As if it were not awful enough that Washington, D.C., was hit by one of the worst snowstorms in recent history, it is even more disgraceful to witness our nation’s elected leaders using the emergency as one more opportunity to gain political leverage.

Last week Sen. Jim DeMint made a cheap jab at Nobel Prize recipient and former Vice President Al Gore, saying “it’s going to keep snowing in Washington, D.C., until Al Gore cries uncle.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also chimed in, asking “Where’s Al Gore now?”

Thousands without power, D.C. at a complete standstill and under a state of emergency, roads closed in all directions, and all the while Sen. James Inhofe took the day off to build an igloo with his family on the National Mall, christening it as “Al Gore’s new home.” What a class act.

You have to admit that Inhofe is old-school. This is the guy who has brazenly referred to global warming as a “hoax” and on more than one occasion, but if he really has to go there and mock Gore, why do it in such a deliberately insensitive manner? If anything, this speaks volumes of the integrity of some of our nation’s elected leaders.

These senators are the same individuals that take millions of dollars in “donations” from big oil interests and use those petro-dollars to fund their own lavish “think tanks.” The level of irresponsibility that these charlatans exhibit would leave most anyone completely appalled.

Even worse, the level of coldness and sarcasm displayed by the likes of DeMint, McConnell and Inhofe are downright offensive and embarrassing to the American people. They do not even attempt to hide the fact that they are deep in the choke hold of big oil’s even bigger wallet. They sure love their Benjamins.

It seems like these people have their own bat-signal or something, because when one rants and raves, then the rest come out of the woodwork with swords in hand. It’s always the same cast of sordid characters: Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Even Donald Trump had to get his two cents in this time around, claiming that Gore should have his Nobel Peace Prize stripped from his hands, merely because it snowed too much for the Trump’s liking.

A virtual who’s who of conservative talking heads quickly jumped on the bandwagon and used the occasion to spew even more inflammatory rhetoric into the media. Case in point is Fox News pundit Hannity, who continues to scare his viewers with false information, including his bold claim that global warming is a conspiracy.

“It’s the most severe winter storm in years, which would seem to contradict Al Gore’s hysterical global warming theories,” Hannity said. Yes, Sean, sometimes it does snow right in the middle of February.

You know that Sarah Palin also had to speak her piece and claimed during a recent speech that the evidence for global warming is nothing more than a “bunch of snake oil science.” The problem with these irresponsible people is that their remarks are rooted in sarcasm, hearsay and nothing more. Facts and figures are optional.

Even after the scientific community has determined that global warming is fact, these charlatans continue to live in their own self-contained fantasy worlds. These are probably the same type of people who refuse to believe that primates are our distant relatives and instead believe theories that the world was created 6,000 years ago when man roamed the planet atop a triceratops.

They never need any scientific evidence for their shallow theories, but if it snows in the middle of February ,then Al Gore must be put through the Spanish Inquisition. After countless studies have been conducted across the globe and scientists are in agreement that global climate change is absolute fact, these charlatans right here at home continue to spin the issue on its head infinitely, so as to cover their tracks and continue to fiercely protect ulterior motives.