What do the young conservatives at CPAC think about climate change? [VIDEO]

Climate change didn't get much attention at the Conservative Political Action Conference, so one journalist asked a few young attendees what they think.

This weekend marked the 40th annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which brings together a broad array of attendees from across the right-leaning spectrum, from older white people to younger white people, hyper-conservatives to severe conservatives.

Needless to say, climate change was not a big topic of conversation. So Mike Stark of FossilAgenda.com brought his camera along and asked a few of the younger CPACers what they thought of it. Here’s what they said:

Perhaps this video can shed some light:

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