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   From: stupid.broad@harris.us   
      
   Washington   
   CNN   
    —   
   Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a global climate summit in Dubai   
   following pushback over President Joe Biden skipping the opening of the   
   gathering this week.   
      
   Harris’ attendance at COP28 is in line with her recent steps to ramp up   
   public messaging on climate. In recent months, the vice president has   
   attended climate-related events, including talking to students and young   
   voters on an issue central to them.   
      
   Kirsten Allen, Harris’ press secretary, said in a statement that the vice   
   president will attend the conference on Friday and Saturday.   
      
   “Throughout her engagements, the Vice President will underscore the Biden-   
   Harris Administration’s success in delivering on the most ambitious   
   climate agenda in history, both at home and abroad,” Allen wrote.   
      
   The vice president’s travel comes after climate activists and experts   
   expressed frustration with Biden missing the gathering this year. Since   
   taking office, Biden has attended the annual UN climate summit in person   
   in 2021 and 2022.   
      
   The administration’s handling of climate change reflects a larger pattern   
   ahead of next year’s general election. Recent polls show Biden receiving   
   low approval ratings from voters and trailing former President Donald   
   Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, in   
   battleground states. At the same time, the administration has struggled to   
   promote its signature achievements in a way that resonates with voters.   
      
   Climate change is often one of the issues cited by young progressive   
   voters as a top priority. While Biden has made it a top priority since   
   coming into office – he signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which   
   includes key provisions to reduce carbon emissions, and has recommitted   
   the US to the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – there   
   is still an undercurrent among young voters that the administration has   
   still not done enough.   
      
   A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll from July found that 57% of   
   Americans disapprove of the way Biden has handled climate policy,   
   including 59% of voters 18-29 years old. Seventy-four percent of Democrats   
   said they approved of how Biden had addressed the issue, but just 40% of   
   independents and 8% of Republicans agreed. Most Americans – 71% – said   
   they had read or heard very little about the Inflation Reduction Act, the   
   major climate policy legislation Biden signed into law last year.   
      
   Just wait until they see what this dumb bitch does.   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/politics/kamala-harris-cop28/index.html   
      
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