It's official: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field

[BumRushDaShow]

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field

By David Weigel and
Chelsea Janes
March 1 at 7:11 AM

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. In 1992, after two terms as a state legislator, he was elected to represent a largely rural, Republican-leaning congressional district in central Washington. In Congress, Inslee attracted national attention by voting for the 1994 assault weapons ban, immediately making him a target for the GOP.

“People are fed up with crime and want something done to protect them and their children from violence,” Inslee told reporters at the time, standing by his vote.

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=.8e7c19359bf4

[samnsara]

1. welcome Jay!

[FBaggins]

2. Good to see some executive experience enter the race. Nt

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I only know a little about this guy

but he has been around awhile, including in Congress.

I know there were some posters here who had been interested in him and the rumors were flying about him considering it, so he did finally officially jump in.

[Freddie]

4. Awesome, I like him

But he’s going to need other issues besides climate change to make an impact. I’ve read he’s quite progressive on issues we care about like health care and income inequality among others. A (nationally) unknown Governor can win.

[Sherman A1]

5. Time will tell

and it's a long time to the primaries.

[femmedem]

6. K&R

If nothing else, he will ensure that climate change is a large part of our national conversation leading up to 2020.

[Garrett78]

7. Yep. He won't win but he'll draw more attention to climate change.