Opinion: Trump’s climate change rhetoric won’t work
Wind turbines off the shore of Block Island, south of mainland Rhode Island.
Even if Americans believed Trump was right that we’d have to sacrifice some prosperity to save the planet, voters are prepared to say, “Fine with us!” As with so much else, Republicans don’t think like the rest of America: Now, the elevated support for green legislation has generally tracked reduced unemployment. It’s not surprising that when people are unemployed and suffering, the last think they want to do is “sacrifice” economically. The good economy and historically low unemployment, however, work against Trump’s scare-mongering about economic growth.
None of this suggests that Democrats should buy into the false notion that we have to go back to living in caves if we want to save the planet. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee , who’s made climate change his top issue in his 2020 presidential campaign, blows that argument to smithereens.
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