Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari told attendees of Bloomberg Green Seattle that focusing on the rising costs of energy will resonate with voters.

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    5 days ago

    In case you’re wondering how anyone can think the climate is the big issue…

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yassamin_Ansari

    In 2025, Ansari was among a minority of House Democrats to back legislation rebuking the International Criminal Court (ICC) over arrest warrants issued against Israeli leaders. Ansari argued that the ICC’s actions were inappropriate, stating that “As a liberal democracy with an independent judiciary, Israel has the responsibility of investigating allegations of wrongdoing”.[47]

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    According to financial disclosures, Ansari’s father lent her between $250,000 and $500,000 for a condo payment.[49] Ansari’s financial disclosures from October 2023 showed that she owns two properties in downtown Phoenix and made between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2023 by renting one. Ansari also estimated in the disclosure that her assets were worth between $2.5 million and $8.3 million.[50]

    She’s a millionaire landlord whose also pro-genocide…

    The climate is pretty much the only aspect of the party platform voters and her agree on. She can’t talk about fixing any of the other big issues.

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    Are they picking just one issue and pretending thats an entire platform? Thats not how that works.

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      It’s not. But the DNC’s consultants are telling them that this is how it works. And I’m sure the environmental policies will be neutered into meaninglessness due to those very same consultants.

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    Climate populism isn’t what’s going to work. What’s going to work will pull this country further apart. The left leaning further left is what’s needed when looking at what is going on.