Climate Corps. Launched, Biden comments on AOC support

ShadBy · Apr 23, 2024

This is in reference to the launch of the Climate Corps. which AOC was a big proponent of:

View: https://twitter.com/PrernaJagadeesh/status/1782490088884048313

I thought this was pretty cool. Recognition from the highest office that AOC has become a shrewd, effective politician. I used to think she was too controversial to become President but I think this recent reinvention as someone who gets shit done could one day now lead to that.

Climate Corps. website launched today, can apply here!

Home | American Climate Corps

Join the next generation of creators, thinkers, leaders, and doers, working together to tackle the climate crisis. Help build a clean energy and climate-resilient future in your own community and across the nation.

www.acc.gov

About Climate Corps: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1245979643/biden-earth-day-climate-corps-solar

What's next for the Climate Corps
The president made the announcement in northern Virginia at Prince William Forest Park, which was built by the original Civilian Conservation Corps — a massive jobs program started by former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the wake of the Great Depression.

The first set of jobs will start in June. Americans will be placed with organizations focused on clean energy and helping communities effected by climate change.

The new website will initially list about 2,000 jobs, located in 36 states as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. The White House plans to update the site regularly with new positions.

For example, among the jobs listed on Monday, there was a 14-week internship paying $15 per hour to learn how to install solar panels in the Philadelphia area, and a 5-month job on a field crew in Utah paying $16.66 per hour removing invasive species from public lands.

Biden said young Americans who take part in the program can also get linked up with training to help land apprenticeship positions through a partnership with the North America's Building Trades Unions. There's also a plan to help people use their new Climate Corps experience to apply for federal government positions.

On Monday, Biden also announced $7 billion in grants for solar panel projects for lower-income communities. The funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act.

kIdMuScLe · Apr 23, 2024

Too bad he doesn't listen to her about Israel committing genocide crimes.

fluffydelusions · Apr 23, 2024

I'd definitely vote for AOC if she ever ran for President.

Vector · Apr 23, 2024

AOC is doing God's work, hope she inspires more working class progressive people to run for office.

Volimar · Apr 23, 2024

She's spent the past couple days posting very supportive things about his climate change work. Makes sense he would reciprocate.

ultraluna · Apr 23, 2024

*except gaza, when she talks about gaza i cover my ears and scream

super-famicom · Apr 23, 2024

kIdMuScLe said:
Too bad he doesn't listen to her about Israel committing genocide crimes.

This right here

Malajax · Apr 23, 2024

kIdMuScLe said:
Too bad he doesn't listen to her about Israel committing genocide crimes.

One and done

ClickyCal' · Apr 23, 2024

It's been great to see the two of them collab and come together over the years!

RoninZ · Apr 23, 2024

kIdMuScLe said:
Too bad he doesn't listen to her about Israel committing genocide crimes.

/thread

What else needed to be Said beyond this? It must be opposite day for him or something

mbpm · Apr 23, 2024

What did he listen to her about?

Grimm Fandango · Apr 23, 2024

So is this him trying to regain some young voters? C'mon man.

Whales · Apr 23, 2024

lol sure

wish he listened to her on more than just climate

Volimar · Apr 23, 2024

Grimm Fandango said:
So is this him trying to regain some young voters? C'mon man.

It was about Earth Day and climate change initiatives they worked together on.

Trey · Apr 23, 2024

Grimm Fandango said:
So is this him trying to regain some young voters? C'mon man.

People, especially politicians, can say positive affirmations when speaking publicly on a topic that concerns said compliment. Especially people in the same party.

jon bones · Apr 23, 2024

Malajax said:
One and done

RoninZ said:
/thread

What else needed to be Said beyond this? It must be opposite day for him or something

are single issue voters going to hand Trump the election this year?

Volimar said:
It was about Earth Day and climate change initiatives they worked together on.

no longer an important thing to work on

Cipherr · Apr 23, 2024

Good and he is right.

I still don't see her going for any form of higher office afterwards though, even though I would love to see it.

yogurt · Apr 23, 2024

Volimar said:
It was about Earth Day and climate change initiatives they worked together on.

Why bother with context when that doesn't get as many reactions on social media tho?

PatAndTheCat · Apr 23, 2024

That's my president :) AOC will never be president but hopefully one day she will be a Senator

RoninZ · Apr 23, 2024

jon bones said:
are single issue voters going to hand Trump the election this year?

Are voters not allowed to call Biden out without a person saying this BS?

BTW I vote Dem but I will call out and question his bullshit.

ClickyCal' · Apr 23, 2024

RoninZ said:
Are voters not allowed to call Biden out without a person saying this BS?

Yeah but it should be in tangentially related threads. This is about the support for climate change on Earth Day for a good cause.

RoninZ · Apr 23, 2024

ClickyCal' said:
Yeah but it should be in tangentially related threads. This is about the support for climate change on Earth Day for a good cause.

I thought this was about him claiming he listens to AOC, my bad

RaspberryRhythm · Apr 23, 2024

increasingly libbed up, centrist, mainstream, very visible politician gets endorsement from somebody with almost the exact same politics

well i never

RexNovis · Apr 23, 2024

mbpm said:
What did he listen to her about?

Climate legislation. She was one of the loudest voices in favor of a Climate Corps. This event was about the launch of that

meowdi gras · Apr 23, 2024

I'd be hard-pressed to think of a better package in a US politician: a dedicated progressive with a great head on her shoulders. Hope our country's future contains a lot of her influence.

ShadBy · Apr 23, 2024

RexNovis said:
Climate legislation. She was one of the loudest voices in favor of a Climate Corps. This event was about the launch of that

Thanks! Putting this in the OP

Eidan · Apr 23, 2024

RaspberryRhythm said:
increasingly libbed up, centrist, mainstream, very visible politician gets endorsement from somebody with almost the exact same politics

well i never

AOC is centrist now?

Volimar · Apr 23, 2024

ShadBy said:
Thanks! Putting this in the OP

Maybe ask for it being related to Earth Day remarks be added to the title too. Might spare some of the drive bys.

ClickyCal' · Apr 23, 2024

Eidan said:
AOC is centrist now?

Yeah this is kind of shocking to see lol. I never thought I'd see the day of that take.

El Bombastico · Apr 23, 2024

Eidan said:
AOC is centrist now?

There really is No True Scotsman.

ShadBy · Apr 23, 2024

Volimar said:
Maybe ask for it being related to Earth Day remarks be added to the title too. Might spare some of the drive bys.

Yeah I overhauled the OP to be more Climate Corps. facing as well, turns out what the remarks were in reference to is arguably more interesting than the remarks themselves!

Can a mod please change thread title to something like, "Climate Corps. Launched, Biden comments on AOC support" or somethin' lol

perfectchaos007 · Apr 23, 2024

AOC will actually be eligible for the presidency this October. Probably won't be this year obviously, but one day her time will come to run for the highest office. Biden probably sees a lot of her in him when he was a young politician in Washington.

RexNovis · Apr 23, 2024

ShadBy said:
Yeah I overhauled the OP to be more Climate Corps. facing as well, turns out what the remarks were in reference to is arguably more interesting than the remarks themselves!

Can a mod please change thread title to something like, "Climate Corps. Launched, Biden comments on AOC support" or somethin' lol

Thanks for doing that! Climate corps is a pretty awesome initiative so the more awareness the better. You should be able to report your OP for a title update request if you'd like one as well.

ThisThingIsUseful · Apr 23, 2024

super-famicom said:
This right here

Malajax said:
One and done

RoninZ said:
/thread

What else needed to be Said beyond this? It must be opposite day for him or something

You guys should probably follow the rules of not changing a non-Israel thread into Israel. Or else perhaps people ought to come into the Israel thread and go, "Who cares? Climate change legislation was finally passed and the president is actually tackling the long term care crisis."

RoninZ said:
I thought this was about him claiming he listens to AOC, my bad

Might help to read past the title. Then the sarcasm would be warranted.

EDIT: I've been informed there was considerably less information when the thread was first made.

I'll leave my original comments up, but I take them back considering that info.

Chaos Legion · Apr 23, 2024

Grimm Fandango said:
So is this him trying to regain some young voters? C'mon man.

Joe Biden was one of the pioneers in Congress on climate change, introducing and passing one of the first bills in Congress back in the 80's. This is Biden working with a climate change leader of a newer generation within the Party.

Is it so impossible to focus on one of a multitude of issues that require Democratic leadership to drive progress and awareness?

Eidan · Apr 23, 2024

ClickyCal' said:
Yeah this is kind of shocking to see lol. I never thought I'd see the day of that take.

El Bombastico said:
There really is No True Scotsman.

Yeah I haven't been engaging in a lot of political discourse on Era in the past year so I was genuinely wondering if there was some development I was missing. Hopefully this isn't just the usual lazy insult thrown against any Democrat who is moderately effective at getting anything done.

RexNovis · Apr 23, 2024

perfectchaos007 said:
AOC will actually be eligible for the presidency this October. Probably won't be this year obviously, but one day her time will come to run for the highest office.

She needs a bit more legislative experience imo but I could see her making a run in 12 years or so. Maybe 8 depending on the winner of the 2028 elections. I would gladly cast a ballot for her

ShadBy · Apr 23, 2024

Thanks for the title change, mod

Volimar · Apr 23, 2024

ThisThingIsUseful said:
You guys should probably follow the rules of not changing a non-Israel thread into Israel. Or else perhaps people ought to come into the Israel thread and go, "Who cares? Climate change legislation was finally passed and the president is actually tackling the long term care crisis."

I don't want to defend drivebys but this wasn't a US Politics thread when they posted that, it was mostly about his quote of learning to listen to her.

Ambient · Apr 23, 2024

Like it or not AOC will be president someday. I welcome it.

Dalamar86 · Apr 23, 2024

RoninZ said:
Are voters not allowed to call Biden out without a person saying this BS?

The off-topic brigading is absolutely ruining any discourse on this forum though. We may as well close any political discussion because people are going to enter every thread and drag it down the same drain every time. Bidens been at the forefront of climate change legislature for decades and should be commended for continuing his commitment.

RaspberryRhythm said:
increasingly libbed up, centrist, mainstream, very visible politician gets endorsement from somebody with almost the exact same politics

well i never

Painting AOC this way is absurd. Head in the sand at best or absolutely trolling at worst.

ClickyCal' · Apr 23, 2024

Ambient said:
Like it or not AOC will be president someday. I welcome it.

I really hope so, but I feel she may be too demonized in a similar way to Hilary.

Melody Shreds · Apr 23, 2024

AOC should be president some day but i doubt our system would ever let i happen.

Volimar · Apr 23, 2024

Melody Shreds said:
AOC should be president some day but i doubt our system would ever let i happen.

I doubt she wants it. She seems very happy repping her district and doing one on one stuff in the community.

jon bones · Apr 23, 2024

Dalamar86 said:
Painting AOC this way is absurd. Head in the sand at best or absolutely trolling at worst.

ClickyCal' said:
I really hope so, but I feel she may be too demonized in a similar way to Hilary.

Melody Shreds said:
AOC should be president some day but i doubt our system would ever let i happen.

you can see in this thread why AOC has an incredible steep climb. the right has begun to demonize her already, and as she gains power and popularity the left will take it from there and paint her as "too centrist" as it's no longer fashionable to support her. same shit happened with Clinton.

Diablos · Apr 23, 2024

AOC is young. It's entirely possible that she could be president someday.

gdt · Apr 23, 2024

Ambient said:
Like it or not AOC will be president someday. I welcome it.

There's a loooooong road.

I don't really see it. She's already been painted for moderates and possibly conservative Dems.

She'll be a senator though.

ThisThingIsUseful · Apr 23, 2024

Volimar said:
I don't want to defend drivebys but this wasn't a US Politics thread when they posted that, it was mostly about his quote of learning to listen to her.

Ah. Okay, fair enough.

CherryWoodFuton · Apr 23, 2024

Didn't AOC imply that she doesn't want to be in politics for the long haul?

Melody Shreds · Apr 23, 2024

jon bones said:
you can see in this thread why AOC has an incredible steep climb. the right has begun to demonize her already, and as she gains power and popularity the left will take it from there and paint her as "too centrist" as it's no longer fashionable to support her. same shit happened with Clinton.

I feel like she'd have to actually be at least close to being centrist for that, which she is not. She is quite far left compared to your average democrat.

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