Monica Medina, a former Biden State Department official, scolded President Donald Trump on climate change in the aftermath of the devastating Texas floods.
« First of all, I just want to say how heartbreaking this is for any parent to imagine this kind of a horrible thing happening to their child. And I hope that this will mean that the president will stop mocking climate change as an existential threat, » Medina said during an appearance on MSNBC’s « Morning Joe » on Tuesday.
Medina, wife of Biden’s former chief of staff Ron Klain, served as the State Department’s first Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources.
« Because for those hundred souls, it was an existential threat, and it is an existential threat for Americans all across the country. It’s touching everyone, » Medina continued.
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« What I take away from this is that it was preventable. There are things that we can do. I know sometimes we feel powerless in the face of climate change, but we know that weather is getting more and more extreme, » she said.
Medina said that the particular part of Texas that was flooded was called « flash flood alley. »
« We had the ability to make small changes to be able to prevent something like this, » Medina said. « NOAA weather radio. It’s something that’s available, and you can buy it in stores, and it will warn you in the middle of the night, you don’t have to have a siren system if you don’t have one in place, and it may take a while before Texas decides to put one in place. »
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Prior to her State Department job, Medina was a Georgetown University professor and co-founder of Our Daily Planet, « an e-newsletter on conservation and the environment, » the Biden White House said at the time.
Medina backed the Green New Deal in 2019, writing in a Huffington Post column, « The Green New Deal is a unifying political message that gets back to the basics of creating an economy that works for all people and protects the planet as a result. »
Medina said weather services were stretched to the breaking point during her appearance on « Morning Joe. »
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Over 100 people, including children and counselors at a girls’ camp, were killed in central Texas in flash flooding that began early on the morning of the Fourth of July.
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