Most anthropogenic climate change believing hypocrites are smart enough to avoid getting into a discussion/debate/argument on their hypocrisy. Deflections, avoidance, simply ignoring the question, walking away, these are the things they do. Not AOC, who seems to have to respond to every slight in a way only a general Millennial stereotype could
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded Saturday night after a published report excoriated the freshman congresswoman for pushing her Green New Deal initiative while still traveling on airplanes and using ridesharing services — instead greener travel methods such as public transportation.
The piece mentioned the New York Democrat’s call in January for more sustainable energy solutions: “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change,†she said at the time.
“But the woman who boasts of a “razor-sharp BS detector†seems to have trouble sniffing out her own,†the New York Post reported. “Since declaring her candidacy in May 2017, Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign heavily relied on those combustible-engine cars — even though a subway station was just 138 feet from her Elmhurst [Queens] campaign office. She listed 1,049 transactions for Uber, Lyft, Juno and other car services, federal filings show. The campaign had 505 Uber expenses alone.â€
Instead of embracing cheaper, less green travel methods, Ocasio-Cortez logged 66 airline transactions during her 2018 campaign while only using Amtrak 18 times, according to the Post.
Cortez responded on Twitter, arguing that “living in the world as it is isn’t an argument against working towards a better future.”
I also fly ?? & use A/C
Living in the world as it is isn’t an argument against working towards a better future.
The Green New Deal is about putting a LOT of people to work in developing new technologies, building new infrastructure, and getting us to 100% renewable energy. https://t.co/DZGE1WwLbn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 3, 2019
“I also fly & use A/C,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “The Green New Deal is about putting a LOT of people to work in developing new technologies, building new infrastructure, and getting us to 100% renewable energy.â€
So, the GND isn’t actually about ‘climate change’, it’s simply a means towards full blown Modern Socialism and Government control of our lives? Huh. AOC is a perfect example of climahypocrisy, much like other elected Democrats, such as Sheldon Whitehouse and GND cosponsor Ed Markey: they’re all for forcing Other People to pay taxes and fees and give up their own trappings of a modern lifestyle, including fossil fuels, but, won’t give them up themselves. You have people like Bernie Sanders, who wants to “bring climate deniers to justice”, which seems an ominous call to capture or kill them, much like the language Bush 43 used regarding Islamic jihadis, who owns three big homes and travels all over. The list of climahypocrites leading the Do Something charge on ‘climate change’ is a long, long one, for which we can add AOC’s name. Some reporter should ask her how she gets around in D.C. Walk? Bike? Take a scooter? The subway? Or a big fossil fueled SUV?
