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President Biden led the effort to help pass the biggest climate change act in history.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump told oil companies that raise him money and he'll roll back the progress we've made.

The contrast could not be clearer.

politico.com/news/2024/06/2…
“‘We passed the biggest climate change act in the history of America after people ignored it for 40 years, and the president led the way on that, and nobody really knows that. And former President Trump is saying to the oil companies ‘help me raise a billion dollars and I’m gonna roll back all this stuff,’ Suozzi told POLITICO. ‘I mean, if young people knew that, I think we could get some of that enthusiasm gap back.’”

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