Washington Governor Inslee Endorses Biden, Citing ‘Reasoned Approach’ to Economics, Climate

Washington state Governor 👤Jay Inslee endorsed 👤Joe Biden’s presidential bid on Wednesday, praising his former Democratic rival’s “willingness to follow science” in his approach to governing and tackling 🌍Climate Change.

The nod from Inslee, who had centered his own 2020 presidential bid on taking aggressive action to combat 🌍Climate Change, could lend Biden’s campaign credibility with the liberal voters he is courting as he tries to unify Democrats ahead of Nov. 3’s election against Republican President Donald Trump.

In his yearlong presidential campaign Biden has been regularly confronted on the campaign trail by activists who thought his climate policies were too centrist. Biden sometimes told those people to vote for someone else.

The former vice president does not support a ban on fracking, which contributes to 🌍Climate Change but is a source of jobs for members of Democratic-aligned labor unions. And his goal to emit no net carbon into the atmosphere by 2050 is viewed by some activists as a too-distant goal.

Inslee cited Biden’s past work and current policy proposals as evidence of his leadership on environmental issues. The Washington governor said as part of the Obama administration, Biden supported the creation of clean energy jobs during the economic recovery from the 2008-2009 financial crisis.