I don’t buy it. It feels like these vague arguments are used against any progressive policy. “We can’t tax the rich cause then they’ll leave the country!”

If fossil fuel workers are so stubborn that they will refuse to vote for a party that wants to transition them into green energy jobs then their votes aren’t worth it. If the democratic party allows the workers of a single industry to determine their climate policy then they are revealing themselves to be spineless and useless politicians.