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Related: About this forumCNN announces climate town hall with 2020 Democrats
CNN announced Thursday it will hold a Democratic presidential town hall focused on climate change. The event will take place on Sept. 4 in New York City. The network is inviting all the candidates who meet the threshold for the September primary debates of garnering 2 percent support in at least four different polls.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) all qualify, according to CNNs tally.
Several presidential contenders have put forward climate plans of their own that they say are best slated to reverse the effects of climate change. Many of them seek to pose a contrast to President Trump who withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord and has praised the use of coal as a key energy source.
CNN said the format for its climate town hall will be similar to other events it held earlier this year in which contenders appeared back-to-back throughout the evening.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/454838-cnn-announces-climate-town-hall-with-2020-democrats
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,405 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)with multiple extensive answers (one hopes). Inslee will be asked for a response and can say why his plans are better the next day.
But his absence will be conspicuous. He would be a strong contender against Trump. Wish he could be the moderator.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,405 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)He's been calling for a climate debate all along. Disappointing that he won't be included.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/gov-jay-inslee-2020-election-climate-debate-1415376
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oasis
(49,405 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 27, 2019, 12:03 AM - Edit history (1)
He'd know which questions to ask that would reveal each candidates level of knowledge on the subject.
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JI7
(89,263 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,991 posts)didn't bother to cover him.
And in the debate, he only had a few minutes to speak, and he was limited by the topic of the question the reporter asked.
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JI7
(89,263 posts)agree there is climate change.
he could have spend time promoting himself as the best on the environment.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,991 posts)We have a tiny, tiny window of time in which to act -- and nothing else will matter when we have an unlivable planet.
And he HAS promoted himself as the best on the environment. But he doesn't have unlimited resources for self-promotion, and the media thinks climate change is boring.
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JI7
(89,263 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,991 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,263 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,991 posts)But, based on Beto's website, it isn't the central, overriding concern it is for Jay Inslee.
I watched the debates and I didn't come away from that feeling that ORourke was on the same page as Inslee with regard to that issue.
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)He has also repeatedly said that it is the most important issue we are facing. I've watched all of his town halls since he announced and he has made it very clear consistently that it's his top priority.
The most important political issue he thinks we are facing is Voting Rights because we have to protect our Democracy in order to accomplish all of the other things.
https://betoorourke.com/votingrights/
He has great plans on other issues too...all that can actually pass.
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DesertRat
(27,995 posts)While he does have a comprehensive climate plan, I don't think of it is his top priority like it is for Inslee.
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)Next would be Voting Rights because without that none of the other things are possible.
I would say that Immigration would probably be next, not because it's the only important issue, but because of what Trump is doing.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JudyM
(29,271 posts)I remember Sanders was one who said that, in response to the question, as well.
This has to rise to the top of discussion in this election. We have it all over the Republicans on this issue, not only in fixing it but in who the hell caused it in the first place by denial etc. The public's experience is finally starting to meet the science, unfortunately, so that should help.
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pnwmom
(108,991 posts)whoever they are, say that on their campaign websites?
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JudyM
(29,271 posts)United States, four out of ten candidates said climate change.
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pnwmom
(108,991 posts)will be their #1 priority.
Someone could say that their top priority was raising the minimum wage, for example, or universal healthcare -- and still say that the biggest "geopolitical threat" was climate change.
Geopolitical refers to politics, related to geography, on an international level. (Another geopolitical threat would be pollution of the oceans.)
"relating to politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors".
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JudyM
(29,271 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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Uncle Joe
(58,415 posts)Thanks for the thread left of center.
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hay rick
(7,638 posts)Inslee doesn't get to 2% because they don't cover him. Now they use the low poll standing which they helped engineer as an excuse to exclude him. This is their window of opportunity. They host a climate debate that they crippled in advance, claim they did their part, and return to their regularly scheduled programming- Trump's tweets and endless hand-wringing over Democrats' inadequate responses to the party of treason, autocracy, and economic and environmental plunder.
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brooklynite
(94,725 posts)Unlike Lake Wobegon, all 23 candidates can't be "above average". Inslee (who I've contributed to) hasn't resonated while other candidates have.
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hay rick
(7,638 posts)Messam and Gravel are doing poorly on merit. I can't speak to et cetera. Inslee is not telegenic and that is sufficient to doom his campaign.
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pnwmom
(108,991 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hay rick
(7,638 posts)It's like "America's Dumbest Criminals" in an endless loop. Sadly, qualification for the job takes a back seat to the ability to attract eyeballs for the networks.
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)eom
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)Not only was Beto the FIRST one to release a Climate Plan
https://betoorourke.com/climate-change/
At least a couple of other candidates have co-opted much of what is in Beto's plan.
Beto has been holding roundtables on Climate, visiting areas directly impacted by climate and includes Climate JUSTICE into the conversation.
These are only a few examples of these kinds of conversations. There are many more that I didn't add.
Climate Round Table in Iowa
Climate Justice Round Table New Orleans
Visiting Farm
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Visiting flooded areas
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Townhall in Flint Michigan
Cooking Dinner and talking about Climate and Violence in Flint
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pnwmom
(108,991 posts)has ALWAYS been climate change.
Inslee announced March 1.
O'Rourke announced March 14.
Link to tweet
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gov-jay-inslee-launches-presidential-campaign-with-optimism-about-halting-climate-change/
March 1
During his announcement before a crowd of perhaps 200 supporters at A&R Solar, a solar-panel-installation company based in South Seattle, Inslee pointed to increasingly intense forest fires and other potential effects of rising global temperatures.
The science on this is abundantly clear. We have a very short period of time to act, and whether we shrink to this challenge or rise to it is the vital question of our time, Inslee said, vowing to stand out as the only candidate whod make climate change the number one national priority if elected president.
SNIP
Inslee has made climate change a signature issue throughout his political career, championing clean energy and efforts to tax carbon during more than a decade in Congress. He co-wrote a 2007 book, Apollos Fire, that called for a national emphasis on research and deployment of clean-energy technology akin to the Apollo project that led to the moon landing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/03/04/the-energy-202-climate-change-is-jay-inslee-s-top-priority-in-washington-could-it-win-him-the-white-house/5c7c209f1b326b2d177d5fb2/?utm_term=.de7961e55ba5
March 4
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee launched his bid for president Friday to address what he called in his first campaign video the most urgent challenge of our time.
While the crowded field for the Democratic nomination already includes five senators co-sponsoring the ambitious Green New Deal resolution, Inslee is prioritizing climate change to the exclusion of other issues. He said climate change or global warming in the video at least 10 times. It was the first, last and only issue he mentioned in his video announcement.
It's an issue Inslee has been passionate about as the governor of the other Washington since 2013. "We need to get something done. This is a moment of great peril but of also great promise, and it needs urgent action," he told The Energy 202 in an interview last month.
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article227828199.html
March 14
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee joined a crowded race of Democratic candidates for the White House on March 1. Inslee is positioning himself as the only candidate to make defeating climate change the No. 1 priority.
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Indygram
(2,113 posts)Beto released his Climate Plan on April 29th. Inslee released his on May 3rd. So yes, Beto was the FIRST candidate to release a Climate Plan. Also, in the article I tracked down to prove that fact is also the quote of O'Rourke where he said Climate Change is his "north star" issue...
Beto O'Rourke releases $5 trillion plan to combat climate crisis
April 29th
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-releases-5-trillion-plan-combat-climate-crisis-n999416
On the campaign trail, ORourke regularly takes questions about climate change, including on Friday, when he told a questioner in Las Vegas that it was his north star issue citing his children and the need to act to protect their generation.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Releases Climate Plan
May 3
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-03/inslee-climate-plan-aims-to-quash-coal-reach-100-clean-energy
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pnwmom
(108,991 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 27, 2019, 02:08 AM - Edit history (1)
Inslee has been working against climate change for decades. Also, as a Representative in Congress he introduced a climate change bill.
And he announced his candidacy for the Presidency weeks before O'Rourke announced his. Every article about Inslee's announcement noted that he was the only candidate to center his campaign around climate change. O'Rourke must have decided that was a good idea.
Can you provide any link showing that O'Rourke had been talking about climate change for decades? Or showing that Inslee wasn't the first announced candidate to center his campaign around climate change?
https://www.amazon.com/Apollos-Fire-Igniting-Americas-Economy/dp/1597261750/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jay+inslee&qid=1564204922&s=gateway&sr=8-1
From 2007:
From Publishers Weekly
To free the U.S. of fossil fuel dependency while boosting the economy, we need the kind of visionary leadership that led to the Apollo moon landings in 1969, according to Inslee and Hendricks in this energetic articulation of a clean-energy future. That vision is sadly lacking under the current administration, reports Washington State Congressman Inslee in several caustic sidebars about his contentious energy discussions with President Bush and Vice-President Cheney. His first-person anecdotes lighten this otherwise earnest book, based on initiatives of the Apollo Alliance, an advocacy group and think tank uniting unions, environmental groups and business organizations committed to fostering a green economy. Redesigning the car, investing in solar power, mining wind for power, exploring the nascent technology of wave energy, using energy more efficiently and working clean coal and safe nuclear power into the equation are among the authors' prescriptions. Inslee is primary congressional sponsor of the New Apollo Energy Act and on the Apollo Alliance advisory board; coauthor Hendricks is a member of the alliance's steering committee. A brief foreword by Bill Clinton waxes enthusiastic about the synergy between the book, the alliance and the proposed legislation. (Nov. 2)
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LAS14
(13,783 posts)How can I help him score higher in the next polls? Is there any way? I suppose more money would help him raise his profile?
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LAS14
(13,783 posts)Are they saying they've already chosen the people based on their criteria NOW? Or do they get to work toward the goal like they do for the DNC debate until close to the time? Does anyone know?
OK!! I found it! The deadline is August 28. I'm giving $50 to Jay Inslee in hopes that he can raise his profile enought to get poll numbers to get him on the stage. Join me!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden