Global warming is causing diabetes, y’all!

That’s what former first daughter Chelsea Clinton suggested on Twitter — after which she got ruthlessly fact-checked and mocked.

“Horrifying research shows correlation between global warming and rise in diabetes cases,” Clinton tweeted.

Chelsea linked to an inane Los Angeles Times article claiming that global warming could lead to an additional “100,000 diabetes cases” a year in the United States:

Horrifying research shows correlation between global warming & rise in diabetes cases: https://t.co/DYp6Sru91c — Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 22, 2017

Dismissing the longstanding adage in statistics that correlation is not causation, Chelsea pushed her climate-change agenda while ignoring the fact that most experts say type 2 diabetes is induced by poor diet, lifestyle choices, obesity and heredity.

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Not surprisingly, Twitter let her have it.

First rule of statistics – correlation is not causation. — John Richardson (@jpr9954) March 23, 2017

https://twitter.com/josh_burlingame/status/844686150837157890

https://twitter.com/SharonMcCutchan/status/845036839174098944

Chelsea Clinton Blames Diabetes On Climate Change…

So it’s not diet and heredity? Gotta love Chelsea, always good for a little bit of crazy. — Jeffrey D. Dickson (@jddickson) March 23, 2017

https://twitter.com/ShaneAParent/status/845093296267575296

One Twitter user wondered: If warm weather causes diabetes, why isn’t everyone in the tropics diabetic?

https://twitter.com/TomCordina/status/845129897831911424

How fat do you have to be to blame it on the weather? https://t.co/0mHpvxOmH5 — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) March 23, 2017

Some wondered why Chelsea didn’t just blame the Russians for the global rise in diabetes.