On Thursday’s Now With Alex Wagner, host Alex Wagner asked conservative columnist S.E. Cupp to weigh in on a new report indicating that “the trust conservatives place in science has hit an all-time low.”

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In 2010, the report states, 35 percent of conservatives said they had “a great deal of trust” in science, compared to 48 percent in 1974.

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“I am a staunch social conservative,” Cupp explained, “but I am also an atheist, so I can’t approach this from the position that I think a lot of conservatives would. But I will say I think, as science has become incredibly politicized by the left and the right over the past decade, it’s become, I think, a little less credible to throw science into a conversation and have it be this unimpeachable, unquestionable kind of institution. I think science has been corrupted by politics, whether it was, you know, environmental issues on the left, you know, social issues

on the right, I think science has become a punching bag.”

Fellow panelist Ari Melber took issue with Cupp’s focus, adding that she’d make a great senator for her ability to filibuster, and a great lawyer because “even when it’s a hard case for you, you give it your all.” (A comment Wagner found patronizing). “You know,” he told Cupp, “it’s not about the left and the right politicizing sides; it is about a religious conflict with science.”

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