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Michael Bennet: “The American people believe climate change is real.”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Senator Bennet and Representative Neguse Host Steamboat Springs Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:37

… ran for president, saying, drill, baby, drill, you know, and again, this is a situation where we lost to somebody whose energy policy is not supported by the American people. The American people believe climate change is real. The American people believe that our kids are going to hang us up by our fingernails if we don't address this. And yet they elected somebody who has the policies Trump has notwithstanding that. (1:00:37–1:00:41)

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Asserts that the majority of Americans believe in the reality of climate change.

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