ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris peered out into the crowd of students at Georgia Tech on Wednesday after roughly 30 minutes of policy-heavy discussion about climate change and atmospheric science and couldn’t help cracking a joke about rising temperatures.
“The benefit that you have is you’re not burdened by any question about ‘Is this real?’ ” she said to laughter from an audience dotted with young scientists. “That’s great, because we’ve been dealing with some folks who just — have they looked out the window?”
Her visit to the school’s campus was meant to reinforce President Joe Biden’s challenge to Republicans to “finish the job” by embracing his plan to steady a shaky economy, reinforce confidence in democratic norms and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
