Buttigieg in California

Buttigieg said that national security was in itself a patriotic act. He cited the recent California wildfires as way in which climate change is inclusive in a national security strategy. 

“I don’t have to tell so many here who were impacted by the wildfires that are just one example of the accelerated impacts of climate change,” said Buttigieg, “that if we’re serious about protecting this country, that means protecting the future, and facing up to the fact that global climate change is the security challenge of our time.”