Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, told young climate activists in 2019, "You didn't vote for me."
AP Photo/Gemunu AmarasingheBut most policy debates aren't genuinely existential in the way climate change is.
"Younger Democrats tend to have a much more friendly relationship and response to the party's activist class than older Democrats do."
Fossil-fuel interests have played a central role in stymieing progress on climate change for decades.
Nearly a decade later, Trump ran for and won the presidency — with Gingrich's early and staunch support — while calling climate change a "hoax."