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The sourcing for this is two Biden climate advisers, one of whom is named in the story. "Screw the Green New Deal" isn't just his chosen policy, it's his chosen messaging.
If you're scared to death about climate change and want to act on it as aggressively as possible, Joe Biden is telling you—a year and a half before the election—not to vote for him. Listen.
And Biden's climate change messaging isn't just bad if he wins—it's bad if he loses, too, because he's amplifying the "environmentalists vs. blue collar voters" myth.
Next year may well be our last chance to choose a Democratic president until 2028. This is it. If American presidential politics is going to have an impact on global warming between now and 2030, this election is where it has to happen.
The Green New Deal is a set of principles, not a set of policies. Turning principles into policy is going to be hard enough—but if we elect a Democratic president who rejects the principles? Well.
