Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke unveiled a sweeping, $5 trillion plan on Monday to combat what he calls the"greatest threat" facing the United States today: climate change.
While other plans are likely forthcoming, O'Rourke's is among the first in the Democratic field to take on the issue of climate change with significant federal action, and comes as the party's progressive wing, bolstered by young voters, is continuing to call for candidates to take a more aggressive approach.
"The greatest threat we face — which will test our country, our democracy, every single one of us — is climate change. We have one last chance to unleash the ingenuity and political will of hundreds of millions of Americans to meet this moment before it's too late,” O'Rourke said in a statement released Monday accompanying the plan. The campaign says the proposal aligns with the goals outlined in the"Green New Deal" proposed by New York Rep.
The plan garnered praise from a number of prominent environmental organizations hoping to see climate change rise to the upper echelon of issues as Democrats continue to sort out their crowded and competitive primary. Washington Governor Jay Inslee, another Democrat running for President, has proposed that the Democratic National Committee hold a debate solely focused on climate change, an idea that some in the field, including O'Rourke, have expressed support for.
‘Just one last chance’. How the HL does he know. That’s made up BS to funnel our economy so some friends in green industry can become wealthy.
Beto O’Dork, your five minutes passed. Please go back to Texas and your trust fund.
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The sky is falling the sky is falling! AKA “Let’s become a true socialist country! And the government knows best. And economy? Who needs that? And let me monitor your life from cradle to grave. And let’s move to the dark ages.”
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Beto Jim Jones O'Rourke and his purple cool aid and demass 's line up to drink
😂😂😂 Beto’s been eating dirt again & it shows
Nutty.
Why do people call this man Beto? It’s not even his real name
He always talks about climate change threat but never talks about what he will do about it...
Just crack the dome—should cost just over $3 million. These people throw around trillion dollar budget plans as if we have simply turned a blind eye to rational thought. Shutting down root cause polluters is a very high monthly mobile phone bill and nothing more💋
FO.
Here's a thought, invest that $5T in American Infrastructure Change. Repair roads and bridges and expand nuclear capability.
One LAST chance....🤯😳😂 If the world was gonna end in 10 years.....then we’d all be eating shrimp tacos on a beach somewhere....drinking margaritas and not giving two rat asses about an election.... which tells me, he is a liar! Beto Liar LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
🇪🇺🇩🇪🏳️🌈🌹Meine Kandidaten für USA Wahl... Die müssen zusammen arbeiten dann wird alles Gut! LG 🌈🌎🌍🌏
Robert Francis O'Rourke! You are not the man the nation is after son.
The political will? IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME. How can Americans not see this as a threat? Yet $716 billion is being spent on the 2019 military budget for potential threats. Is survival of life on Earth an unwanted cost? The blind are leading the blind.
Fake issue for stupid people.
You forgot to mention he said we have 10 years to change or we’re all going to die. Oops.
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Not a word on nuclear power. This plan is a joke.
The global warming scheme didn't work out as planned, so now we're combating 'climate change.' Money laundering, plain and simple.
Beto who?
Democrats: We need to worry about our future generations. Also Democrats:
Got it. Placing all weather events into the 'We don't know how that happens' category of 100 years of lies. Sue the Gov to Death.
Thirteen years ago we only had ten years left to fix our problems. So there’s that inconvenient point.
And soda in the drinking fountains. And pizza every day!
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