2020 contender Jay Inslee hammers home he's the 'climate change' candidate in NH
GOFFSTOWN — While he trails the ever-growing list of Democratic presidential hopefuls in name recognition, Washington governor and potential 2020 contender Jay Inslee now leads the prospective Democratic field in one niche category: the only candidate — declared or otherwise — to use the words “climate change” over 20 times in a single Granite State appearance.
In a Tuesday morning roundtable discussion with Saint Anselm students at the college’s Institute of Politics, Inslee mentioned climate change 21 times during a 25-minute address in which he stated that the fight against climate change was an “urgent matter” that the next presidential administration should “intensely focus on as a first and foremost priority.”
Referencing a trip he had made in the aftermath of the wildfires that ravaged Paradise, Calif., last year, Inslee said he believes climate change has left the halls of academia and evolved into a personal problem in the daily lives of many Americans.
“What used to be a graph on a chart is now a reality in our lives,” said Inslee. “And because of that, we just have to recognize this simple premise on climate change and it’s this: we are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation who can do something about it.”
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