Jay Inslee

"The problem with what happened in Seattle is it spreads. And all of a sudden they'll say let's do some other city."

Inslee and Durkan took to Twitter with responses to the president's threat.

"We also assumed that we would have a functioning leadership at the federal level that would help be a stable, effective partner, and that has not been the case."

"This should not be happening."

Inslee cited Biden's past work and current policy proposals as evidence of his leadership on environmental issues.