Beto O'Rourke unveils climate plan with Yosemite as backdrop

EL PORTAL, Calif. -- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke has announced his first major policy initiative, a $5 trillion plan to combat climate change that he says will keep the Earth from sliding past the point of no return in less than a generation.

It includes $1.5 trillion in direct federal funding, while seeking to incentivize an additional $3.5 trillion from states, private capital and other sources over 10 years to improve aging infrastructure nationwide and to take"significant actions to defend communities" preparing for intensified floods, droughts, hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters fueled by a changing climate.

"The greatest threat we face — which will test our country, our democracy, every single one of us — is climate change," O'Rourke said in a statement. The announcement comes amid O'Rourke's first visit as a presidential candidate to California, a state that's experiencing more destructive and deadlier wildfires due in part to climate change. A blaze last summer caused a partial shutdown of Yosemite, and O'Rourke on Sunday met privately with firefighters in Mariposa County who battled it for weeks.

The trip is consistent with the do-it-yourself campaign style that gave O'Rourke an unorthodox credibility with supporters in Texas and beyond. Californians contributed more than $5.5 million to his unsuccessful Senate bid last fall, second only to Texans in giving to the campaign.

Lol. 2nd agenda is to find Bigfoot. 3rd agenda is to catch the Scranton strangler. Ohh and yeah trump is working for Russia. 🙄

&'slide the US right into financial oblivion. Can't you people count?

Please, take a turd or go jump on something fake name Beto.

But the U.S. will be bankrupt.

5 trillion on a made up agenda. LOL

If he would only shut up he could stop global warming

Go Beto! BetoForAmerica

No thanks.

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