Sunrise Movement protesters gathered near Vice President Kamala Harris’ Brentwood home to call on her to urge President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency. Simon Allen (left) and Josiah Edwards (centre) lead the hymns.
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sunrise movementa major youth climate organization that strongly supports the president Joe Biden In the 2020 election, he was urged to quit on Friday 2024 competition against former president Donald Trump.
“The stakes are too high. We cannot ignore the warning signs before us,” Sunrise Movement executive director Aru Shiney-Ajay said in a statement.
“Joe Biden’s next climate legacy-defining action must be passing the torch to a new nominee,” Heaney-Adjayi said.
A day after the president’s speech, she called on Biden to step down. press conference In his letter, he said he was determined to continue running and as numbers grew Democratic member of Congress The number of people who want him to resign has grown to nearly 20 people. Democratic Party A Democratic senator has publicly called on Biden to withdraw from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“For the future of our democracy and our planet, we must defeat Trump this November,” Heaney-Ajayi said.
“If Trump wins, he will destroy President Biden’s historic climate achievements, such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the U.S. Climate Corps. Another Trump presidency would be catastrophic and irreversible for our climate damage,” she added.
Heaney-Ajayi noted that volunteers from the 2020 Sunrise Movement contacted 3.5 million young voters and urged them to vote for Biden instead of Trump.
She said it was “very clear” that the group plans to persuade young voters to support the Democratic nominee, whoever it ends up being.
“With another ticket that energizes young volunteers, we can reach twice as many voters this fall,” Heaney-Adjayi said.
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