Steyer Hits Buttigieg for Not Being Strong Enough on Climate Change Issues During Segment on Trade

As the Senate prepares to vote on the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (📄USMCA), Democratic presidential candidates debated whether it was an improvement to the current trade situation and worth supporting.

Billionaire Tom Steyer — who has made climate issues a centerpiece of his campaign — blasted former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg for supporting the USMCA without ensuring it has provisions to deal with 🌍Climate Change.

“If climate’s your number one priority, you can’t sign a deal — even if it’s marginally better for working people — until climate is also taken into consideration. Look, I’ve four kids between the ages of 26 and 39. I cannot allow this country to go down the path of climate destruction. Everybody in their generation knows that.”

Watch his comments below:

“Franky, Mayor Buttigieg, you’re their generation. I think you would be standing up more. Look, that’s what I’m standing up for. We cannot put climate on the backseat all the time, and say, ‘We’re going to sign this one more deal. We’re going to do one more thing,’ without putting climate first.”