WaPo: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field

[femmedem]

"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday became the latest Democrat to launch a 2020 presidential bid, asserting in a video that he is the only candidate who will make combating climate change the nation’s top priority.

“We’re the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we’re the last who can do something about it,” Inslee says in the video. “We went to the moon, and created technologies that have changed the world. Our country’s next mission must be to rise up to the most urgent challenge of our time — defeating climate change.”

Inslee, 68, is the first governor to enter the Democratic contest and has the longest political resume of anyone in the race..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/washington-gov-jay-inslee-joins-2020-democratic-presidential-field/2019/03/01/d44e2366-0e9b-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html?utm_term=.41d06249cb24

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. Great guy--would be an excellent President

He has my full support.

[IrishEyes]

2. I think that he is a contender.

I like him. He has a lot of experience.

[femmedem]

3. I'm looking forward to learning more about him.

No matter what else is happening in the world, we can't lose sight of the urgency of combatting climate change.