Bill Maher held Rick Santorum’s feet to the fire during a recent interview. The show host was not letting Rick Santorum get away with his usual climate-denial charade. Maher even expressed that he probably likes the current pope better than Rick Santorum does, because of his stance on issues like climate change.

“The pope made a very strong statement – very strong  statement – in support of my position on climate change, not yours,” said Maher. “And your position, when you heard that, was, ‘Hey, let’s leave the science to the scientists.'”

“Okay, first of all, you’re not doing that,” Maher continued.

“I’m not a Catholic, I’m not, I’m an atheist, but I like the pope better than you do,” Maher said.

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