IS THE MOTIVE BEHIND THAT?
WHY IS THIS EFFORT BY THE LEFT
MEDIA TO DRAW A CONNECTION TO
CLIMATE CHANGE ON EVERY ISSUE?
>> Martha: IT’S INTERESTING
AND IT MAKES ME THINK THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A NUMBER ONE
ISSUE ON DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN
CANADA UNITED STATES AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
AND WE HAVE HEARD IT EVEN FROM
FORMER LEADERS AT THE PENTAGON
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE
BIGGEST THREAT TO NATIONAL
SECURITY.
ITS CONVENIENT WAY TO PUT A
LABEL ON EVERYTHING.
I MEAN YOU COULD SAY THAT PRETTY
MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING THAT GOES
WRONG, RIGHT?
IF YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN A
CERTAIN KIND OF ILLNESS YOU
COULD SAY WELL YOU KNOW IT
PROBABLY GOES BACK TO CLIMATE
CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY
WANT TO CONTINUALLY BRING
PEOPLE’S FOCUS BACK TO.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE BEING ABUSED BECAUSE AS YOU
POINTED OUT IN THE BEGINNING, IT
SIPHONS OFF WHAT THEIR ISSUE IS.
WHAT THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM.
IN ANY SOCIETY WHEN YOU HAVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING
ECONOMICALLY, SUFFERING THROUGH
WAR, YOU WILL HAVE AN INCREASE
IN ABUSE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TENSIONS RISING AND ALL OF THESE
ISSUES.
IT FEELS A BIT DISINGENUOUS TO
SAY THE LEAST.
>> Lisa: THERE WAS ALSO THIS
CAVEAT, DOUG, BECAUSE WE CAN’T
DRAW A CLEAR CONNECTION TO THIS
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE THINK AND IT
IS SORT OF HIDDEN IN THIS OP-ED.
I MEAN IF THEY CAN’T, HERE IT IS
HERE’S THE QUOTE FROM WASHINGTON
POST THIS LITTLE NUGGET WAS IN
IT, SEVERAL ACADEMICS ACTIVISTS
ANY MINUTE SYRIAN WORKERS SAID
THE LINKS BETWEEN VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS NEEDS MORE
RESEARCH LIT YET THIS ENTIRE
OP-ED IS SAYING THE OPPOSITE SO
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
>> Doug: LUCK I CAN TELL YOU
PEOPLE LOVE BASEBALL MORE WHEN
IT’S HOT WEATHER WHY?
BECAUSE IT’S IN THE SUMMER
SOLSTICE TEXAS CAN TELL YOU
ANYTHING.
HERE’S THE REAL ISSUE.
[LAUGHTER]
THINK OF THIS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS
NOT SOMETHING ONE MUST CONSULT.
THE REASON YOU USE IT TO
DESCRIBE EVERYTHING ELSE IS
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT CAN SOLVE
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IF I BLAME EVERYTHING ON
GOVERNMENT THEM GOVERNMENT IS MY
SOLUTION.
I BRING UP FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF
IF GOVERNMENT IS MY PERSPECTIVE
THAT GOVERNMENT IS THE ANSWER
THEN GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE COST
TO FIX WHAT I CAN’T FIX.
I BELIEVE THAT IS A LOT OF US
BEHIND THIS BUT FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO’VE WORKED WITH CRISIS
CENTERS LIKE ME, THIS IS SAD, DO
NOT PUT IT HERE.
>> Lisa: AND EMILY CLOSEOUTS
ON THE LEGAL ANGLE.
>> Emily: THE TRAVESTY TO ME
IS THAT "THE WASHINGTON POST"
PUBLISHES THIS OP-ED, THIS
NONSENSE, AND TAKES THE SPACE
AWAY FROM ACTUAL ARGUMENTS, FROM
ACTUAL FACTS.
THE REASON THERE IS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS BECAUSE OF
AN EFFECTIVE LAWS AND AN
EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.
OVER HALF OF WOMEN THAT ARE
MURDERED MORE BRUTALLY BY THE
WAY THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF
HOMICIDE IS BY THEIR INTIMATE
PARTNERS OR A MAN THEY KNOW.
OVER A THIRD OF THOSE MEN WERE
ALREADY KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO GET A RESTRAINING
ORDER, OH, SORRY, STOCKING IS
NOT ENOUGH.
OH SORRY, STALKIONG NEEDS A
MENTAL ELEMENT.
11 DAYS AFTER SIERRA GOT ONE SHE
WAS SHOT DEAD IN HER APARTMENT
THROUGH THE WINDOW AND YOU KNOW
WHAT WAS LYING ON THE MICROWAVE
A FEW FEET FROM HER DEAD BODY IN
THE KITCHEN?
A COPY OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER.
HOW GOOD DID THAT TO HER?
SO THE FACT THAT THEY PUBLISH
IT’S ALL ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE,
IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ADVOCATE
FOR CHANGE IF THIS PERSON
ACTUALLY WANTS TO HELP THOSE
WOMEN AND THOSE MEN AND THOSE
CHILDREN THAT ARE BOTH VICTIMS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DO NOT WANT
TO KNOW TO CHANGE?
FIND OUT YOUR LOCAL AND STATE
LAWS IN EFFECT CHANGE IN THAT
WAY BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME A
JUDGE SAYS I’M SORRY, MY HANDS
ARE TIED, THE NEXT TIME WE TALK
ABOUT HOMICIDE ON THIS COUCH AND
WE KNOW THAT PERP HAS MULTIPLE
PRIORS FOR VIOLENT ARRESTS YOU