Claim: "61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ... 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Fact-check: Sheldon Whitehouse: most Republicans agree Earth is warming; tea party accounts for most denial
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Date published: 2013-12-28T00:00:00