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                <h3>A REPUBLICAN strategist tore into Sky New’s Kay Burley after the host claimed climate change had a direct impact on Hurricane Harvey after the storm devastated Texas.      
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<section class="text-description"><p>The strategist continued: &ldquo;That&rsquo;s called weather, we&rsquo;ve had it for, probably, billions of years, and we&rsquo;re going to continue to have it.</p><p>&ldquo;But yes, that&rsquo;s called weather. It&rsquo;s going to be sunny today in Washington and I think we&rsquo;re going to get rain on the weekend.&rdquo;</p><p>After Burley asked if he was being &ldquo;flippant about climate change&rdquo;, Mr Blakeman continued: &ldquo;No, you&rsquo;re being flippant.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re suggesting that the hurricane was caused by climate change, what evidence do you have that shows that is true?&rdquo;</p><p></p></section><div class="p402_hide htmlappend"><section class="text-description"><!-- Start of Brightcove iframe Player -->
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    // this function will be called when a PET response is received. it will
    // set the targeting data for DFP and request ads
    // remember to replace requestAds() with the function you use for requesting
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    var iasDataHandler = function (adSlotData) {
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        clearTimeout(__iasPETTimeoutRequestAds);
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