Excuse my language, but we fucking did it. It’s official. We WON.
Young people have spoken in record breaking numbers and chosen leaders who will heed our mandates for justice—including immediate and aggressive action on the climate crisis. This is really it, John. The decade of the Green New Deal is here.
The next few months are going to be a whirlwind. We’ve got to continue holding the government accountable to honoring the will of the people and make sure Biden will be sworn into office come January. And then we push the new administration like hell to ensure that climate stays a priority—on Day One and beyond.
I am in awe at the power of movements this election season. The countless nights packed with millions of calls, cramped hands from postcard writing and texting, hours spent learning and training together, every single dollar spared by movement members to keep us afloat, worn shoes and hoarse voices from time on the streets, singing into existence our dreams for a better world than the one forced upon us—it’s all lead to this moment.
But to keep these dreams alive, we’ll have to keep doing what we’ve been doing, and more. The Democratic establishment fumbled what should have been easy races and it remains uncertain whether we'll have the power of the Senate to propel our climate plans forward. But we’ve delivered a resounding, popular mandate for action on climate, and we’re ready to fight like hell to make this a reality. The road ahead will be a little different—but still traversable.
Let’s take a beat to celebrate this important step forward—we’ve earned it, and we’ll need that energy. Because we’re about to lead the charge into the decade of the Green New Deal.