Jane Fonda appeared on Jimmy Kimmels late-night show Tuesday and issued a stark reminder about former President Donald Trump s environmental record.
Trump, whom she mocked as Orange Man, is going to burn us down if he wins back the White House, warned the Oscar-winning actor and climate activist.
But that came after Fonda expressed her disappointment with how long it took for a question on the climate crisis to be asked at the debate between Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris .
The climate should be all of our primary concerns. We are facing an historic catastrophe, said Fonda, a prolific campaigner whose activism in 2019 saw her put behind bars.
Kimmel agreed, noting how the climate crisis will affect everybody and is not something everybody can dodge.
Fonda then issued a plea to voters in the upcoming presidential election:
When we vote for a president, were not marrying them, were not even making out with them, were not dating them. Theyre not perfect. Everybodys got issues, including presidential candidates. Heres the thing, we cannot afford to lose four more years to the climate crisis.
The orange man represents drill baby drill and its really serious guys, its not rhetoric, its true, its happening, she continued.
Fonda concluded, When you vote, whether youre a Republican or Democrat, vote with climate in your heart. Vote for the candidate that will help create a livable future for your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Because the other guys going to burn us down.
Trump pursued an anti-environment agenda during his presidency and has on multiple occasions flown in the face of scientists worldwide with his dismissals of climate change as bullshit and a Chinese hoax.
Climate scientist Michael E. Mann in June said it would be game over for combating the crisis if Trump returns to office.
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