Democrats failed to properly sell clean energy jobs to voters on the campaign trail last year, former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday.
“Democrats have to do a better job of speaking to all channels and being fearless about going to places that may not be allies,” she said at POLITICO’s annual Energy Summit in Washington.
Granholm, who served as Energy secretary under former President Joe Biden, said she regrets that Democrats didn’t prioritize new energy jobs in campaign messaging. The Biden administration made investments in wind, solar and electric vehicles a priority, but President Donald Trump returned to the White House while promoting fossil fuels.
“In the social media ecosystem, Joe Rogan has 38 million listeners,” said Granholm, who also was Michigan’s governor for eight years. “We have to go to places where people are listening.”
