If we want to engage YOUNG PEOPLE in the election, then the DNC absolutely [View all]

[pnwmom]

Last edited Fri Jun 7, 2019, 11:52 PM - Edit history (2)

should be having a debate devoted to climate change.

It is incredibly stupid and short-sighted for them not to be planning this.

We can and should be positioning ourselves to be THE party to address climate change, in a serious and determined way. This is not just one of many issues. It has to be the PARAMOUNT issue because we only have a few years left to address this before it's too late.

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/22/18510953/climate-change-2020-bernie-sanders-donald-trump-harvard-poll

The growing focus on climate change could preview an important issue in the lead-up to the presidential election: 73 percent of young voters disapprove of the approach Donald Trump has taken on climate change, and their support is seen as pivotal in 2020.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/06/jay-inslee-says-he-may-defy-the-dnc-on-a-climate-change-debate/

Washington Governor Jay Inslee says he won’t rule out participating in a primary debate on climate change, a move that—if he followed through—could risk his being barred from participating in the formal Democratic National Committee sponsored debates.

“I cannot rule out any other debate that would highlight both the necessity of defeating the climate crisis and calling for the candidates to step up to the plate,” Inslee said in an interview with Mother Jones on Thursday, while calling from the road in Seattle, Washington. “Sixty-second sound bites, which is all you’ll be able to get in a party debate, is grossly inadequate to the task.”

Inslee claimed the DNC is “trying to eliminate an opportunity to have a debate” by effectively “blacklisting candidates who want to have one.”

“You have to understand how constricted the opportunity for a full discussion for this will be when we’re talking about mobilizing and rebuilding the entire economy to decarbonize over the next couple decades,” he said. “You can’t describe the mobilization of the economy in 60-second sound bites.”

SNIP


ON EDIT:

Here is the link to the DNC's contact page.

https://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact-the-democrats-democrats-website