2020 Democratic presidential candidate and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee claimed Thursday that President Trump is lying about climate change and characterized his stance on the issue as treasonous.
“If we had a president of the United States who told us that the Communist threat was just a hoax perpetrated by the Council of Foreign Relations, you know, that would have been, if not treasonous, at least something that — a moral abomination. And we cannot allow ourselves to become accustomed to this,” Inslee said at the Council of Foreign Relations.
“This is a moral outrage. It is a gross failure of the commander in chief. And I don’t use the word ‘treason’ very often, but when someone lies to the American people, when the entire intelligence community is telling the president of the United States that this is a national security threat of the first dimension and he is willing to lie to the American people, I don’t think we should take this lying down,” Inslee said.
Inlsee has made the issue of climate change the central aspect of his campaign and has called for the Democratic National Committee to schedule a debate for the candidates to discuss climate change. The DNC said they will not host such a debate, much to Inslee’s dismay.
It’s outrageous that the @DNC is trying to shut out the voices of the grassroots activists, leaders, and candidates who are calling attention to climate change, the existential threat of our time. #ClimateDebate
— Jay Inslee (@JayInslee) June 6, 2019
Trump has long tweeted his skepticism about global warming and climate change.
They call it “climate change” now because the words “global warming” didn’t work anymore. Same people fighting hard to keep it all going!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2013
In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2019
Inslee’s average polling is .5%, according to RealClearPolitics.
