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Inslee Releases Campaign Video, Scheduled to Declare Candidacy Today in Seattle
Seattle - TODAY at 10 AM Washington Governor Jay Inslee is scheduled to make an official announcement with family and friends at A&R Solar in South Seattle.
Gov. Inslee also released a video this morning about his plans. In the video, Inslee says “this is our moment” to take action on climate change by electing a new president.
A&R Solar is a Seattle-based solar installation company that opened in 2007 with a team of just two. Today, A&R Solar employs over 70 workers, thanks in large part to Gov. Inslee’s policies to grow Washington’s clean energy economy—including by signing the 2017 Solar Incentive Jobs Bill. A&R Solar was named one of Washington’s fastest-growing private businesses by Puget Sound Business Journal.
Fighting climate change has been the driving force of Jay’s public life. Elected as governor of Washington in 2013, Jay has been known as America’s “greenest governor.” He co-founded the U.S. Climate Alliance in 2017 and he has passed significant laws that make Washington a national leader in the clean energy economy. In 2013, Jay created a new Clean Energy Fund, which has invested more than $100 million in developing and deploying innovative energy technologies, and growing clean energy businesses and jobs.
The video released Friday was co-produced by Jason Koenig—a native Washingtonian director known for his award-winning work with artists Macklemore and Ed Sheeran—and Dan Kully, a nationally-recognized political media consultant who has been a critical part of successful Democratic campaigns across the country.
WHAT: Gov. Jay Inslee to make official announcement
WHO: Gov. Jay Inslee (WA)
WHEN: 10:00 AM PT, Friday, March 1st
WHERE: A&R Solar, 3211 Martin Luther King Jr Way Suite B, Seattle, WA 98144
Jay Inslee Announcement Video
Voice: Hi governor, what do you have to say about climate change?
Jay Inslee: A lot.
"We got to stop global warming. Everyone in this country know climate is changing. Reduce carbon pollution. New energy future. Climate change. Climate change. We should be dealing with climate change. Climate change. Climate change. We need to defeat climate change. That's what I believe."
We're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change.
And we're the last that can do something about it.
We went to the moon and created technologies that have changed the world.
Our country's next mission must be to rise up to the most urgent challenge of our time: defeating climate change.
This crisis isn't just a chart or graph anymore. The impacts are being felt everywhere.
We have an opportunity to transform our economy, run on 100% clean energy. That will bring millions of good paying jobs to every community across America, and create a more just future for everyone.
I'm Jay Inslee, and I'm running for president because I'm the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority.
We can do this! Join our movement! This is our moment.
Source: Inslee for America
Jay Inslee Ends Presidential Campaign
Friend,
As a close ally in a noble cause, I want to share a tough decision with you:
I know you agree that our mission to defeat climate change must continue to be central to our national discussion -- and must be the top priority for our next president. But I've concluded that my role in that effort will not be as a candidate to be the next president of the United States.
On Monday, our campaign hit one of two critical DNC thresholds to qualify for the next debate -- 130,000 grassroots donors. Reaching that challenging milestone proves the strong support that defeating climate change has amongst the grassroots of our party. However, at the same time we reached this threshold, it became clear that we would not meet the DNC's polling threshold, thus we would not have been invited to the fall debates. As a result, I don't believe we can compete for the attention and exposure needed to have a reasonable shot at the nomination.
As disappointing as this is, it is only right to recognize what we have accomplished and how far we have come together. As a governor, I came into this race with zero federal dollars, a small state-based email list, and limited name recognition, yet together we hit a target that half of the field has not hit -- the DNC's grassroots supporter metric.
The tremendous grassroots outpouring of 130,000 individual donors, from every state in the nation, is a testament to the movement that we've built together. Not only did we hit this high bar set by the DNC, but more importantly, together, we changed and shaped the entire national dialogue around climate change.
In recent presidential cycles, climate change got little attention from the candidates, the DNC, or the media. We vowed to change that in a big way and succeeded. Many of the campaigns started with little attention to climate, but since our campaign began, we've seen almost every serious candidate put out a climate plan; we've seen climate come up in both debates; and we now have two networks hosting nationally-televised climate forums in September. Most importantly, we have introduced a detailed and comprehensive policy blueprint for bold climate action and transformation to a clean energy economy. We will fight to ensure this gold standard of climate action is adopted and executed by our party and our next president.
What we accomplished together is a testament to the power of a small group of people of strong conviction committed to making a big difference. I am confident our work will resonate throughout the remaining months of the campaign.
Before I decided to run, Trudi and I -- my wife of nearly 47 years -- decided in our final days we wanted to be able to tell our three grandchildren, Brody, Zoe, and Chase, that we had done everything in our power to defeat this crisis.
It is because of you and hundreds of thousands of others in this movement that we can now say that we have enjoyed one of life's greatest gifts -- to make a difference on a big issue. After more than two decades in this fight against climate change, today I am more hopeful than ever that we can achieve a critical mass to solve this crisis, because of the incredible grassroots movement we're building together.
As we turn to the future, I will have more to say about what comes next for me in the days ahead. I can assure you that I will continue to lead, to demand bold action, and to do everything in my power to ensure the fight to defeat climate change stays at the top of the national agenda.
But for now, I want to once again thank everyone who helped in this effort. We have so much to be proud of. Make no mistake, we also have a lot more work to do.
So early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and organize. Together we will continue the fight to defeat the climate crisis.
Very truly yours,
Jay
P.S. Trudi and I love you.
Source: Inslee for America