{"id":1055758,"date":"2025-08-26T16:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055758"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:16:24","slug":"icymi-dnc-peoples-cabinet-member-former-washington-governor-jay-inslee-calls-out-trumps-energy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-peoples-cabinet-member-former-washington-governor-jay-inslee-calls-out-trumps-energy-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC People\u2019s Cabinet Member & Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee Calls Out Trump\u2019s Energy Agenda\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In case you missed it, Jay Inslee, the former governor and congressman from Washington, appeared on the Democrats\u2019 Daily Blueprint<\/a> today to call out Donald Trump\u2019s reckless energy agenda, which is driving up costs for American consumers. Inslee, a member of the DNC People\u2019s Cabinet who also leads \u201cThe Accountability Project<\/a>\u201d at Climate Power, discussed how the Trump administration\u2019s attacks on clean energy are hurting farmers and families nationwide who rely on solar and wind power to bring down their monthly electricity bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can find highlights from the conversation below: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the self-inflicted energy crisis and the \u201cRepublican Rate Hike\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Inslee<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: <\/em><\/strong>\u201cUnfortunately, Americans can look forward to higher electrical bills as a direct result of shooting ourselves in the foot with this ridiculously backward-looking effort to prevent Americans from getting cheaper and cleaner energy and electricity \u2014 and that\u2019s what it\u2019s done. It\u2019s not a shock. All of the economists who evaluated [Trump\u2019s agenda] do believe that it\u2019s going to lead to higher electrical bills, in the [range of] hundreds of dollars per family in the upcoming years. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cheapest electricity in America today is clean energy. It\u2019s a blessing for us. We\u2019re so technologically adept in this country. We\u2019ve adopted technologies to give us cleaner electricity for cheaper prices, and that\u2019s primarily solar, and wind energy, and advanced battery storage. These technologies, in 95% of the places in America, are cheaper than coal. So when you basically try to outlaw cheap electricity and incentivize more expensive electricity, which is coal, you\u2019re going to get higher electrical prices. And that\u2019s the fact that is happening already and will continue to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Trump\u2019s attacks on clean energy and the environment that hurt communities in Republican districts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Inslee<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: <\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/em>[Trump] is so full of baloney when he talks about energy dominance. If he wants energy dominance, if he wants America to excel and dominate the world economy, why would you possibly take the stars on your team and sit them on the bench? You know, you got Michael Jordan and Lebron James of the energy world, which is solar and wind, and Steph Curry in advanced battery, and you put them on the bench, is what he\u2019s done on all these new sources of clean energy. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to be dominant, you put in your best team. And right now, these technologies are cheapest, more effective, [and] can be brought online faster. \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat Trump is doing is giving these markets to China. I mean, he\u2019s shipping these jobs that could be in Georgia and North Carolina and Washington State, and he\u2019s shipping them to China because he\u2019s allowing them to become a dominant player in some of these emerging industries. It really is sort of anti-American and very small-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his work as the head of ClimatePower\u2019s \u201cThe Accountability Project\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Inslee<\/em><\/strong><\/a>: <\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/em>I\u2019m an old trial lawyer and one of the sayings is, \u2018When you\u2019ve got a strong case and the facts on your side, just present the facts to the jury. When you don\u2019t have facts, just pound the table.\u2019 We actually aren\u2019t just pounding the table, we\u2019re just presenting the facts to people so they can make informed decisions. And we\u2019re doing that in podcasts, and social media, and interactive media all that we can, as well as traditional media, to give people the facts of what is going on. It\u2019s really important, too, that this accountability extends not just to Donald Trump, but to his minions, to the people who are doing his work and his bidding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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