'Get a climate president in office': Jane Fonda endorses Bernie Sanders for president

Actress and climate activist Jane Fonda endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the upcoming election. While participating in a climate rally in San Pedro, California, Fonda endorsed Sanders as the best "climate candidate" to address global warming, an issue she views as an "existential threat that could determine the future of human life on the planet." "We have to get a climate president in office, and there’s only one right now, and that’s Bernie Sanders," she said to USA Today prior to the rally. "So, I’m indirectly saying I believe you have to support the climate candidate.” At the rally, Fonda repeated her call for a 50% decrease in fossil fuel emissions over the next 30 years. "This is going to be very, very, very hard, and it requires millions and millions of people to do more than just be concerned, but to actually become activists and become willing to put their bodies on the line," she said. Sanders is a proponent of the Green New Deal, a resolution first proposed by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The plan would eventually phase out certain means of transport over the next 10 years...MORE