Major environmental group makes first ever endorsement of Hillary Clinton [View all]
Source: washington post
Major environmental group makes first ever endorsement of Hillary Clinton
By Abby Phillip May 31 at 6:30 AM
Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks in the Memorial Day parade May 30, 2016 in Chappaqua, New York. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
A major environmental group, the NRDC Action Fund, will endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in its first-ever political endorsement in a presidential election.
In a statement, the NRDC Action Fund, a political affiliate of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that the unprecedented endorsement is reflective of the need for left-leaning groups to unite against Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee.
“Hillary Clinton is an environmental champion with the passion, experience and savvy to build on President Obama’s environmental legacy,” Rhea Suh, president of the NRDC Action Fund, said in a statement. “More than any other candidate running, Hillary Clinton understands the environmental challenges America faces, and her approach to solving them is grounded in the possibility and promise our democracy affords us.”
Suh specifically cited Trump's recent energy speech in North Dakota as one of the main rationales for the announcement....................
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CONGRATULATIONS TO HILLARY AND HER TEAM.
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