While much of Tuesday night's debate was disgraceful and disturbingly predictable — Donald Trump's lying about his catastrophic failure to stop over 200,000 Americans losing their lives due to COVID-19, his call for white supremacists to be on "stand-by" and his constant bullying, lying and childlike behavior — there was one clear, bright spot.
I was proud to join an effort to pressure the debate commission to raise the issue of the climate crisis and the future of our planet, and it worked! Crazy though it sounds, for the first time in 20 years at a presidential debate, a moderator FINALLY asked a question about the climate crisis. In fact, Chris Wallace asked two questions on Wednesday night, and they led to 11 minutes of discussion out of the 90-minute debate.
Viewers learned on the national stage that Joe Biden has a plan to stop the worst of the climate crisis, while Donald Trump once again doubled down on his climate denial with no less than 17 lies.
OUR PLANET simply cannot afford another four years of Donald Trump.
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