'He doesn't speak for the rest of America': Jerry Brown shows up in Hamburg amid G20 and shreds...

[DonViejo]

‘He doesn’t speak for the rest of America’: Jerry Brown shows up in Hamburg amid G20 — and shreds Trump

TOM BOGGIONI
07 JUL 2017 AT 09:33 ET

Speaking to over 12,000 environmental activists in Hamburg, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) announced plans for a global environmental summit in San Francisco next year, telling the crowd that President Donald Trump “doesn’t speak” for America.

According to the LA Times, Brown spoke at the Global Citizen Festival Hamburg while Trump was in Poland on Thursday, prior to the G-20 Summit.

Noting Trump’s plans to withdraw from the Paris environmental accords, the California governor lashed out at the president, saying his state will take the lead in fighting climate change.

“It’s hard to grasp the mortal danger that climate change represents,” Brown explained. “I believe that California, New York, France and Germany and the other countries — we have to get our act together, strengthen our commitment and bring as many nations along as we can.”

In a video posted to YouTube, Brown took on Trump and said he does not speak for and reflect the desires on almost 70 percent of Americans who want the government to be more “aggressive” in taking on climate change — not roll back protections.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/he-doesnt-speak-for-the-rest-of-america-jerry-brown-shows-up-in-hamburg-amid-g20-and-shreds-trump/

[spanone]

1. K&R... Thank you Governor

[PearliePoo2]

2. This is AWESOME! Tell it Governor Brown! nt.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Thank you Jerry for making an attempt to restore our good name.

Trump has done so much damage to it, I am not sure we will ever recover, but it's good that he is trying!

[left-of-center2012]

4. Might he run in 2020 for President?

Might be interesting,
along with Gov Cuomo?

[SharonClark]

6. No

[BumRushDaShow]

13. He'll be 82 in 2020

I admire him greatly and wanted to vote for him back in 1992 (but he had already dropped out by the time PA had its primary). But we have to encourage the next generation to step up and build up his type of street cred.

[left-of-center2012]

18. "we have to encourage the next generation to step up"

I totally agree.

[maddiemom]

39. Notice that it's hard to believe he's that much older than Trump.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. That's because his mind and body haven't atrophied like Drumpf's.

[YOHABLO]

57. What in god's name is so fantastic about the ''next generation''? Are you an ageist?

[BumRushDaShow]

58. I am 55

and am not so naive to think that people can live forever.

One of the things that I remember my mother saying (and she would have been 87 this year) is that no one from her generation (the ones born at the dawn of the Depression) was ever elected President. Sometimes you have a generation that goes through unique experiences that may open up possibilities for guiding a nation on a different path or over seemingly intractable hurdles or bringing about fresh thinking.

This is nothing more than the reality of human nature over tens of millennia, the elders are revered for their wisdom, but they also know to pass the torch on.... and there's nothing one can really do about it.

[LAS14]

5. K & R

[AgadorSparticus]

7. KNR!!!

[Laurian]

8. Now I remember why

I contributed to his presidential campaign during 1992 primaries. Loved him then, love him now.

[Maven]

9. YES YES YES more of this!

Go Gov. Brown!

[lindysalsagal]

10. Awesome! Wish I could vote for him!

[msdogi]

11. California proud

Jerry Brown is one of the reasons we do so love our state. And we have Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee, Mike Thompson, Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris. lucky us!

[wryter2000]

29. Same here

Proud of my governor.

[calimary]

49. He makes us all proud to be Californians!

I voted for him in the 70s. And I voted for him again most recently. Voted for him for governor four times! I'd do it s fifth and sixth time if he weren't probably headed for retirement at the end of the current term. He's getting up there - oldest governor in our state's history.

He's our 34th governor and our 39th governor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown

[wryter2000]

50. I remember when Meg Whitman ran against him

One of her ads mentioned when she moved to California there was a "California dream" or something like that. Someone finally pointed out Jerry Brown had been governor then. Oooops.

[calimary]

51. Love it!

I remember when he was dating Linda Ronstadt. Many of us girls wanted to be her. And by that point, many of us girls REALLY wanted to be her!

I had a crush on him myself. I like smart nerds!

[ghostsinthemachine]

12. America's shame is that he was never President

Proud he is my governor and framing CA as the world leader in climate and environment. Even the delta tunnels, if you study it, make complete sense for the state.

[Lordquinton]

61. No, the tunnels are a mistake

Aside from that he's awesome.

[Puzzler]

14. K&R!!!

-Puzzler

[peacebuzzard]

15. Gov. Jerry Brown leads the way

Thank you. Kick

[BadgerMom]

16. K&R

[Hekate]

17. My Gov!

[LenaBaby61]

24. My Gov!

Same here

SO proud

[BigmanPigman]

56. Mine too. Wish he could run again!

[NewJeffCT]

19. I bet he has a hotel room as well

[LenaBaby61]

25. 'I bet he has a hotel room as well."

[itsrobert]

36. Jerry was known for sleeping on supporter's

Sofas while he campaigned.

[niyad]

20. YAYYYY, Jerry!!!

[KPN]

22. That's it! No more federal funding for California!

Lol. That'll be little fingers first thought when he sees/hears this I'm sure.

[niyad]

23. hasn't tiny fingers already threatened that?

[Downtown Hound]

33. Of course he has, but he'll never follow through

CA gives way more than it takes, not only in tax dollars but also in many other areas. If Trump ever tries to fuck with us in that way, he will regret it.

[niyad]

35. wellll, since CA on its own is the sixth largest economy in the world. . . .

[zentrum]

21. Love it!

[PatrickforO]

26. Good job.

[roscoeroscoe]

27. California Love

You know who has it, y'all

[Plucketeer]

28. MY Governor

Proud to say!

[gademocrat7]

30. K&R!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

31. Was he there or on video? N/t

[Lifelong Protester]

32. K & R!

[DinahMoeHum]

34. Tee hee! Way to troll TrumpleThinSkin, Governor!

[L. Coyote]

37. Bravo. We need more powerful voices for reason and reality.

[AntiFascist]

38. K&R n/t

[yuiyoshida]

41. BRAVO JERRY BROWN! BRAVO CALIFORNIA!

[Achilleaze]

42. the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief speaks only for

casino-values republicans and russians. Not for America.

[Boomerproud]

43. I voted for him in the 1976 presidential primary.

"Governor Moonbeam" the press called him then. Amazing how pragmatic and sensible and sustainable his ideas seem now. Bravo California!

[demosincebirth]

44. I now have voted, for him, four times - voted for his ol' man, too.

[ailsagirl]

46. Me too!!

Thank God he's at the helm now

[demosincebirth]

64. Yup.

[ailsagirl]

45. THANK YOU GOVERNOR BROWN!!!!

[diva77]

47. Sooo thankful for Jerry Brown. He has stepped into the void. We need leadership so badly

[Lucky Luciano]

48. Good. Fuck the fake president. nt

[Gothmog]

52. Yeah for Governor Brown

[DonCoquixote]

53. if peiople can cheer bernie for 2020

I can damned well say Brown 2020!

[stuffmatters]

54. Yay Jerry, Yay Ca, yay America

I hope Brown makes himself and his message (Trump doesn't speak for the rest of America) very evident at Hamburg and continues
to repeat it loud and wide wherever and whenever possible. It's not only spot on true, but it's also a great way to humiliate/troll thin skinned Trump on the international stage.

[Expecting Rain]

55. I'm very proud of my governor!

Not just for this message, but on so many levels.

Jerry Brown has matured into one of the great Democratic leaders of all time.

[stopwastingmymoney]

59. My Governor!

I'm proud too

[Dustlawyer]

60. We are all Californians today!!!

[Lordquinton]

62. Holds the record for youngest and oldest governor

Took the disaster Arnold left, using progressive policies that the Republicans always say never work, and turned a massive deficit into a surplus.

[Initech]

63. That's my governor!!!!