After an appearance by author Charles Murray on campus. At the end of your discussion with Charles Murray, you left that room and went where and what happened . The fact is i dont really remember much of it. I couldnt even tell you what door we went out. Out of the taken hall and confronted this mob of angry people, some of whom were in masks. And they were shoving and jostling. Their target was Charles Murray. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Campaign 2020. Watch ever live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. Campaign 2020, your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic president ial candidate governor jay inslee of washington talked with voters at the iowa state fair. This is just under an hour. [applause] good morning, iowa, what a great morning, what a beautiful morning to be in iowa. My name is jay inslee. Imho cameron, bulldozer operating, concrete truck driving, dishwashing, Climate Change fighting governor in the state of washington, and i am here to tell you one simple thing. If you give me this microphone on the debate stage, i will beat donald trump like a two dollar meal. And im mule. And im intent on doing that. Im not saying we do that. We treat our livestock with respect. We are different than republicans in that regard. And ive never met a mule that lies before, either. If you heard anything about me lately, ive had some things to say about the current occupant. And somebody asked me why i said those things and theres a reason for that. That struggles against terrorism, weve adopted a mantra through the airport. They say if you see something, say something, right . I see something so im saying something. Its time to get a White Nationalists out of the white house. Thats what im saying. [applause] that, not justdo out of the white house. I disagree a little with the Vice President. After we remove donald trump, thats not the end of the problem. We need to remove steve king out of the United States has ever presented his. Thats our next task. Weve got work to do. This is not just something i came up with. My blood boils about this. Soet on my bicycle a year or ago and my chief of staff called me and said the president is going to ban muslims from entering the United States. My Blood Pressure went up just like that. I drove down to the airport to get these families into families can be reunited, microsoft employees, boeing engineers, because this is not something that any discover nation. Im the first to stand up to this muslim ban and im going to continue those efforts. We know a little bit about beating donald trump. We have sued him 21 times and beat him 21 times in a row when it comes to his discrimination. We know theres some current battles and we know the suffering that we have all experienced in the last several weeks. Four days after i referred to donald trump has a White Nationalists, we saw the shooting in el paso and now we need to act and we should not be daunted and its something i feel strongly about. And i will tell you what i mean by that. In 1994, i was a Freshman Congress and there was a bill to ban assault weapons and i knew if i voted to ban assault weapons, i would lose my seat in congress. I want to tell you i voted to ban assault weapons, i lost my seat in congress and i have never regretted that vote. That was the right vote then. Its the right vote now. And we cannot let the republicans get away by treating this as a Public Relations problem to do just a little bit on the edges. This is a Public Health crisis. And we need to stand up and do what weve done in the state of washington. I have the nra on the run in washington. And if you make me president , i will have them on the run in the United States of america. I pledge you that. Well get this job done. [applause] gov. Inslee now, i just want to thank you for your courtesy and hospitality. Being in iowa, i know all the candidates have felt the same thing. I met brian koop at the wing ding. Hey, iowa knows how to wing ding, ill tell you. Brians wife is a music teacher at a public school. Im the son of a biology teacher. Any educators here today . Lets give the educators around of applause for what theyre doing. [applause] gov. Inslee i believe in doing things and not just talking about education. Ive been fighting for education. As governor, im proud to tell you as having one the biggest pay increase in the United States last year. 31 increase in state contributions. Thats the kind of president that we need. Now, if you have heard of me at all, you might have heard of my efforts against the Climate Crisis. And i want to talk about three iowans, when i think of the Climate Crisis, i think of iowa. I think of regina, i think of norman, and i think of david. And i want to talk about those three iowans in just a moment. A few months ago, i was in davenport and i met a woman named regina haddock. She helped Domestic Violence victims and women down on their luck get shot up and a chance to move up in life. Very successful. They took care of 1500 women a year, and incredible nonprofit. Until the flood came and washed away her nonprofit. Her nonprofit lost everything, including their lease. And when i was talking to regina and saw those tears of a dream deferred against a flood that has now so affected the midwest, i came to believe we have to do something about the Climate Crisis. And those tears of regina, having lost her dreams to take care of those women, were the same tears ive seen across the United States. They were just as salty as marshall mosss, a woman i met in california, where next to paradise, you hear about paradise, california, where the town burned down . She lost everything she had in life, a little mobile home. It was all she had left. It was the same tears i saw in haiti and miami, where climate gentrification is dispossessing a whole community. These tears are awash across the whole United States. I believe its time to put somebody in the white house to defeat Climate Change. And im telling you [applause] gov. Inslee im telling you, and im unique. We have a lot of talent in this field. Theres a lot of talent in the democratic field. I have already identified four or five potential Vice President s. Its great. Theres a lot of talent in this field. But i am unique. Im unique in saying what i really believe. Its this. Unless we defeat the Climate Crisis, Everything Else we have worked on will be moot. Im saying this and im the only one who will stand here today and say this. If i am given this high honor, i will make defeating the Climate Crisis the number one priority in the United States. And that is what we have to do to get this job done. We have to mobilize the United States with all of our energies and all of our innovative talents to defeat this Climate Crisis. Now, the second iowa and i want to talk about is norman. Norman won the nobel peace prize, creating the first green revolution. He was the product of innovation in iowa. And that spirit now tells us we need a new green revolution. Just like normans was the first. And this time it has to have a green revolution where the United States of america can lead the world in new technologies, can lead the world in solar, can lead the world in Energy Stores and electric cars. And that spirit that gave us the first green revolution that started by a fellow from iowa, we now need to bring with the second green revolution. And that brings me to my third iowan, a fellow named dave. I cant remember his last name. He was in the wind turbine technician program. When your turbines crated percent of the electricity in iowa, one of the leading states in the United States. And i asked dave why hes going into wind turbine technology. And his answer was classic. Well duh, this is the future. He understood jobs. And we democrats understand jobs. And i have now rolled out a Clean Energy Jobs program to put 8 Million Union workers to work across the United States, with ironworkers putting up all kinds of manufacturing plants for clean energy. With idw wiring up Wind Turbines. With uaws making electric cars in michigan, like i drive. Like biofuels folks who are using feed stock from iowa, this is the greatest job creation opportunity since the creation of the interstate freeway system. And when we get a president who understands the power of union workers, were going to build a new economy in the United States of america. [applause] gov. Inslee if you think this is just kind of rhetoric, i hope youll take a look at my climate plan. Its been called the Gold Standard by representative ocasiocortez. Its ranked by the best by greenpeace. If you go to the seal program, every group thats looked at this has said that my program is the most robust and comprehensive. And theres a reason for this. We just dont have a lot of time here. You read that report, it comes out every week with the timeline we have to meet. So i am the candidate whos saying this. We have to get off coal in the United States. It is too dirty. It is too dangerous. Avto get rid of fossil fuels. I have a program to do that on a timeline to get this job done. Now, people who are too timid to do this, they dont have an argument with me. They have an argument with science. We have to meet these targets. By the way, to get this job done, we have to have more than just the president. Weve got to take away from the grim reaper, Mitch Mcconnell, he calls himself the grim reaper. Weve got to take away the blade he has to cut down all progressive politics. I disagree with the Vice President and other senators in this field. We need to take away the filibuster from Mitch Mcconnell so we can pass Climate Change legislation. [applause] gov. Inslee and im committed to get that job done. Now, this is not the only thing. Im not a one trick pony. Weve got a lot of work to do. I believe we have not only the iowa way to get that job done but the washington way. The washington way is to show how wrong donald trump is. Weve got a basic disagreement with him. He believes in trickledown economics, right . He believes if you shower billionaires with tax cuts, it will trickle down like snowflakes and we all get rich. We have a different view. We believe we build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. We believe in family wage jobs. We believe in strengthening the Union Movement so that people who brought us the weekends will finally get us raises again. [applause] gov. Inslee we believe in progressive politics. And i want to share what weve done in the state of washington. We havent just talked about this. Weve actually got things done. Thats the beauty of being a governor. You can actually get things done. I want to share some of the things weve done in washington that i want to make national policy. Washington state has the highest minimum wage. Washington state has the most robust, comprehensive, family leave policies in the unite United States. Because weve got to take care of the help of our families. Washington state has made the biggest strides toward what we believe is necessary, which is universal health care. Im proud to stand before you and say Washington State has adopted the first Public Health care option in the United States. Now, we need to continue that effort in the United States. And we, were radical in the state of washington. I have to admit it. We think women should make the same as men. It is a radical proposition. I understand that. [applause] gov. Inslee so, we have adopted the best gender pay equitys loss in the United States. We in the state of washington believe its high time to attack the dark shadow of Racial Disparity that we have suffered across the United States of america. And i wanted to share some of the things weve done. We understand the criminal Justice System has been rife with Racial Disparity. Thats why one of the things ive done is been the first governor of the United States to offer pardons to thousands of people who have been caught in the drug wars. We are not only legalizing marijuana, we are pardoning people caught in the drug wars. We have illuminated the death penalty. After you do your time, you get a job. We want people getting jobs after they come to the criminal Justice System. And we have embraced affirmative action. This is the washington way. Now, donald trump thinks that if you do these things, it will destroy your economy, right . If you treat People Fairly and adopt Net Neutrality and adopt the first longterm care plan for seniors in the United States like weve done, it will wreck your economy. Well, guess who has the best gdp growth, the best wage growth across the United States . Its Washington State. Its time to make that across the United States of america. This is the way to defeat donald trump. Im happy to be up there. Before i go, i would love to stand for some gentle, easy criticisms and great questions. Yes . Yeah, my names betty and im an aclu gov. Inslee go ahead. My names betty and im a rights for all voter and my question is about ice. Many of these people who are in detention are longterm residents and have green cards. Its become so bloated its increased almost 60 the last two years. Could you commit to decrease the numbers by 75 . Gov. Inslee the question is could we decrease the number of people in detention and the answer is an unqualified yes, and ill tell you why. By taking children away from their young parents, its the darkest moment of donald trump. That. re going to stop thats what were going to stop. Were going to stop that. Well have comprehensive Immigration Reform and we will do what i have done in washington, which is protect our dreamers. These kids are some of the most inspirational people in the United States. When im president , the dreamers will have education without the clout of anxiety from donald trump. Thats what im going to do. You bet. How do you address the childcare crisis . Gov. Inslee the first thing were going to do is move forward with urban childcare education. Weve got to make sure your zip code is not your destiny. Its time to say that just because youre born in poverty doesnt mean you stay in poverty. So, weve had a massive expansion of early child education. Weve had a massive expansion of Financial Aid to reduce the debt kids have to go to. And we did in the right way by not taxing working people but by taxing big angst and tech big banks and the big tech companies. Thats who ought to be paying for educational childcare in the United States of america. Yes . You support all americans. Will you pledge to make the caucuses accessible so that the 300,000 iowans with disabilities can vote . Gov. Inslee will i pressure the caucuses to make the caucuses accessible so everyone can get axis . The answer is yes. This is something near and dear to my heart. We want everyone enrolling to vote. We make sure we hire people and get people with challenges. This is a Family Affair with me. My son is a leader of the group outdoors for all. They take quadriplegics kayaking. And i think we need democrats voting of all stripes. Ill just add one little caveat, though. When you do go into caucus this year, you dont get in without an inslee button. Thats just a start. [laughter] gov. Inslee yes . Where do you stand on oil refinery and fuel . Gov. Inslee i dont know why donald trump hates iowa and farmers so much. Hes cratered their economy with trade policies. He denied markets from my state. Now hes reducing the ability to help biofuels in iowa. We believe in biofuels in iowa. This is one of the many things hes wrong on. When i think of biofuels, i think of the need to defeat the Climate Change crisis. Theres a lot of people working hard today in iowa. A lot of the leadership is here. Some of the best science in the United States is coming out of your Scientific Community here in iowa. I want to give a shout out to a guy whos been fighting Climate Change in iowa. Channi