'They Want To Take Us Backwards': Biden Calls Out 'MAGA' Republicans Over Climate Change Denial

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President Biden spoke about MAGA Republicans on Monday where he spoke about climate denial.

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00:00It's all part of a plan

00:05to reassert America's climate leadership.

00:07We rejoined the Paris Agreement

00:09and sparked a domestic clean energy manufacturing boom,

00:12providing incentives for 80,000 farmers

00:16to implement climate-smart agricultural practice,

00:19to plant what absorbs carbon from the air

00:21and get them paid for doing it.

00:24We've quadrupled the number of electric vehicles sold,

00:27and 11,000 dealerships have now signed up to sell more.

00:31We're modernizing infrastructure

00:33with better roads and highways, energy grids,

00:36and more so they can withstand and recover from extreme weather.

00:40Already underway,

00:42we're replacing every single lead pipe in America

00:44so everyone can turn on a faucet at home or at school

00:47and drink clean water that doesn't contain lead.

00:49We're also reducing flood risk for communities,

00:56improving drought resilience,

00:58and conserving 41 million acres

01:01of most precious and sacred lands and water.

01:04I committed that I'm going to try to reserve,

01:06take all non-developed land and waters.

01:09We're going to take 30% of it by 2030

01:12and make sure it is conserved, period.

01:14We're well on our way.

01:16We've already attracted nearly $700 billion

01:23in private sector investments

01:25in advanced manufacturing and clean energy,

01:27creating tens of thousands of jobs here in America.

01:32And all across the board,

01:33we're lifting up communities and workers

01:35too often left out in urban, rural, suburban,

01:38tribal communities all across the country.

01:41But folks, despite the overwhelming devastation

01:45in red and blue states,

01:46there's still those who deny climate is in crisis.

01:50My MAGA Republican friends

01:53don't seem to think it's in crisis.

01:55They don't want to — they actually want to repeal

01:58the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides the funding

02:00for a vast majority of these projects.

02:02And roll back clean air —

02:05protections for clean air and clean water.

02:08And I'm not going to go into it now,

02:09but I'm not making it up.

02:11It's real. Just listen to what they say.

02:14Anyone in or out of government

02:15who willfully denies the impacts of climate change

02:18is condemning the American people

02:20to a very dangerous future and the world, I might add.

02:23They want to take us backwards, sideline our workers,

02:27let China and others lead the race for clean energy.

02:30I'm determined — absolutely determined —

02:33that we move forward. We move forward.

02:35Thank you.

'They Want To Take Us Backwards': Biden Calls Out 'MAGA' Republicans Over Climate Change Denial

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