So I was the only WH pool print reporter in the room on Friday at the DNC Women's Leadership Forum and heard the remarks from @VP on climate change and Hurricane Ian, which I see are being deliberately distorted. Here is what she said.
This is what @priyankachopra asked her: Can you talk just a little bit about the relief efforts about Hurricane Ian and the administration is doing to address the climate crisis in the states?
@priyankachopra : We consider the global implications of emissions. The poorest countries are affected the most, they contribute the least but are affected the most.
@priyankachopra: So how should voters in the U.S. feel about the admins... goals when it comes to being an international influencer on this topic?
@VP response: On the point that you made about disparities, you know, back when I was the District Attorney for San Francisco, I was elected in 2003. I started one of the first environmental justice units of any DA office in the country focused on this issue.
@VP: And particularly on the disparities issue you have described, rightly, which is that it is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.
@VP: "And so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality but we also need to fight for equity.
@VP: "Understanding not everyone starts out at the same place and if we want people to be in an equal place sometimes we have to take into account those disparities and do that work."
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