"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee clashed with Joe Biden during the Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday over the former vice president’s climate policy, which he called “middling” and insufficient for the crisis at hand.
“Middle ground solutions like the vice president has proposed, or sort of middling, average-sized things are not going to save us. Too little, too late is not going to save us,” said Inslee, who has focused the majority of his campaign on the issue of climate change.
The debate, which hit on the topic of climate change more than an hour and half in, launched a back-and-forth between Inslee and the current Democratic front-runner.
“Mr. Vice President, your argument is not with me, it’s with science. And your plan is just too late,” Inslee said of Biden’s climate action plan he unveiled months earlier."
Miranda Green reports for The Hill July 31, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Melted During the Debate" (Mother Jones)
"Why Climate Activists Packed the Streets Outside the Democratic Debate" (New York Times)
"Campaign 2020: 'That Is Criminal Activity.' Dems Clash On Scope Of Action" (ClimateWire)
"Beto: 'We Don't Have More Than 10 Years To Get This Right'" (The Hill)
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