Would this be the same Green New Deal that she not only refuses to demand a vote on in the House, but that she complained about it being voted on in the Senate (while forgetting that it isn’t just House legislation, since co-sponsor Ed Markey submitted it to the Senate), and has even said that “it’s messaging focused and was never meant to be passed”? Yes, yes it would
Ocasio-Cortez to headline Green New Deal rally in Washington, DC
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will headline a rally later this month in Washington, D.C., promoting the Green New Deal, a progressive proposal that calls for sweeping reforms to combat climate change.
The Sunrise Movement, a youth climate organization, is closing out its nationwide “Road to a Green New Deal Tour” with a rally at Howard University on May 13. The group announced on Monday that Ocasio-Cortez would headline the demonstration, which about 1,500 people are expected to attend.
“All over the country, I’ve been amazed by the enthusiasm for the Green New Deal,” Sunrise Movement co-founder Varshini Prakash, who has spent the last month on the road with the tour, said in a statement.
“Thousands of new people are joining the movement. From fire-scarred California to the flooded heartland, Americans are hungry for an economic transformation at the scale of what science and justice demand,” she continued.
So, why aren’t they demanding that Democrats in the House force a vote on this resolution? If it’s that important. Of course, it’s really all about Modern Socialism being installed from the top down, and all these Sunrise Movement folks who travel around would quickly find themselves restricted from doing so, as well as seeing the costs of goods and everything skyrocket. Their lives controlled.
And just for a palate cleanser
AOC saying she’s never seen a garbage disposal and then proceeding to ask if it’s environmentally sound made me lose brain cells
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) May 7, 2019
