He says these things to score points with his voters who are this dumb.
Ted Cruz is a Sophist...a rhetorician...winning the argument is what he wants, nothing else...He is also not a scientist.
Most people assume that scientists are honest and moral people
There are ton of scientists that have been imprisoned for falsifying evidence
Same with doctors
How many drs and scientists have sold out for political reasons or the almighty dollar to endorse a supplement or beauty care product
Scientists admitted that the sensors that they are using to test ocean temps were off in some cases by a full 2 degrees
To justify their global warming agenda they decided to keep and use the data that the sensors were giving even thought they were way off