{"id":2260285,"date":"2024-06-05T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalist-group-that-helped-draft-biden-climate-plan-withholding-2024-endorsement\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:16:33","slug":"environmentalist-group-that-helped-draft-biden-climate-plan-withholding-2024-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmentalist-group-that-helped-draft-biden-climate-plan-withholding-2024-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental organization involved in shaping Biden&#8217;s climate strategy refrains from endorsing for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenvironmentalist-group-that-helped-draft-biden-climate-plan-withholding-2024-endorsement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Sunrise Movement, a key \u2064environmentalist group that influenced President \u2064Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 climate plan, hasn&#8217;t endorsed him for 2024. While initially supportive, issues like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-must-create-new-taxes-eliminate-natural-gas-to-meet-climate-pledge-analysts-say\/\" title=\"Biden Must Create New Taxes, Eliminate Natural Gas to Meet Climate Pledge, Analysts Say\">fossil fuel projects<\/a> and Biden&#8217;s Gaza stance soured\u200c relations.\u2063 They\u200b aim\u200d for a major youth voter \u200binitiative for 2024 \u200dafter contacting 3.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mo-brooks-rips-gop-quitters-including-nevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-who-are-unwilling-to-do-their-homework-on-the-massive-2020-election-fraud\/\" title=\"Rep. Mo Brooks RIPS GOP \u201cQuitters\u201d Including #NeverTrumper Adam Kinzinger Who Are Unwilling to Do Their Homework on the Massive 2020 Election Fraud\">5 million voters<\/a> in 2020. Their cool response to Biden highlights challenges\u2062 in \u200cretaining young voter support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environmentalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"environmentalist\">environmentalist<\/a> group that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-brad-raffenspergers-update-to-georgias-voting-machine-software-right-before-the-2020-election-was-unlawful-and-violates-any-certification-of-state-results\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\u2019s Update to Georgia\u2019s Voting Machine Software Right Before the 2020 Election Was Unlawful and Violates Any Certification of State Results\">helped draft<\/a> President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden's\">Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> 2020 climate plan hasn\u2019t lined up behind him in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/2852624\/climate-activists-arrested-outside-biden-campaign-headquarters-delaware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sunrise Movement<\/a>, a group led by young progressive Democratic activists, first gained headlines for a sit-in protest in former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) office alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Though it was supportive of Biden in 2020 and helped draft his climate plan, fossil fuel projects and his handling of the war in Gaza have caused relations to sour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is shooting himself in the foot: his actions on fossil fuels and Gaza mean he\u2019s not going to get the celebration he\u2019s looking for from environmentalist voters,\u201d Stevie O\u2019Hanlon, communications director for Sunrise Movement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/04\/scoop-group-that-aided-climate-plan-wont-back-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSunrise is still finalizing plans for the 2024 general election,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement shared the <em>Axios<\/em> article with a vague statement, saying it would be \u201csharing more details \u2026 soon\u201d regarding a \u201cmassive youth voter operation\u201d similar to that of 2020. It claimed to have contacted 3.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-the-scenes-at-bidens-bizarre-press-conference\/\" title=\"Behind The Scenes At Biden\u2019s Bizarre Press Conference\">young voters<\/a>, urging them to vote against former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This article misses a critical fact: <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, we also did not endorse Biden BUT we did contact 3.5 million young voters urging them to vote against Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, we&#8217;re planning another massive youth voter operation. We&#8217;ll be sharing more details on soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXGwa7XMM4\">https:\/\/t.co\/YXGwa7XMM4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Sunrise Movement \ud83c\udf05 (@sunrisemvmt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrisemvmt\/status\/1798204506649620626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The group\u2019s frosty reception of Biden is another warning about his struggles to keep young voters in his column \u2014 a key demographic that helped propel him to victory in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur voter contact work is volunteer driven,\u201d O\u2019Hanlon said. \u201cThat means if our generation\u2019s frustration with Joe Biden remains at its current levels through the summer, our impact will be severely limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the environmental focus of the group, much of the frustration revolves around the war in Gaza. The group has called the war a \u201cgenocide\u201d on several occasions and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunrisemvmt\/status\/1761058368515461591?s=46&#038;t=QImh_XVez_-AE3fI8sAeww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"warned\">warned<\/a> Biden that he would \u201chand the election to Trump\u201d if he doesn\u2019t cut off funding to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has prided itself on its climate policies, with Biden himself declaring himself the greenest president ever. Biden campaign spokesman Seth Schuster defended the president\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden delivered the largest-ever investment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-full-green-new-deal-tyrant-carbon-emissions-threaten-the-very-existence-of-our-planet-video\/\" title=\"Biden Goes Full Green New Deal Tyrant: Carbon Emissions Threaten \u201cthe Very Existence of our Planet\u201d (VIDEO)\">combat climate change<\/a>, while Donald Trump continues to call climate change a \u2018hoax\u2019 and promises oil and gas executives they\u2019ll get whatever they want\u00a0\u2026 if they donate to his campaign,\u201d Schuster told <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite hesitancy to endorse Biden, the Sunrise Movement is de facto supporting him by once again urging young voters to vote against Trump. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the group shared a video from Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) declaring that the November election will determine whether \u201cwhite supremacist, MAGA individuals who are turning this democracy into a fascist state\u201d will take power.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>We can\u2019t afford not to vote.<\/p>\n<p>We need to be on the streets, in the ballot boxes, doing everything we can to fight the threat of facism. Voting doesn\u2019t always fix everything, but it\u2019s the greatest power we have ensuring our voices are heard. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xf0aSienwX\">pic.twitter.com\/xf0aSienwX<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1798005084736958802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunrise Movement, a well-known environmental group that contributed to President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2020 climate plan, has not yet endorsed him for 2024. Led by young progressive Democratic activists, the group made headlines with a sit-in protest in Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s office, joined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 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