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President Trump: You are NOT 'representing' Pittsburgh by abandoning the Paris climate agreement.

Advertisement that ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday and is signed by many of the city's elected officials, including the mayor, a Congressman and state legislators. In the president's speech to announce that he's withdrawing the United States from the global agreement to address climate change, he said it's because he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

Advertisement that ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday and is signed by many of the city's elected officials, including the mayor, a Congressman and state legislators. In the president's speech to announce that he's withdrawing the United States from the global agreement to address climate change, he said it's because he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.