172 Environmentalists Urge Biden Vote—and Not for Green Party Candidate

Environmentally concerned voters implored to avoid being 'too pure to beat Donald Trump'

People vote in the U.S. presidential election in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2016. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

An open letter issued Sept. 14 and signed by a group of more than 170 environmentalists urged like-minded voters to vote for Democratic Party candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden in November’s presidential election—and not the Green Party candidate, Howie Hawkins, or any other third-party candidate. “Are environmentalists too pure to beat Donald Trump?” the letter asks.

“Angry right-wing voters and liberal absentees put Trump in the White House in 2016,” according to the group. “In 2020 the same unholy team could keep him there.”