Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend!
Today's edition of Hillary News & Views covers a preview of Clinton's upcoming proposals to tackle climate change, some news and analysis about her capital gains tax reform proposals, and other bits and pieces from the campaign trail over the weekend.
As always, Clinton's direct quotes are in bold.
Clinton previewed her climate change proposals in Iowa on Sunday. As reported by the New York Times:
She praised Iowa for generating 40 percent of its energy from wind and said the nation needed to build “a clean energy economy” with the help of tax incentives.More on climate change and other issues after the jump!“People who argue against this are just not paying attention,” Mrs. Clinton said.
“Those people on the other side, they will answer any question about climate change by saying, ‘I’m not a scientist,’” she continued. “Well I’m not a scientist either. I’m just a grandmother with two eyes and a brain.”
In one notable specific, Mrs. Clinton promised to help workers in coal country find new jobs. The region has been hostile to President Obama for what officials like Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican majority leader, call a “war on coal,” most recently the administration plan to sharply reduce carbon emissions from coal plants, which many in the industry say will result in closures and lost jobs.
“I will be very clear, I want to do more to help in coal country,” Mrs. Clinton said. She expressed gratitude to men “who mined the coal that created the industrial revolution, that turned on the lights that fueled the factories,” the men, she continued, “who lost their lives, who were grievously injured, who developed black lung disease.”