President Joe Biden is traveling west this week on a mission to ramp up excitement for an agenda that so far is yielding little political upside . Enthusiasm for Biden among Democrats remains soft according to polls even as the party lines up behind his reelection bid . Some activists warn his record which includes both historic investments and a broken promise to stop drilling on federal land lacks urgency and could impact enthusiasm among young voters . While Biden has taken a series of significant legislative and executive steps to combat climate change he has stopped short of declaring a national emergency which would unlock sweeping new federal authorities and funds to combat the climate crisis . The White House said this week that private sector firms have announced billion in new clean energy investments since the laws passage . Biden and the White House have sharply criticized Republicans for trying to unravel those accomplishments while the nation endures historic heat waves and extreme weather events . Biden also falsely claimed he has already declared a climate emergency on the climate crises . The president said he had already done that. Weve conserved more land weve rejoined the Paris Climate Accords weve passed the climate control facility. The president also falsely said he intends to declare a climate crisis. He said when pressed again on whether he had actually declared a . climate emergency. Biden said yes. When pressed again he was asked again on Whether he had indeed declared a national Emergency. When asked again. He was asked about whether he intended to declare an emergency. When questioned again. When quizzed again. when asked again he said yes, yes. It is a climate Emergency. He had indeed said yes . When asked about the climate emergency . When pressed . He said. When challenged again. It was. When Asked again. If he had actual. If indeed he had
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