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Recently I joined a group of other activists to present Congressman Mike Thompson the gathered petitions for a Green New Deal. It's really disturbing that Democrats are going to such great lengths to not mention that the Green Party has been pushing a solid Green New Deal for a decade that they (Democrats) are starting with an outline, with their media cohorts trumpeting that it will take years to formulate the full plan. This is a red flag.

If this was truly about caring, they would be moving forward with the Green Party version, but instead they're going to drag this out so that they can pretend the Green Party wasn't involved. We don't have time for this. The minorities and working families we are trying to advocate for don't have time for this.

I went there with the intention of calling Mr. Thompson out for his pro-military votes and for anti-environmental votes such as voting three times to weaken the Clean Air Act. When we got there, we realized he wasn't there, so we spoke to his staff instead. I left him; A) what I had written to read to him; B) Another copy of my letter challenging him to debate; and C) A copy of the Green Party version of the Green New Deal.

Here is a copy of what I had intended to say to him: