Electing a radically pro-climate Democrat government in the 2020 presidential election would effectively raise “the white flag to China” according to Qld Senator Matt Canavan.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has outlined a $2 trillion climate plan charting the United States on an irreversible path to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Mr Canavan said “I’m not applying to be Trump’s new campaign manager, but he’d be smart to just zero in on these Democratic policies”.
He pointed out swing states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Texas “would be smashed by net zero emissions” and the Democrat climate plan would end the Shale Gas Revolution which has driven the US economy, manufacturing and jobs in the last decade. “China’s not going to be signing up to any net zero emissions pledge any time soon,” he told Sky News host Chris Smith. Donald Trump “has stood up to the Chinese Communist Party and he can be trusted to continue to put America first”.
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