At SF event, Harrison Ford begs voters to 'stop electing leaders who don't believe in science' [View all]

By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:00 am PDT, Friday, September 14, 2018

An impassioned Harrison Ford told a crowd in San Francisco Thursday to "stop giving power to people who don't believe in science, or worse than that, pretend they don't believe in science for their own self-interest."

With a graying beard, the Hollywood actor who starred in the Star Wars series as Han Solo, delivered a speech at Moscone Center for the Global Climate Action Summit sponsored by California Gov. Jerry Brown.

Ford didn't name President Donald Trump in his talk, but some of his comments obviously referred to the U.S. leader.

"For God's sake, stop electing leaders who don't believe in science," he said. "Or even worse, pretend they don't believe in science. Never forget who you're fighting for."
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Ford is vice-chair of Conservation International, an American nonprofit environmental organization with the goal "to protect nature." In November he ripped the Trump White House while accepting an environmental honor for his work, saying the "greatest threat" was "that we've got people in charge of important s--- who don't believe in science."
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more: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Global-Climate-Action-Summit-Harrison-Ford-Trump-13229732.php


I sit corrected. "SF" here does not stand for "Science Fiction", as is normal in the real world, but for some inexplicable reason only indicates "San Francisco".