Ossoff Hits Trump Over Reports US Will Pull Out Of Paris Climate Pact

Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional Seat Jon Ossoff talks with reporters at a campaign field office Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Marietta, Ga. Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special ... Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional Seat Jon Ossoff talks with reporters at a campaign field office Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Marietta, Ga. Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election to fill the House seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) MORE LESS
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Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate in the special election to fill an open U.S. House seat in Georgia, on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for considering withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.

“I agree with our military, our intelligence community, and peer-reviewed science that climate change is a major threat to our prosperity and our security, and if we walk away from this historic agreement now, history will condemn us,” Ossoff said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Trump is expected to announce his decision on the Paris agreement Thursday afternoon, and reports this week indicated he will announce the United States will leave the global climate pact.

Ossoff will face off against Republican Karen Handel on June 20 in the Georgia special election. Democrats are hopeful they can flip the red district in the suburbs of Atlanta, given Trump’s minuscule margin of victory there in November.

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  1. “I agree with our military, our intelligence community, and peer-reviewed science that climate change is a major threat to our prosperity and our security,…"

    Very good. Draw on other, reputable sources who are backing the Paris accord to support his position.

  2. Agreed. And I think another key is the first two are in general predisposed to be conservative, and he cited them.

  3. Have you seen the attack ads they are using against him?
    Did you know he actually works for Isis and the Taliban?

    I guess they are going for that demographic
    You know real Americans, salt of the earth …morons

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    Better link

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH-VTBqzgN8
  4. Very good. Go after Trump and GOP policies, like health care, environment, climate change, etc., rather than Trump’s personality.

  5. Keep talking facts and science, Mr. Ossoff, the GOP has no clue how to react to those realities…

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