MSNBC Says Voters Telling Them ‘Green New Deal’ Top Priority, But Can’t Find Voters Saying So

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HUNT: “With Congress in recess, lawmakers are back home facing tough questions from their constituents. And one of the key issues they’re facing are voters’ changing perception on climate change. That debate was front and center during town hall events with Democratic lawmakers in the Rust Belt. NBC’s Hans Nichols was there.”
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VOTER 1: “My big concern is the environment. I'd like to see -- see us move towards — first of all I'd like to see Congress support the new carbon fee and dividend. ... Unmistakable signs of -- of more precipitation and bigger events. And that’s not good for the crops, that’s not good for people who live near rivers.”
VOTER 2: “We’re very concerned about, that policy is moving forward that will be constructive and protect the environment and good for people.”
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HUNT: “NBC’s Hans Nichols joins me now from Wisconsin. Hans, were -- were you surprised to hear that many of these voters were listing climate change at the top of their list? I mean, I know we’ve been hearing about health care for many years now, but that, that was --"
NICHOLS: "Yeah."
HUNT: "-- a little bit different.”
NICHOLS: “Well, it’s a combination of health care and climate change. I guess I’m most surprised about how little people are concerned about the investigations into President Donald Trump. I heard one voter here in Wisconsin bring up this, what’s happening with the Manafort sentencing. There’s a little bit of concern here. But on the climate change, it’s not cut and dry. I think voters are reckoning with a changing climate, but Kasie that doesn’t mean that they believe full stop in climate change the way the scientific community describes it.”