Far from surprised, this is entirely what I expect to hear from Republicans. We are all so accustomed to Republican lies it takes a truly monstrous lie to even make one’s eye blink. A science-denying GOPer (an insanity in every first world country) is merely par for the course. There is far more shock value in hearing a Republican accept scientific reason than otherwise. Think when Jon Huntsman said he believed in evolution and climate change - now, that’s a shocker!