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Pat Robertson Thinks Cutting Air Pollution Won't Prevent Asthma Attacks, But Watching '700 Club' Can

In response to new EPA rules cutting carbon emissions, Pat Robertson mocked President Obama and EPA officials as “highly motivated zealots” who “worship the environment and worship climate.”

“The inmates have taken over the asylum,” the “700 Club” host said(link is external) today. “There seems to be no relationship to actual, on ground activity.”

Despite evidence that air pollution is linked toheart attacks(link is external) and respiratory diseases like asthma(link is external), Robertson mocked Obama for claiming that reducing pollutants would reduce asthma attacks and save lives(link is external): “Maybe he has a touch with the divine somehow.”

And why shouldn’t Robertson feel that way?

Instead of working to reduce air pollution, why doesn’t Obama just have everyone watch the “700 Club,” where Robertson will cure his viewers of asthma(link is external).