New climate change super PAC announces support for Gov. Inslee
Feb 22, 2019, 6:06 AM
(AP)
(AP)
As Washington State Governor Jay Inslee mulls a 2020 presidential run, a brand new super PAC focusing on climate change announced its support for him should he throw his hat into the ring.
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The super PAC, officially announcing its formation Thursday, is led by Corey Platt, the former political director for the Democratic Governors Association. Inslee chaired the DGA in 2018.
The PAC’s primary focus can be seen in its name: Act Now On Climate Change. Gov. Inslee has long made an effort to build a reputation as a climate change candidate, in what’s becoming a crowded Democratic field.
“We hope Jay Inslee runs, because he has been the leading champion of solving climate change in the Democratic Party,” Platt told Politico.
Super PACs have the ability to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, although Platt has made it clear that his won’t accept corporate money, a vow that many current presidential candidates have made as well.
Inslee’s climate change agenda as Washington’s governor has seen its fair share of ups and downs. Washington voters rejected a carbon fee for the second time last November.
Meanwhile, Inslee has plans to cut carbon emissions in the state by 25 percent by 2035, and completely end the use of coal-powered electricity consumption by 2025.
“We know what it will take to combat climate change and we should be confident in our ability to invent, create and build the technologies that will lead us to a healthier and more secure carbon-free future,” Inslee said back in December.
Should Gov. Inslee decide not to run, Platt has indicated that his super PAC will continue to work with Democratic presidential candidates to make climate change a priority issue.
Inslee has said he will have a decision on a presidential run “relatively soon,” set to come in before the current legislative session ends in April.
