Inslee – a rival for the 2020 Democratic nomination who centered his campaign in combating climate change before ending his bid in August – had tangled with Biden over climate change at a presidential primary debate in Detroit in late July. But in the podcast, he emphasized that the former vice president’s campaign offers “a chance for survival of life as we know it.”
The governor’s endorsement comes as his aides are working with the Biden campaign to discuss the environmental agenda. Those conversations were first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by Fox News.
Inslee told the Times that he was “convinced, beyond the shadow of a doubt,” that the issue of climate change “will be a major driving force” of a Biden administration.
Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington State and one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent environmentalists, endorsed Joe Biden after conversations in which Biden signaled he would make fighting climate change a central cause of his administration https://t.co/HemEh9FiUH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2020
Gov. Jay Inslee, one of the Democratic Party's most prominent environmentalists, has endorsed Joe Biden for president after extensive private conversations in which Biden signaled he would make fighting climate change a central cause of his administration. https://t.co/wI0IPcO9vd
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 22, 2020