Just looking at these first few comments, it seems like there are a lot of smart people who can see that this trite sound bite has problems.

Don't miss the forest for the trees. Widespread scientific illiteracy has many people feeling that decades of scientific research resulting in consensus establishes only an opinion that is just as valid as the opinion of any uninformed person who cares to speak up in dissent.

Yes, his statement is over-reaching and generalized, but the message is still meaningful.

Here's an article that gives some more detail about this phenomenon: http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/17/the-death-of-expertise/