Headline Roundup • March 1st, 2019
Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) Announces Bid For The Presidential Nomination
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Townhall
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will join the already-crowded field of Democratic candidates for president, he announced Friday.
“We went to the moon and created technologies that have changed the world — our country’s next mission must be to rise up to the most urgent challenge of our time: defeating climate change,” Inslee says in a video announcement.
The 68-year-old governor will officially launch his bid in Seattle on Friday.
He plans to stand out from the field by focusing on climate change.
Inslee joins Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey,...
The Guardian
Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington, has announced he is running for president, declaring himself the “only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation’s number one priority”.
A vocal advocate for taking action on climate change, Inslee used his entrance into the race to sound the alarm on what he called “the most urgent challenge of our time”.
“We’re the first generation to feel the sting of climate change,” he said in a video announcing his launch. “And we’re the last who can do something about it.”
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BBC News
Washington State's Democratic Governor Jay Inslee has announced his 2020 bid for the presidential nomination, joining a lengthy list of contenders.
Mr Inslee, 68, will make climate change his number one issue, calling it "the most urgent challenge of our time" in his first campaign video.
He is the first governor to throw his hat into the ring, joining 12 other Democrats, including six senators.
The two-term governor has been a fierce critic of President Donald Trump.
"I'm running for president because I am the only candidate who will make...
