MUST WATCH: Mullin Confronts Anti-Plastics Witness About All The Things She Has Containing Plastic

At today's Senate Environment Committee hearing, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) questioned a Democratic witness who said she wished the plastics industry would end.
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[@timothytufts3093]

PhD polymer chemist here (plastic chemist). Great line of questioning. Should have asked that one lady if she would like to go into a hospital today - without plastics. No IV tubing, no IV bags, etc. If the plastics disappeared, probably 90% of people there would die. No TV, no computers, no airplanes, no cushioned seats, no nylon hose, no electricity (think insulation for wires), etc. These people are utterly ignorant and dangerous.

[@Senaleb]

I demand wooden IV tubing!!!!!

[@Grail434]

what is your opinion on plant based plastics?

[@patrav4]

There was a time in life when there was very little plastic used. So yes, we could go back. But would it be worth it. It's better to reuse plastic instead of putting it in our landfills.

[@IdahoRanchGirl]

And I couldn't do my hobby of polymer clay crafting! Screw that, too much stuff would be gone. I'm not gonna play this game! They can go live on an uncharted desert island somewhere with no plastic. Or gas stoves, or electric stoves for that matter. These ppl never THINK.

[@AB-ez4rm]

@@patrav4 Just like we could go back to a time before electricity. Not having the power to create things to put into our landfills is also a good thing, right?

[@NateWilliams190]

Who else remembers the highly motivated eco-warriors protesting the use of paper bags and demanding that they be replaced with plastic bags because of 'the trees'?

[@marci3667]

Tree huggers?

[@basicgamerdad4086]

Pepperidge farms remembers

[@KneeJerkReactions13]

Oh yeah

[@MichaelThomas-wb2xu]

....and now plastic bags are a plague on the earth!

[@misterwallace3479]

Plastic Trees perhaps?

[@judyr9447]

Love this! She is so smug in her mindset until he gives her a reality check.

[@just2genders668]

She wasn’t smug. She allowed him to speak, and he even spoke over her some times. It was cordial. We must not have watched the same video.

[@timkenney2323]

@@just2genders668 He asked a question, she tried to deflect it, he spoke over her, to prevent this. 100% justified in his actions, and this should occur more, when people simply wont answer the question being asked.

[@cynthiamiller8554]

Amen

[@livefastdie]

She’s familiar with checks from the government. . Boom!

[@HollyMoore-wo2mh]

@@just2genders668Smug. She thought she had him. She was ill prepared.

[@nigelnightmare4160]

The outtake from this is: We need to find something to replace 'plastics' before we can stop using it. Not only replace it but it's got to be better environmentally and cheaper/easier to make.

[@daanscatozza]

Golden comment right here. That it cant be avoided right now doesnt mean we should not even try to find a solution.

[@robertcrist5747]

I love when these silly people get destroyed with facts. 🇺🇸

[@mostlyinterested1016]

They get destroyed but they don't actually realized it happened.

[@tems81]

@@mostlyinterested1016 True ! They can't handle the facts!!.

[@jasonrodgers9063]

An yet, like the "Energizer Bunny", they just keep on beating their bullshit drum to the same damn tune.

[@spymasterflash]

FACTS.....FACTS.....The LUNATIC Left......Don't Need No STINKIN.......FACTS !

[@ExecuteALLdemoratsANDrinos]

While what thou say is true it won't make a damn bit of difference to these lunatics because they want us poor, struggling, and dependent on government handouts.

[@mikeb1596]

She didn't know the frame on her glasses is plastic. The fact that someone like that is at a senate hearing giving her opinion is what's scary

[@-Kidzin]

Not just frames, lens are made of plastic as well. Actual glass has not been used for many many years.

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

The fact that she is that clueless (stupid) about her subject material is scary enough to wake up some more people; one soul at a time.

[@blanko_sama8049]

It's "her truth"... 😂

[@BettyMeier]

@@blanko_sama8049 And it sounded really smart when she practiced her speech in front of the mirror.

[@huskerfootball42]

The squeaky wheel gets the oil.

[@Caledoniarose]

Ms.Jackson's testimony was incredibly moving and factual. Thank God for women of her character and intelligence, wisdom, and compassion!

[@daveanderson2316]

Intelligence? That tells me all that I need to know about yours-or, rather lack there of...

[@Play_Streams]

@@daveanderson2316 the sarcasm rolled right off you.

[@ffjsb]

@@Play_Streams Don't be so sure. There's actually people that believe that crap with all their heart.

[@motogrl1]

​@@daveanderson2316 did you watch the whole video?

[@linht7397]

@@daveanderson2316the person is referring to Ms. Donna Jackson who gave a speech about how removing plastic would affect low income ppl life. Ms. Jackson is not the anti plastic girl at the beginning

[@laura8324]

BRAVO. Sen. Mullin is making his points so clearly.

[@m1leswilliams]

His point is that there is no way to make GLASSes without plastic?

[@WhyteWayne]

You're silly...

[@lawliet617]

What's great about his answer and questioning is that he's not against the stopping of use of plastic his issue is the the woman is suggesting it without putting a solution on what can we replace it with

[@itskarina0411]

@@m1leswilliams Out of all his statements and reality checks, that's the only thing you've heard?

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Those with the least knowledge tend to have the strongest opinions based on nothing and yell the loudest.

[@spookypew]

wow that sounds like most californians lol

[@LeoH3L1]

Correct, and this 100% covers the climate alarmists.

[@joelplatt3396]

Isn’t that about the craziest $hit ever?! Then when confronted with legitimate questions about these certain thoughts & beliefs, they’ll just shut down, get quiet, get mad, so PHUCKING weird!!

[@madmotorcyclist]

You just made a statement that is applicable to the whole Biden administration.

[@jac6362]

​@@joelplatt3396 Their hypocrisy just fries me. We're supposed to do without... but they can continue with their pampered lifestyles and all of the modern conveniences.

[@winstonsmith3690]

She learned more on this day than the whole of her educational life.

[@CDRhammond]

Make no mistake about it not a thing was actually learned here at least not by any lib there.

[@StevenKilner]

You don't say!😂😂😂

[@susancooper7806]

What a short sighted limited way of thinking - feel sorry for your lack of curiosity!!@@StevenKilner

[@jamesparker1071]

​​@@CDRhammond 👍The cognitive dissonance of the Left is immeasurable. It is why it's called the Left, because it ain't Right.

[@kellyhoff3161]

@@StevenKilner in 1 ear and out the other. The brain is is like a parachute, if it's not open it doesn't work. When you consider yourself well educated and know everything then your mind becomes closed. You can no longer take anything other than what you know. You don't know what you don't know.

[@zl707hp]

I like this guy ! The bad thing about having common sense is dealing with people that don't !

[@dnahubs]

I think that's often the problem with people who are anti something or want something banned. Doesn't matter what it is. They just think of being against something but they never offer up a solution or a practical point. Before you become anti something, you should be prepared to with an alternative solution or just keep your peace.

[@zerotodona1495]

Two sides to every coin but the coin still has an in between line. In between is a line we have to find.

[@Maxumized]

Optometrist here: her frames and lenses “glasses” are %100 plastic. If she doesn’t know this then she is the problem.

[@hexahexametermeter]

She obviously doesnt see anything with them anyway.

[@budbud2509]

@UCQPqy5Z93WzvtplHQ4p5tiA Lets face it , she is pretty blind now about what goes on in life and manufacturing .

[@RH-cv1rg]

She is blind with her ideology.

[@karelglasner2673]

She's blind with arrogance, and stupidity a lethal combination.

[@ramblingbill9101]

She probably thought I’ll just wear contact lenses instead - at least she didn’t say it.

[@absolutebackhand7294]

The stark contrast between the intellect of these two witnesses . . . .

[@Tara-Maya]

Their intellect is the same. Hemp can replace plastic in many instances.

[@bkteam4251]

Even if that were true (which it's not) where are you going to grow the amount needed to replace all the plastic in use today?

[@Ejacunathan]

​@@Tara-Maya whole lot of talk about what can be done and not a whole lot of getting it done.

[@wrongfullyaccused7139]

@@Tara-Maya : Go buy a pair of glasses made of hemp. Try gettin a food grade hemp container for foodstuffs. Ludicrous

[@ZARBOER]

​@@Tara-MayaYou obviously have no idea how much plastic is used and in which products.

[@LAISLA23]

How did she got to the hearing? Oh i got it, on the Flintstone mobile

[@Singh.T.S]

Well articulated points!

[@stolennimbus]

Angelle Bradford, the first woman with glasses, is a prime example of someone can be described as, " The less she knows, the more she thinks she knows."

[@keinlieb3818]

A woman that is so concerned with plastics use doesn't even know what her glasses are made out of.

[@NoToobForYou]

@@keinlieb3818 It's as charming as all the leather-wearing anti-meat activists.

[@workingstiffdiogenes2195]

She's the first woman with glasses? This is an historic moment!

[@cheeromatic]

@@workingstiffdiogenes2195 🤣i love how english works

[@JH-vy7uy]

She knows she’s a very very good girl!

[@joe56984]

She doesn’t even live “anti-plastic” but wants to dictate to everyone else how they should live their lives.

[@yeoldesaltydog7415]

Thats a LIBERAL for you.

[@jacoby4838]

She doesn’t need to live anti plastic because the system is not set up to live anti plastic. She is advocating for the system to be changed to support anti plastic living.

[@joe56984]

@@jacoby4838 except she had no solutions, no alternatives. I found the footage of the entire session. All talk, no action.

[@kqr573v2]

@@jacoby4838 Yes! We can "change the system" using rainbows, pixie dust, and unicorn farts! 😄 More childishly naïve, impossible-in-the real-world input from someone with zero realistic answers, and who depends every minute of every day on the very thing he/she is "advocating" to be eliminated, including at the very moment he/she is advocating it. Everything you eat, drink, wear, drive, ride in, live in, entertain yourself with, or use in any way, including to make idiotic comments on the Internet, is made of plastic and/or is dependent on plastics somewhere along the way. The same is true with petroleum, btw, which is a vital ingredient in almost all plastics. It must be fun to be a giant, un-self aware hypocrite, living in a bubble and full of easy, nonsensical, feel-good, posturing proclamations that you never have to actually prove or live up to yourself.

[@timh8324]

Like everyone wanting green policies and wants to solve climate change (as if any of the "solutions" wont do more harm to the environment and people)

[@darkvoid1275]

It fills me with hope to see that there are sane minds out

[@missdsw]

I’m so impressed by this discussion, the senate EPW committee was able to explain alternatives and the challenges with them. Donna Jackson provided an insightful perspective with cause and effect. She came across as an expert with considerable knowledge (though I couldn’t stop thinking about how gorgeous her hair was and found it difficult to focus on the topic at hand). Also, I wish the video caption didn’t cover the senators name plaques so I could identify who was talking. All-in-all, I enjoyed this video. It restored my faith in committee hearings to have genuine conversations on our commitment to improving the environment and humanity.

[@gary53]

The fact she is so clueless but still given a platform... something has to change.

[@zombiekilla7463]

she said no single use plastic, he points to her once a life time glasses

[@mwheezee]

@@zombiekilla7463 once a life-time glasses ? lol apparently you have never worn glasses ..

[@liftme225]

Could always make her mayor of dem run chit hole city

[@dominicmanester8125]

@@zombiekilla7463 Lifetime glasses.. well what world do you live in where that is generally true? Seriously, I'd like some of these alternate universe invincible glasses that never get damaged or suffer wear and tear.

[@janicesullivan8942]

@@zombiekilla7463 Have you any idea HOW MANY PEOPLE wear glasses?

[@bobstratton6362]

I don’t know Donna Jackson. But I love her. A person with a real brain is refreshing.

[@sjp8059]

Good job Mrs Jackson on the response with truth .

[@porterpilot01]

It is like protesting cutting down trees while holding a paper sign hooked to a wooden stick.

[@Mady-lo6qb]

🤔🤣 Yeah they should use a white plastic cover from a bin or something hooked up to a PVC pipe.

[@brooklyn7722]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@gratefultogod4130]

lol

[@kevinhank17]

Most logging protests I'm aware of are in regards to old growth forests, not the industry itself. I mean I get your point, I just need to point out it's not the best comparison.

[@bill944]

It's like when a bunch of environmentalists were protesting drilling for oil years ago. They paddled out to a drilling rig in the ocean, most of them in kayaks, made of plastic which is a byproduct of petroleum. Virtuous and clueless.

[@analaliens7096]

Thisguy is awesome and well informed and prepared. As opposed to whiners and complainers that dont look to fix the problem, just complain about it.

[@cameronjames2284]

Plastic is not the problem. People are. It's like saying money is the root of all evil.

[@steampunkrose1010]

I cannot believe this woman sat there and actually had to touch the mouth of her water bottle she brought with her to see if it was in fact plastic and tried to say she didn't know if the glasses literally on her face were plastic. This is why we should not be taking these people seriously. They do not understand the consequences of their demands.

[@dani4157]

Glasses can be metal dude. Mine are

[@laurijoemerick9188]

​@@dani4157 what about the the pieces that sit on your nose?? 🙄

[@Don.Challenger]

Respectfully, you literalist and unbeliever, glasses may be plastic for the convenience of Chinese manufacture but quite easily can also be - as for many generations - actually made from glass (that real McCoy glass) and metal components - it's not that difficult or alarmingly more expensive and can last longer.

[@dani4157]

@@laurijoemerick9188 Can be metal too. The latest designs have them built into the frames. But I'm not against some things being plastic that might have to be

[@testi2025]

It’s not about plastics, it’s about control. That’s why she didn’t actually know anything about plastics.

[@user77654]

Wow Donna Jackson hitting them with facts, while the other side is hitting with propaganda. Love it.

[@richardpatrick2852]

She made that other woman look foolish.

[@TheAnimeist]

She appears not to be afraid of the truth. Good for her and her constituents.

[@alanmeilach691]

Wow Donna Jackson I really respect her she is right on the mark .

[@laurentitolledo1838]

Donna Jackson is a real human... unlike the other one with plastic glasses

[@laurentitolledo1838]

@@richardpatrick2852 nah.... she only made the "other woman" look outright stupid (type 1 class SSS)

[@gracewatson6927]

Finally! These intelligent men and woman are a breath of fresh air!!! We may have hope after all! God bless ❤

[@kennethyearber9746]

Priceless

[@charlottesweatt-2585]

What a fool she has made herself in front of the world!

[@zachelton7734]

You’re the fool 🤡

[@Patrickf5087]

Isn't the first time,

[@lizzieb6311]

This is the problem with these morons…they don’t think past the immediate thought…repercussions and all the implications their dim witted ideas would create. As I sit on my couch in my living room I find nearly NOTHING in my home that doesn’t have some form of plastic or plastic derivative aside from the vintage MCM wood chair that has wood screws and several pieces of decorative pottery…though both likely were wrapped in plastic bubble wrap when shipped.

[@user-dk7gi9uz8i]

Not even close, Charlotte... She was forced to dispense an answer she obviously didn't have the procurity to answer; she was clearly trying to say MITIGATE PLASTICS but Senator Mullin has an agenda behind him

[@PocketBeemRocket]

I’m wondering if this is a tactic. Pull out an immature and ridiculous lead, fish out the pride out of your rhetorical opposition, then come out looking like a levelheaded savant with a prepared statement. ‘He responded to prompt 6 with argument C, read from orange card’

[@rebeccafreelin7515]

Poor Angela got caught by her hypocrisy.

[@debbierobbins360]

I loved the woman at the end, Ms. Jackson. She was incredible!

[@kronos0316]

That man has the gift of telling people they are stupid about a 100 times with out telling them.

[@dianedavis324]

🤣🤣🤣🤣yes

[@jbfaith]

😅😅❤

[@premanandaraja1197]

😂😂😂 Best comment ever

[@jbizzle1966]

How does this nut job even make it to a hearing? Have we gone mad as a country?

[@arturmedia]

He didn't hear her out then started ranting about that her glasses were made of plastics (which he didn't even know, the frame might as well have been made of metal material), then he assumed the lid on the bottle was plastic (which he didn't know) further interrupting her. She was going to discuss the issues of using single use plastics, which is a BIG problem for nature and humans. An alternative material for single use plastics I would say is hemp plastic, a material that is more robust and durable and decomposes MUCH faster (less than 200 days instead of single use plastic which can take 20 to 500 YEARS, and then you have the microplastics which most people probably consume every day). This guy is most likely corrupt and probably paid by the oil industry.

[@acas6551]

Her facial expression was so on point. She knew absolutely zero about the assignment

[@user-ox3qt7gu4e]

but she is hot

[@markadams2907]

😂😂😂 she is cute though

[@oldgoat142]

​@@markadams2907if that's all she has going for her, and it's obvious that's it, she and others like her are doomed.

[@Jerry.V]

@@markadams2907 nah, she isnt

[@pereiratfd]

@@markadams2907 I agree. What a beautiful woman. Maybe it would be better if she was a model.

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

They live in a dream world.

[@nickvinten7803]

Well said that man 🎉🎉

[@fareshajjar1208]

Donna Jackson understands capitalism.

[@kathyyoung1774]

God bless her!

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Wouldn't she make a terrific addition to the upper echelons in the white house...you know where I mean. We sure do need someone like her that has some power in the finances of our country.

[@pbrooks2099]

And she has a good sense of economics from firsthand experience.

[@margaretbedwell3211]

@@pbrooks2099 Right you are, and she is so articulate....no hums and haws and beating around the bush with her comments. Or the remarks made by so many "well I just don't have that information with me, or I don't have those figures for you at this time." We pay high dollars for so many that can pour pee out of a boot with the directions on the heel.

[@lj4339]

Please we need her over here in the UK

[@M.W.H.]

"In my dream world", one of the most serious issues of the young generation is being separated from reality.

[@tedregular7570]

It’s getting kind of creepy. My lgbtq activist cousin (who I love dearly) mentioned that her dreamworld is one without straight people. It broke my heart. Like idk how these people get to their “dream worlds” without hurting a lot of other people first. Can you say… genocide?

[@Tiago_R_Ribeiro]

Young people dream, are idealist and often a little separated from reality. That's not new and it's not bad per se. They will eventually get old. No worries. And, in general, the world is getting older.

[@dani4157]

Did everyone just ignore the "but" before this guy decided to go on a rant?

[@seedplanter7173]

Worst yet..having government dictate reality.

[@seedplanter7173]

@@Tiago_R_Ribeiro Just because they get old doesn't mean they will get wise. Ignorance doesn't just disappear with time.

[@along1213]

Well said

[@mancinidesignbuild]

Ms' Jackson sounds like a parent patiently explaining how the world works to a child.

[@JohnGalts308]

Best comment here

[@Tank50us]

I mean... have you heard how some Leftists act? She might as well be talking to a child!

[@yardgrid]

She sounds like an oil lobbyist.

[@lenculpepper9150]

These are the best and brightest? We are going to be taken over by Cuba!

[@loreicmaster]

Hyprocrypts are idiots

[@joelkoning6190]

The fact she doesn't know her glasses are plastic says everything you need to know about her.

[@reggie7716]

the best part is when she had to check her bottle top by hand when he told her it was plastic, lol. You could see her inspect her own water bottle to confirm he was right about the cap! that was the funniest thing I've seen in a while!

[@seemore1539]

Yea a FKING M0R0N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AussieZeKieL]

She knew, she just didn’t want to say.

[@andychauhan6544]

But she's right thought..

[@joelkoning6190]

@@andychauhan6544 Right about what? She was proven wrong by everyone!!

[@EGarrett01]

The problem with people is not that they're ignorant, though they are, the problem is that they want to force you to live by their ignorance.

[@j777]

They're called useful idiots. Those with an agenda use them..

[@Ferg1x]

People like this only act on this on good intention, however NEVER think of the travel from point A to point B, as if they think the change will happen suddenly overnight. They don't think nor provide of what will replace it. How it will effect on their life and the lives of others. The costs of what it takes to make such a change. It's wild how many short sighted, ignorant people are in power right now. We are moving closer to a dark age and it's terrifying.

[@dianemorrissey9764]

Yes, like the plandemic

[@bobkrohn8053]

Krohn's Korollary #1 The problem with stupid and/or ignorant people is, They are too stupid and/or ignorant, To comprehend how stupid and/or ignorant they are. Dunning-Kruger Effect en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect "It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." -- Bill Murray

[@bamahama707]

Or TRY to do so...

[@EB-vs3oo]

Well said.

[@tamarabarnett9869]

Loved this!

[@marksauck3399]

When you confront mass ignorance with massive facts, this is a good example of what it looks like.

[@soju69jinro]

well, before you present any facts. you need to make sure that the facts are valid. You can spit out facts, but if they are untrue... you just sound like an ignorant idiot too.

[@jontompkins1844]

Yeah, this guy didn't even know we had eyeglasses for centuries before plastic was invented. What a idiot.

[@O1OO1O1]

No, it's not. This guy looks like he's been compromised by lobbyists. It is very easy to replace a significant amount of plastic things with other resources. Many things we have today never used to have plastic in them but now do not because we needed them but because it's cheaper or profitable. Plastics also have a significant detriment to our health and ecosystem. He was just asking ridiculous questions. Of course eliminating plastics is unrealistic.

[@Doesitmatter113]

@@O1OO1O1 Funny how you say lobbyists. Yet, environmental activists created this mess by demanding more plastic because they thought it would be recycled endlessly. Now, they're blaming the very people they wanted to create more plastic use.

[@souljahroch2519]

More like confronting ignorance with even more ignorance. Biodegradable plastics can be made from the cellulose of plants like cannabis, & wasted corn stalks. Big Oil donors apparently didn't inform you, or the Representative of this 'fact'.😏

[@winstonwolf6791]

He schooled that first lady as if she were a child and rightly so. Trying to pretend she didn't know her glasses were made of plastic was something a child or a child-like mind would do.

[@JohanBoo88]

Exactly! Just like the mouthpiece on her bottle, like 🤌😑

[@robertshepherd99]

Child-like mind or just STUPID? Children often don't know because they haven't had enough education and experience. If SHE doesn't know, it's because she has chosen to drink the Kool-aid and be STUPID!

[@Asertix357]

Sounds like a Bud Light drinker to me.

[@Shaojeemy]

Until a cheaper, but equally durable, alternative is discovered, we need plastic

[@wayneyadams]

In her case, I don't think she is intelligent enough to qualify as a child.

[@shelleymurphy1966]

Love having these peoples eyes opened!

[@CodenameDad]

How is someone even allowed in a room or debate like that when they don’t know what ANYTHING is made of??? It’s fn mind blowing!!!

[@SB-du9if]

Youth ages Immaturity is outgrown Ignorance can be educated And drunkenness sobered But Stupid lasts forever This statement completely describes the first witness

[@pianoboylaker6560]

I don't think even a poet could have put it better. Nice job!

[@cujoedaman]

Ignorance is bliss... for the rest of us, it's a pain in the ass.

[@PocketBeemRocket]

The first witness certainly fits a few of those.

[@rayrussell6258]

Or said another way .... "we can't fix Stupid".

[@edgarfriendly666]

Well said Mr. Hundert

[@ralph-vk4ql]

She doesn't know her glasses and water bottle are plastic but she is supposed to have any say about stopping plastic manufacture. We are truly on a ship of fools.

[@lindadoughty9252]

Her bottle was made of metal...

[@snapperjessen]

@@lindadoughty9252 but the lid wasnt

[@simonoc]

Plastic bottles are the problem, plastic glasses are not. It is quite an easy concept, with little effort you should be able to understand it.

[@stephenthomas1492]

It's also not America that's the problem. There are certainly some of us who litter, LIBERAL HOMELESS, but we're not going to suffer because China isn't going to stop polluting.

[@Literallyarealhuman]

She’s literally in denial she won’t even admit to the plastic lmao

[@marknash4442]

Its nice to see a black American women speaking so much sense without using the race card. What a lady! I suspect the anti plastic lady uses it at every opportunity. Just a hunch

[@Tank50us]

The thing is, she's right. If people *have* more opportunity to move up, it makes everything better. It's astonishing how many liberals seem to think the answer is always more taxes on the wealthy.... but it's the wealthy that invest in areas. High crime rates and high taxes don't actually help anyone. Why should a company invest in an area where product is going to be stolen, while at the same time, everyone who goes up an income bracket gets more and more of their money taken to pay for bullshit projects that don't help anyone.

[@juliecarne7706]

I see your point but why does someone who is black acting intellectually should be praised because of it. Do we do that with white people. For example it’s nice to have someone white speak intellectually without using their privilege so to speak. We must stop labelling and join together

[@SketchyJesus]

@@juliecarne7706​​⁠I see your point as well, but it seems that the use of race as either an excuse or a crutch for victimization vastly outweighs the times that it’s not used. Hence the comment. If it was the norm, than it wouldn’t be necessary to mention it.

[@Daniel-nr2uf]

You just admitted you’re clueless about plastic.

[@benegmond6584]

@@juliecarne7706 You have no sense of reality.

[@stretchstretch9112]

Omg ....bad ideas are never held to account.

[@CrisostomoIbarra007]

Well said 👍👍

[@rah2209]

She has No clue what is made from plastic.

[@valeriegarrity5773]

Her brain

[@DarrellBeckford]

Her wig.

[@Noodlepunk]

​@darrellbeckford1343 Her clothes are made of plastic definitely made of some kind of polyester blend. I can understand saying we should try to reduce but to do a simple end plastic is ridiculous statement.

[@valeriegarrity5773]

@@DarrellBeckford touche!

[@MandatoryMyocarditis7]

Low IQ. She was there for her color.

[@camotophat]

"Aren't your glasses frames made out of plastic?" "Maybe?" WOW. Just wow.

[@Freakyman403]

the lens are also plastic.

[@jackskellington9570]

Oh wow.......not

[@simonoc]

Are glasses a 'single use product'?

[@oggyoggy1299]

@@simonoc No. What does that have to do with anything?

[@willmcgo8288]

@@oggyoggy1299 The person with the glasses tried to bring up single use plastic, but he cut her off. Reducing single use plastic could help reduce the amount of plastic garbage.

[@jacquilambneveroncethought281]

Love this

[@Chris-dz3rs]

Nicely said senator. Practical and quite logical arguments with a satisfactory conclusion.

[@rosen9425]

She did not expect her false logic to be questioned. She literally expected to do a monologue and everybody nodding along. Playing dumb in the real world does not work

[@mathiasdu30000]

Well, she never said that she wanted to stop plastic manufacturing now, she just said "in my dream world yes" and then wanted to talk about single use plastic (which she doesn't seem like using) but the gentleman stopped her and started doing his monologue. She never played dumb or anything

[@RainbowLayer92]

​@@mathiasdu30000 It's a senate hearing. Don't start with "ban ALL plastic", and end up on, "well, just single use..." Go in with a plan, you know, something for them to actually hear.

[@davidm5746]

She did not volunteer her answer about single use plastic. He probed her for that answer. That means she did not properly formulate a response or give any thoughts to how others would reply to her initial statement about ALL plastics, which was her initial intent. Also, once he pointed out her fallacy, she quickly changed her tune. Suddenly, her argument changed to "single use plastics." This word was never in her vernacular and was not evoked during her initial statement. She was clear in her intent. She would not have been challenged on her statement to remove all plastics had her framing been correct to begin with. I am calling bullshit on a otherise bullshit argument. OP was correct. The man literally changed her mind with one poignant fact and reduced her sentiment from all plastics to this made-up "single use plastic." Also, what even is single use plastic? Do IVs count? What are we defending here?

[@jackpleb2360]

Actually ppl r dumb and they go around being dumb in the real world. It is also a clown world with mentally ill men and women pretending to be things they can never be. We pretend our money is real. We pretend the big pharma companies actually provide health care. We pretend Biden and Fetterman are lucid and not riddled with dementia. This country is straight up dying and nobody even cares.

[@chandie5298]

That's because she is normally within her own in-group bubble and everyone nods their heads and applauds and pats her on the back for repeating their own in-group dogma and thus Obviously being smarter than those who do not embrace their in-group dogma.

[@stephenthomas1492]

"In the last thirty years, we've exchanged a culture of using what works for one that sounds good". - Thomas Sowell

[@leonorebongert4194]

Isn't that true! And just because it sounds good, doesn't mean it is good. It's just meant to make everyone FEEL better.

[@sandrathompson1277]

In the last 30 years we have caused much harm to our planet …shouldn’t this conversation be about replacing plastic with something else…we have some brilliant minds on the planet…that should be the focus..not arguing….

[@NA-kr5uq]

It's funny that MAGA quotes Sowell even tho he was against everything conservative

[@joefaller4525]

@@sandrathompson1277 I don't know your age, but our planet is immensely healthier now than it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

[@joefaller4525]

Yep, and it doesn't matter if the idea or legislation works, or is even harmful, it is the intention of the promotor that matters. They should be rewarded even if their plan was awful. "We have to do something" might be the worst words ever spoken.

[@tienotey3337]

Love this guys knowledge!

[@HeinzGuderian_]

They never think 5 seconds past their idea.

[@FZ0889]

He didn't confront her, he DESTROYED her.

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

Not really. His points are all good, but he didn't give her a chance to speak.

[@laurentitolledo1838]

are we sure that "woman" is human? the senator annihilated whatever that was he was speaking to

[@280StJohnsPl]

That he did ! LMAO

[@anovino1992]

@@Elephant_King_Gj He didn't need to because she didn't know that her glasses were made from petrol.

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

​@@anovino1992 She's not real smart about that. Still, she tried to say something realistically, after acknowledging her ideal dream, about single use plastics, but he went on and on with his examples, so he wan't really making a point. I doubt she throws away 20 pairs of glasses a day. I would have been interested to hear what she had to say. She may not be the brightest light in her youth, but he was disrespectful and condescending..not nice imo. We're trying to solve problems, people need to communicate effectively,. Ridicule and humiliation to make for a better world. The world is loaded with plastics...plastic particles even in our food and water.....but let's just ridicule the young woman and love to imagine he destroyed her.

[@JackTheStrippa]

All that college studying and this man ruined it for them in about 6 minutes... love it

[@donnaparrish7638]

That’s Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma!

[@lizzieb6311]

@@donnaparrish7638 Another great one! There are several outstanding Republicans speaking out these days…perhaps there’s a glimmer of hope after all… 🤞 🇺🇸

[@fixedit8689]

She needs to return her diploma

[@karbe7122]

​@@fixedit8689😂💯

[@dorarobertson3608]

I've lived in 5 states including Oklahoma where I met Mark Wayne Mullin and Steve Largent. Greatest men in government. LBJ and George Bush, not so great.

[@thresagraham8181]

When I need to hear someone speak sense, t counteract the madness I keep hearing, I come back to this. 👏🌻

[@qbond007]

Amen!

[@SketchyJesus]

That first chick was a prime example of wokeness, millennial ineptitude, and liberal thinking. Glad she got administered a dose of reality and got shown her hypocrisy.

[@timf2279]

These people are like the Taliban.

[@mireah]

The second lass was awesome to listen to. Very passionate about her job!

[@leathleyg5995]

That's a polite way of putting it.... To me, she's plain STUPID..!

[@VictorianMaid99]

She was brain dead

[@Molko701]

The first lady seems to have the mentality of a child.

[@mattus1gig]

It’s exactly the same with the “stop oil” people. They all wear oil based polyester and polyurethane, travel by diesel cars wrapped in plastic. Point it out to them and they don’t have an answer.

[@saywhat..]

You heard the answer right here Don't buy what you don't support

[@safeandeffectivelol]

All plastics and rubber are manufactured using petroleum. There would be no indoor plumbing or electricity in 95% of homes without those two products. People would be using the bathroom in outhouses and carrying wooden buckets of water to cook, drink, and bathe. Diseases would kill millions of people each year due to less sanitary conditions.

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Same with cattle and how a cow turns grass into leather, milk ,steak and fertilizer...

[@mattus1gig]

@@davehughesfarm7983 mmmmm steak 🥩

[@Mady-lo6qb]

@@mattus1gig mmmm Anchor & Kerrygold butter 😭

[@ankaramesi3824]

The first woman got her knowledge from twitter. The 2nd woman got her knowledge from real life and books.

[@mrleafbeef634]

If women became the future of society we are going downhill

[@CodeF416]

Fax

[@DrAlexanderHamilton]

Bingo. As a man with several degrees from elite institutions, I cannot agree more. I come from a poor background and was fortunate enough to make it out, but I have never forgotten what its like to be poor, to get evicted and to be homeless. My greatest knowledge did NOT come from a university classroom, but from the school of hard knocks or as Mark Twain said: "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education."

[@Shepherdd__]

She didn't even had the opportunity to answer though. What you just saw was not a fair debate

[@kenomenorias3200]

​​@@Shepherdd__it was purposely left out to save her some face.

[@judymckillip6929]

Well said wonder who really heard it!! Reality to set in later and blows mist bs out the window.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

She wants to ban single use plastic? Well, I am a nurse and the amount of single use plastic and rubber products we use on a daily basis in our hospitals is _insane._ Rubber gloves, hypodermic needles, IV lines, drip bottles, dispensers of all kinds, blister packaging, ... And we have not even talked about all the medical equipment like ECG-units, x-ray and MRT devices, pacemakers, ... Good luck replacing that.

[@LM53180]

1000% correct! Highschool students I teach know this!

[@petethewrist]

So what you saying there were no working hospital untill. Plastic came along. Fuck the gloves they used to wash their hands. Lol

[@davidnoble868]

@@petethewrist Single use medical devices and supplies were regulated into existence to ensure patient safety. www.cdc.gov/hai/organisms/organisms.html

[@marks1014]

@@petethewrist Of course their were hospitals before plastics came along. However, I just suspect that given a choice, you would choose to have surgery in a modern hospital where diseases and operation complexity and success rates are a little better than before plastics, wouldn't you?

[@petethewrist]

@@marks1014 was it not for population explosion and too much plastic we would not have half the ills we do now. Plastic is a killer and should be stopped there are modern alternatives for most shit.

[@maximusopus1108]

Very sad. She is brainwashed.

[@flyboyu777]

She is UNINFORMED. On purpose-that how radicals convert these mushbrains.

[@valeriegarrity5773]

Braindead

[@wolfhound1452]

She can’t be brainwashed. She has no brain.

[@97Eternity]

remember all demonrats share one brain cell lmao

[@jimsim8736]

Typical liberal.

[@debraperaza2207]

BRAVO, BRAVO! JOB WELL DONE

[@sophiaschrenk1511]

Yes yes yes yes yes i agree

[@Montuckymadness406]

Holy hell that was a massacre! I appreciate how he essentially had the sit down and reality check her father never did with her.

[@Timinator257]

"Facts don't cease to exist just because you ignore them."

[@K162KingPin]

Sure they do. Haven't you heard of Schrödinger's cat? Reality itself doesn't exist unless someone arbitrarily chooses to observer it. Einsteins theory of Special Relativity alters the passages of time for everyone else in the universe based on one persons arbitrary decision to choose a place to measure from. This is literally what they believe. Is it any wonder they think sticking their head in the sand might actually work?

[@rhuephus]

@@K162KingPin wattamoron .. how many cats use plastic ??? or drive ??

[@stormyweathers9887]

Banning the use of plastic is simply unrealistic. But, alternative means of manufacturing has to be found, where the resulting plastic can be recycled for future use/manufacturing!

[@SRose-vp6ew]

So if you want alternative means for plastic start producing them. You don’t need the government to ban plastic in order for you to buy something besides plastic. Her issue is she wants single used gone? Where was that energy in 2020 when she probably had a new mask every day. I’m so tired of how dumb and bullying Democrats are.

[@d3r4g45]

"facts" is not an excuse not to try to do anything

[@seeviegeenie]

Ms Jacksons speech is most intelligent. Well done 👏

[@millycooke7912]

He's being so polite while destroying her. He asked What's the alternative?" and she's like, i dont know 😂😂

[@russellkindervater6111]

Polite ..? Frigging aggressive

[@russellkindervater6111]

I seem to remember Glasses made of Glass right,? and metal frames

[@TurtleMountain]

​@@russellkindervater6111 most manufacturers have switched from using glass, the majority of prescription glasses use plastic lenses now. also, while there might be metal in the frame for structural support, there is usually plastic or some other similar material surrounding the metal for aesthetic or comfort purposes I assume.

[@somerandomchannel382]

Micro plastic stays in the body. its not about finding alternatives. it's about not trying kill everyone😊😊😊 in the future. if Mr senate don't care about his children dying, I guess all is fine.

[@marfmang511]

1 solution would be to actually recycle the plastic instead of shipping it off to China so they can just dump it in the ocean

[@CarmenMorrison-nc3cq]

"Take into account the human impact, not just the environmental." Words to live by.

[@N1k0SP]

The Industrial Revolution ruined both

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

@@N1k0SP What do you think life was like before the Industrial Revolution? A cakewalk? Back to your history books...

[@liviuursegr]

It's a double edged sword. Since the long term effects on the environment, the mountains of trash and the pollution in the oceans changing for example for North Atlantic current and the reintake of CO2 does eventually come back to bite us in the butt, eventually also affecting peoples lives. There's no perfect solution. That's why these dreamers need to stop living in their fantasies and let us live normal lives as well, with the good and the bad.

[@liviuursegr]

​@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1oblet's just say that life was healthier for both people and nature. But certainly much slower, much less comfortable and absolutely incompatible with the inevitable populational growth. Therefore eventually inevitable. So although "healthier", it's just utopical to think about like before the industrial revolution. Just like all those advocates of "living purely off the land", who use all modern means to sustain agriculture and animal husbandry or who maintain modern jobs to be able to secure their living

[@domerame5913]

@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob Yes humans were happier and enjoyed life more so than today. That's how our brain is wired, your brain doesn't care if you can sit on the couch all day and eat processed foods, it wants you to live naturally. Simple as.

[@generalsnickers1]

Brava Donna Jackson! Telling it like it should be told.

[@adaismeus1]

Thank you ms Donna Jackson! You know what’s up

[@MrTycobb25]

I once heard "you can be for the environment OR you can be against plastic, but you can't be both." People are woefully unaware regarding this subject. Actually saw a woman on the highway driving a brand new SUV - she bought a bumper sticker that said "plastic is evil." Even her damn sticker was plastic!

[@OceanLife772]

That’s funny (bumper sticker) 😂. These people are clueless! The schools turns them into radical/Liberals because They have no critical thinking skills to begin with! They get their degree and go out to spread the nonsense they heard in school. 🎉

[@Sorain1]

Man, that's some brilliant grifting. Plastic sticker saying 'plastic is evil'. top level.

[@chickenfeet9558]

Hahaha

[@TheLiamis]

They don't live in reality.

[@stevej6813]

And the plastic sticker was stuck on her plastic bumper 🙄

[@joeywest386]

Miss Jackson is a prime example of 'first impression'. she looks like a bedazled leftist, but she speaks with knowledge and confidence.!!

[@douglemay7989]

What is the other side of the coin from a bedazzled leftist?

[@DdgeluvinHic]

@@douglemay7989a non-colorful rightist (if that’s a thing. 😐)

[@ratpfink1]

Conservatism is the defense of cowardice and shareholder profit

[@ravenmasters2467]

i have to admit that until the points she was making became apparent i completely mis-characterised her based on her appearance. we all make snap judgements all day every day. its not just normal it is in fact essential in order to efficiently interact with the world around us, but still i feel somewhat chagrined.

[@rkersch]

Never ever simply judge a book by its cover…… sometimes even labels….ie Rick Grunell Brandon Straka.

[@IIITheSTpiLotIII]

So well said!

[@louannramirez4278]

Bravo!

[@doctorsangeeth]

Stellar.

[@SK-ei3xk]

Thank you, somebody actually pushed back with the right questions & left her speechless & not able to argue back with stupid nonsense. Nicely done sir if I do say so myself!

[@fuzzywzhe]

Here, I want to add some context that was left out of this. Eliminating single use plastics is probably a good idea. I'm in my early 50's, when I was a kid, I purchased sodas in glass bottles, the deposit on the bottle was 10 cents (which was a significant part of the purchase). The bottle was returned for the deposit, it was collected, washed, refilled and redistributed. Just like a drinking glass at a restaurant is. The plastic and aluminum soda bottles you get? They are RARELY actually recycled. They are collected, and generally dumped into a landfill. What's wrong with paper cartons for milk or even water? Milk jugs used to be glass, but that was before my time. That was phased out in the 1960's. We are NOT going back to a time that doesn't use any plastics. It's just not realistic, but we can trivially get rid of single use plastics, and we probably should. They have a bunch of plasticizers in them which are endocrine disruptors - i.e. they mess with your hormones. Even aluminum cans do this, they are actually aluminum cans with a THIN lining of plastic in them. That's why beer 20 years ago in a can didn't taste the same as beer in a glass bottle. Now it largely does.

[@brianrookard]

She's the single issue environmentalist ... as if dealing with single use containers will solve all our problems. She's horribly naive.

[@vikinglife6316]

@@fuzzywzhe We dont use paper cartons because 1 its not recyclable and 2 its harmful for the environment due to the chemicals needed to make it useful and 3 they still use plastic.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@vikinglife6316 We don't use paper cartons because plastic is cheaper. Plastic milk jugs are NOT really recyclable. Look, we used to ship all this plastic to China, China being a communist nation, would then put people to work sorting the plastics, then the plastics would be cut up, and shipped as a substitute for "new" plastic. China stopped doing this when they realized that the subsidies to do this exceeded the amount of money they could get selling the recycled plastic, they were operating at a loss the entire time. Milk cartons do not use plastic. They use wax. Or they used to, maybe they use a thin coating of plastic now? Been a while since I've bought milk. If the point is to sequester carbon, you know what should be done with used milk cartons? Well, a milk carton is basically wood, which is turned into paper cardboard, which is mostly carbon and hydrogen. You bury it, that's "sequestering".

[@landcruiser7936]

Ms. Jackson was spot on. Sure we shouldn’t unnecessarily hurt the environment but people come first and the ability to earn a living is something that we all should be entitled to.

[@nifflofair6685]

Why only the poor has to suffer? Brainwashed as hemp can replace a lot of plastics.

[@aliciageary7653]

Sure. But if we don't smarten up then our kids won't need to earn a living because our planet will become more and more inhabitable.

[@OutsiderLabs]

​@@aliciageary7653they'll figure it out, just like every generation has to. If they don't that's just natural selection doing what needs to be done. No point starving your kids right now out of fear they might starve thirty years from now.

[@ragepig1059]

LOL "they'll figure it out" 🤣🤣🤣 let's just poison this here planet they'll figure it out! Hyuk

[@aliciageary7653]

@@OutsiderLabs yeah it's hard to figure out constant flooding, wild fires and 100 year storms every month to name just a few. No one should starve obviously. There are lots of things could be done but not enough people give a shit to put pressure on the right person. People are boycotting a beer brand for one single can, claiming it is for " the children" when they use products by companies who use children for slave labor. I guess those kids will have to figure it out too. Damn.

[@barbarakleszyk5408]

Well done

[@Nothing2NV]

this was the most satisfying video i've seen in a very long time

[@julie.1081]

He should name this segment, "When reality sets in"! Also, a big thank you to Ms. Donna Jackson! This is how an industry can help an entire area, not just a few chosen people. When you give a hand up instead of a hand out, everyone can win.

[@tflg3257]

Local, state, and federal taxpayers foot the bill for that Nissan plant. Capitalist billionaires always get a hand out, not a hand up. And capitalist are orchestrating this green paradigm and receiving billions from Congress to relaunch clean energy projects that have already recently failed in Europe.

[@sevurueva5138]

Her asking to completely ban plastics and yet not knowing how pervasive it is in the very things she has on her, let alone the things she indirectly depend on.

[@dezznutz3743]

Welcome to your average Marxist Demorat.

[@DigimontamerB]

Fascinating

[@tatianasouza2361]

I love when the last well educated lady said:” poverty, not plastic is destroying lives.” 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@Trevor_Austin]

No. Stupidity and laziness is destroying life.

[@rawrn.]

​@@Trevor_Austinthere are people who are born poor and will die poor. It happens. You can't blame the people fully

[@user-kp2tm7lo4q]

ok tell me how much pollutions does it cause in production of platic, I agree with him that plastic is essential so we cant ban it but we can reduce it,they pollute environment .major emissions from plastic production processes include sulfur oxides, nitrous oxides, methanol, ethylene oxide, and volatile organic compounds.OK tell what happens to lands and water bodies around factories bruh. Health is biggest wealth,

[@HassanSanem]

When you put women in charge:

[@DalovTV]

Hahaha amazing

[@VeritechGirl]

She literally admitted “in her dream world” 😂😂

[@Hereford1642]

What a dystopian novel you could write about living in her dream world. The horror, the horror.

[@reddragon4482]

She's just another Utopianist.

[@Wolfe-xz6tr]

The Left and the real world do not ever overlap.

[@youtubeistryingtocensorme]

@@reddragon4482 one person’s Utopia is another person’s Distopia

[@user-dk7gi9uz8i]

​@@reddragon4482it was a vocabulary performance blunder. Idiots in these threads

[@brookscowan90]

so well said by Donna Jackson!

[@SanchoGracie]

When truth smacks hard....

[@allthingsnu4673]

Good jobs, Senator Mullin and Donna Jackson!! There is no shortage of people who complain and condemn without really thinking things through.

[@simon6071]

Anti-plastic witness: I want to end all plastic manufacturing. But she doesn't know that her glasses, both the frame and lenses, are made of plastic. What an ignorant person! Just pathetic!

[@simon6071]

The anti-plastic witness says in her dream world all plastic manufacturing would end. She can just keep on dreaming while keep on wearing her glasses made of plastic.

[@d3r4g45]

don't wonder why US will fall back behid China. When they become the leaders of the new green industry and green materials. It's because this senator and the likes told you nothing can be done, and did nothing.

[@CStone-xn4oy]

I agree with cutting down on single use plastics as much as possible but wanting to stop using plastic altogether is utterly insane as pointed out in this video.

[@stinkyfungus]

It's the same level of hypocrisy that a certain vegitarian and eco activist child from a northern country displays during an interview (in winter, in a nordic country) whining about how we are "destroying the earth" for her generation... and yet she has BANANAS and AVOCADOS. On her table. She even mentions how much she loves bananas... Got news for ya squirt... those don't grow in the north in December. Just saying.

[@christiantaylor1495]

What's insane is making everything out of an estrogenic material that lowers sperm count, testosterone, and makes men more feminine.

[@Aiveq]

you cant ban single use plastic. it will hike the price and country like china will import cheap single use plastic vs your expensive alternative

[@kyze8284]

Had refinery protestors at one of the refineries up here. Gas powered, petroleum based plastic cars, petroleum based kayaks for the water, petroleum based clothes, water bottles, bags And they left trash EVERYWHERE even though they were “environmentalists” and we are still pulling their bags and bottles off of and out of fish that wash up because they have died from THEIR pollution

[@Apebek]

@@Aiveq People used to reuse their plastic, but the plastic industry didn't like that. They want you to throw away plastic, just so they can produce more and 90% of it is not recycled, because recycling costs money. They campaigned millions of dollars back in the 80s to convice you to throw it away.

[@JustmeandB]

Love it,,,,,, don’t give us the problem, we know the problem, give us the solution….