Al GOre was not “Mr Global Warming” in the 1980s. Look it up. That he happened to be interested in global warming is not the same as being “Mr. Global Warming”.
We (well, some of us anyway) actually lived in the 1980s. Nobody said “Al Gore” when asked about Global Warming in the 1980s.
Perry added that Al Gore did believe in Global Warming, but that he disagreed with Gore on that and a couple of other issues at the time.
If you are going to look for “flatly untrue assertions”, you need to look past the sound bite used in the speech to the full collection of what the candidate has said on an issue or item. A sound bite is never going to be the whole story, and nobody expects it to be unless they are looking for a gotcha moment.
Gore WAS goofy Ozone Hole Man back then, when Perry was enamored of him. You’re making flimsy excuses. Bob
Gore always has been a rabid eco nut. Warming, cooling, owls or acid rain read his books. I have.
Most never heard the term ‘global warming’ in the 80s...or if they did, cared much.The 80s were no hotbed of ‘warming’ fearmongering. That was the crossover between Cooling hysteria and the latest scare tactic. Acid rain was the big thing and Gore was in on that too.
I remember the 80s VERY well.