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Activists Want Democrats to Hold 2020 Primary Debate on Climate

Associated Press

   SAN FRANCISCO -- Democratic Party leaders are arguing over whether to
   hold a presidential primary debate exclusively on the climate crisis.
   Hundreds of activists were at the Democratic National Committee's
   summer meeting Thursday in California, where an influential party
   committee was discussing the matter.
   But Chairman Tom Perez shows no signs of rewriting the debate rules
   months into the campaign.
   Perez opposes single-issuedebates withmultiple candidates on stage at
   the same time.The DNC instead has encouraged other groups to hold
   issue-based forums where candidates appear one at a time. Activists say
   that approach hasn't gotten climate policy enough attention.
   The meeting came a day after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ended his
   presidential bid after failing to gain enough support for his pledge to
   make climate action the nation's top priority.

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