What The Actual Fuck?!

[berni_mccoy]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Yonnie3 (a host of the General Discussion forum).

NOTE: I realize this involves the primaries, but it's not about the primaries. It's about the fucking soul of the party.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-06-06/dnc-denies-2020-democrats-a-climate-change-debate

DNC Denies 2020 Democrats a Climate Change Debate

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL Committee will not host a presidential debate centered around climate change, presidential candidate and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday.

Inslee added that the DNC told him it would ban any candidates who participate in a climate debate from future DNC debates.

"This is deeply disappointing," Inslee said in a statement. "The climate crisis merits a full discussion of our plans, not a short exchange of talking points."

In an interview with CNN, he also pushed back against the DNC's decision to ban candidates who would like to participate in a climate change debate.

"That's outrageous to me, to muzzle candidates who want to go out and have this debate," he said.

Ok, I get the complex logistics of hosting a single debate with all the candidates on climate change. But BANNING candidates from participating in climate change debates? That's outrageously unacceptable.

Climate Change poses an existential threat to civilization. It *must* be addressed and the candidates who have plans for addressing it should debate their plans. That is fundamentally what democracy is about.

[spanone]

1. Why in the world?

[dalton99a]

2. Evidently they have a unique cooling ability to deal with extreme heat

[Yonnie3]

3. Locking after a review by Forum Hosts

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