Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
For those of you interested in learning more about Jay Inslee
Current governor of Washington (2013 to present)
Former member of the state house (4 years)
Former congressman (7 terms)
Current Chair of the Democratic Governor's Association
Governor Inslee has extensive legislative and executive experience. He has a progress record (use PVS link below) both as a congressman and a governor and he recognizes all too well the danger that trump represents to this country.
Quote from his Wikipedia page ... "Inslee has emerged as one of the most recognized critics of the administration of President Donald Trump. (snip) ... Inslee played a major role in the opposition to Trump's Executive Order 13769, in which a restriction halted travel for 90 days from seven Muslim-majority countries, and a total ban on Syrian refugees entering the United States. The order was blocked by the courts and later superseded by other executive orders."
A quote from this article from Politico ... "“I think our country needs a Democratic Party to produce a nominee who’s going to really be committed to climate change and defeating climate change and creating a clean energy economic message and clean energy jobs."
His voting record and ratings from various organizations can be found at Project Vote Smart.
Some highlights are:
NARAL - 100% ... League of Woman Voters - 100% ... NAACP - 90%+ ... Am. Fed. of Teachers - 100% ... League of Conservation Voters - 92% lifetime ... NRA - 7%, F (that's GOOD!), ... SEIU - 85%- 100%, National Education Association - 100%, ... AFL-CIO - 88% lifetime, ... Alliance for Retired Americans - 96% lifetime, ... Human Rights Campaign (sexual orientation) - 88% - 100%, ... DAV (Disabled American Veterans) - 100%
The only negatives I could find on him were some snafu's from his first term as governor and the fact that he increased capital gains and business taxes, which are not negatives to me.
He's smart, experienced, progressive and will present as the complete opposite of our current pResident in terms of intelligence, temperament, leadership and humanity.
His campaign website ... https://jayinslee.com/
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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And, of course, experience running an entire state as a liberal governor, analogous to running a nation, is ideally something all candidates should have.
Washington is only liberal west of the Cascades, though, and unfortunately its conservatives have kept Washington from leading the nation in some very important climate advances under Inslee's leadership.
It's possible that intending to become president, this time or next, may not be his only motive for running. He may be doing it to help grow and shape the climate, energy, fresh water, environment dialogue nationally and also to develop further support for the big changes he's planned among the people of Washington.
Whatever, I'm glad he's running and adding his very substantial voice to our presidential primary.
Link to tweet
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden