At a recent rally in Phoenix, Hillary Clinton finally brought up a specific campaign
issue that has been
almost suspiciously ignored throughout the 2016 election cycle. She urged the
electorate not to vote for politicians who don’t support climate
change legislation and
progress. In the middle of a much longer and more extensive speech, only a
month before Election Day and a few days after she beat Trump in the second
debate, Clinton said “We cannot keep sending climate change deniers to Congress
and the White House.” Specifically, she may have been referencing Donald Trump,
but on a much larger scale she could be referring to many Presidents and member
of the Cabinet, of Congress, and in the House who have not taken action against
climate change.
Global warming has been one controversial subject that has been
discussed less frequently than many have hoped on the campaign trail. At the
most recent debate, Ken Bone (Ken Bone!) asked a
question about coal and energy jobs in the United States, and Clinton was
left to work in global warming on a broader level on her own time. For an issue
that affects literally the entire world and everybody on it, regardless of
political leanings, it has barely been discussed. Clinton is still committing
less time than would be ideal to the minimizing of global warming during her
campaign for the White House, but an outright plea like this is a step in the
right direction. Now if only we could be completely sure that Hillary would
follow through on this global warming concern and isn’t just using it in her
stump speeches.
BY: WHITNEY MCINTOSH
SOURCE: uproxx
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