Climate activist Greta Thunberg shows support for Biden in rare political tweet

Washington

Teen climate-change fighter Greta Thunberg yesterday showed support for Democrat Joe Biden, urging voters concerned about the environment to make their voices heard in the US presidential election. The Swedish 17-year-old said in a tweet that she never engages in party politics, but that “the up-coming US elections is above and beyond all that”. “From a climate perspective it’s very far from enough and many of you of course supported other candidates.

But, I mean you know damn! Just get organized and get everyone to vote #Biden,” she wrote. Thunberg, who sparked a global climate protest movement after striking outside the Swedish parliament in 2018, could encourage participation among younger voters who are typically less likely to vote than older Americans.