"SEATTLE/WASHINGTON - Washington Governor Jay Inslee launched a longshot bid for the U.S. presidency on Friday with a vow to fight climate change and promote policies to make the country more prosperous and inclusive.
Speaking in Seattle in the chilly garage of a solar energy company, Inslee became the first governor to join the crowded field of Democrats vying for the party’s White House nomination in 2020, a race expected to be volatile and hard-fought as the winner faces off against Trump.
“I am running for president because, unlike the man who is in the White House, I believe in all the people who make up America,” Inslee, who regularly swipes at Trump on Twitter, said to cheers."
Sharon Bernstein and Ginger Gibson report for Reuters March 1, 2019.
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