As recently as 2016, up to a third of the members of the United States Congress were climate change deniers, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund. In 2016, the list of high-ranking climate-denying politicians included then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. A report released the day the twins were born showed that 63% of Americans were represented by a climate-denying politician, in spite of the fact that 67% of Americans supported climate action.
