These Fuckwits Want to Be President

Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee have seized on an odd argument to argue against taking Syrian refugees: The U.S. is too cold for them.

Huckabee and Trump both cited Minnesota as being too cold for refugees.

“A friend of mine lives in Minnesota and he calls me up and he says, ‘Can you imagine, it’s 130 degrees in Syria and now they want to send some of them up to Minnesota where it’s 30 degrees,” Trump told supporters in Knoxville, Tennessee on Monday. “These people are going to be very very unhappy,” he added. “It’s cold, and beautiful, but it’s cold.”

Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee said nearly the same thing in an interview with Fox News radio.

“And if you think about it, we would be bringing people in who lived in the desert their entire lives, and they would be completely disrupted, not only in terms of their culture, their language, their religion, my gosh even in terms of their climate,” Huckabee said Monday. “Can you imagine bringing in a bunch of Syrian refugees who’ve lived in the desert their whole lives that are suddenly thrown into an English speaking community? Where it’s maybe in Minnesota where it is 20 degrees below zero? I mean just I don’t understand what we possibly can be thinking.”

  Buzzfeed

Well, I think I know what YOU'RE thinking.

Jesus, as though there are no cold deserts, and as though a constant war with danger of loss of life or limb for you and your family would be better than adjusting to a colder climate.

Huckabee made the same comments to Breitbart News radio on Monday too.

“Why would we remove people from a desert climate,” said Huckabee, again. “There’s no reason under god’s earth to send people who have lived in a desert their whole life, who may speak Arabic or some other language and put them in Minnesota for the winter. Can anybody tell me that makes any sense, it simply does not.”

Dear Mr. Huckabee, although I can tell you are truly caring about the welfare of Syrians, it appears you are not well informed on their country's climate.  May I offer you a link to Syrian climate information since you are obviously too stupid to find out for yourself before you spout off?

The interior has four different dry climate types: the central part of Syria has a cold steppe climate and a cold desert climate. Further to the east this changes into a warm steppe climate (northeast) and a warm desert climate (southeast).

[...]

During the winter daytime temperatures are mild, especially along the coast. During the night subzero temperatures in the interior are not uncommon. During the winter snowfall is not uncommon. [...] Under the influence of daytime temperatures snow will almost always melt within a day. An exception to this is the mountainous region in the southwestern part of Syria. In the higher regions chances of snowfall are higher, and snow may remain for a longer period of time. Some regions are even suitable for winter sports such as Mount Hermon which is situated on the tripoint of Lebanon, Israel and Syria.

  What'stheWeatherLike.org

And, Mr. Trump.  You're plainly just an ass.  "These people are going to be very very unhappy."  It's not like they're planning a vacation.  They're obviously very very unhappy in the middle of a goddamned war.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway, asshat.