Biden at the Poor People's Campaign forum

6/17/19

During the question-and-answer session, one woman, Francine Jefferson, stood up and said she hailed from a county in Mississippi that is one of the poorest in the country. She asked Biden how he would address the impacts of climate change and natural disasters.

He responded by describing global warming as a “gigantic unfairness to people in poverty.”

Joe Biden and other candidates speak to diverse faith leaders, activists