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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJay Inslee Is Betting He Can Win the Presidency on Climate Change
And what if the president, instead of doing anything to help, made it worse in just about every way, and called it a hoax (and any solutions a scam) instead of the very real, very clear disaster taking shape?
And what if all the Democrats running to beat him in the next election went on and on about how concerned they were and how its our most pressing problembut none had ever done much more than talk about the problem, and for the most part only started doing that in just the past few years?
Thats where Jay Inslee thinks America is when it comes to climate change. And thats why hes going to run for president. The question is whether he can convince anyone else that hes a big-enough player to be a serious candidate.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/washington-governor-jay-inslee-running-president/579217/
Autumn
(45,120 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Which is a good thing.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Climate change is an issue that can't be put aside or lower on the priority list. He has vision and actual implemented policy when it comes to that. That's a big fucking deal.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)It should be a major part of all of our Presidential primary campaigns.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jay-inslee-2020-774051/
Maybe that will help!
Aristus
(66,442 posts)maxsolomon
(33,381 posts)tall, fit, white, male, good hair. Trump can't loom over him in a debate.
but he is getting up there: 69 (which makes him a whippersnapper compared to the other leading Dems).
we've had a divided legislature in WA until recently, because of traitorous Democratic State Senators (Rodney Tom & Tim Sheldon), so he hasn't been able to enact much of his agenda. no Dem Governor has.
hopefully, this session, the WA legislature actually does SOMETHING about AN YTHING.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)And would again for president. I think he has what it takes, and would bring a lot to the table when it comes to climate change, and fixing the mess trump trump has done to our country!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Cha
(297,518 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Rec