Her speech gave me chills: "If we do not lead then who will? If we do not pave the way, then who will? It is our most important work." ~ Maine Rep @cloemaxmin on Maine's Green New Deal, which passed.pic.twitter.com/uAC5gmQXMZ
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Incredible floor speech by Main's youngest woman rep, @chloemaxmin, on Maine's Green New Deal. The sexism on display -- she was interrupted FOUR times by old white -- was quite something.
She persevered, giving a powerful delivery. The bill based!
Brava, Chloe!https://twitter.com/chloemaxmin/status/1136603911748558848 …
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"The greatest injustice of climate change is that those who have done the least to cause it are the most impacted." Thank you for speaking up, Rep
@chloemaxmin! Thank you for caring about Maine, for workers, young people, this entire planet.pic.twitter.com/ZzoaziukoL
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After Rep
@chloemaxmin was interrupted 4 times, the house leadership took about 10 min to discuss. Her first words back:
"As the youngest woman in this house, I can tell you that this bill *is* about climate change. And if I would not be interrupted then I can explain that."pic.twitter.com/T4A7eauFJY
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Powerful and moving. Thank you, Chloe. "We had so many young people come and testify in support. Because their *futures are impacted* by the conversations that we're having here, *and they cannot vote.*" ~
@chloemaxmin standing up for young people. Main's Green New Dealpic.twitter.com/L2htB8bdeD
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Such important work.
@chloemaxmin: "We were the first state-level Green New Deal bill in the country to be endorsed by the AFL-CIO... This bill is about climate change & economic justice. It’s built on my 15 years working on climate justice... That means no one is left behind."Show this thread -
your speech reminded me of the one I gave to Jeff Bezos at Amazon's shareholder meeting on behalf of
@AMZNforClimate and our climate resolution. (Bezos didn't interrupt me tho, he didn't come out.) Thank you for standing up! Solidarity!
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