BURSTFormer Govs. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) and Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) have disagreed on whether President Trump's focus on fossil fuels is short-changing the potential of green energy in the U.S.
Palin said she supports the way Trump has elevated traditional forms of energy, such as oil and natural gas, which could benefit her state.
“I think that Alaskans realize that God just dumped this vast amount of natural resource underfoot." she told NewsNation's “CUOMO” on Wednesday. "We just need to turn the spigot on."
The former vice presidential candidate also conceded that green energy may have a role in a national strategy, but she claims Democratic presidents have squandered taxpayer dollars on questionable projects.
Inslee, however, said the president is responsible for the loss of 50,000 jobs that would support cheaper renewable energy sources.
“He must have been scared by a wind turbine when he was 3 years old or something,” Inslee said of Trump. “I was afraid of the flying monkeys in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ I got over it.”
Trump, who famously promised to “drill, baby, drill,” told voters while on the campaign trail that he would lower U.S. consumers’ energy costs by 50 percent within a year.