Seriously, if this is so darned important, why is she not out there demanding a vote on it daily? Why is she not slamming Nancy Pelosi for refusing a floor vote? Why did she throw a fit when the Senate voted on it, and not take the 43 Democrats who voted “present” to task?
Ocasio-Cortez To Critics Of Green New Deal: “I Pity You For Your Role In History Right Now”
On Instagram Live Wednesday night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke to critics who laugh and make jokes about her often-repeated statement that “we have twelve years left to cut emissions by at least 50%” to stop the most devastating effects of climate change.
“For everyone who wants to make a joke about that, you may laugh, but your grandkids will not,” she warned. “So, understand that the internet documents everything.”
So, understand that the internet documents everything.
You know, you want to look about, you want to talk about looking at the back of history, looking backward?
You look back and you open history books on the civil rights movement, and you see those folks who are protesting against the ability for African-Americans and black Americans to have the right to vote, and they would hold up these bigoted signs, and they would hold up signs that said things like ‘what about white rights?’ and all of this stuff, in the 1950s, 1960s.
So, if it is that important, why not demand a vote? If it’s so important, then why is she making this proclamation while munching on popcorn, drinking wine, and putting together a piece of furniture from IKEA (and having no screwdriver)?
On Instagram live, AOC just compared climate change and the world ending in 12 years to the civil rights movement and people protesting against African-Americans… pic.twitter.com/6fcC74h5ny
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 4, 2019
She continues
So just know that in the present day there a lot of people who hide the fact that their families and that their grandparents fought against principles of equal rights in the United States. Not 100 years ago, not 80 years ago, but in this generation’s lifetime.
So just know that while a lot of people can hide that their grandparents did that in the civil rights movement, you should also know that the internet documents everything. And your grandchildren will not be able to hide the fact that you fought against acknowledging and taking bold action against climate change.
And for those of you who are trying to mock and delay this moment, I mean, I just feel bad for you. I pity you for your role in history right now.
First, it was mostly Democrats who fought against the Civil Rights legislation, who lionized a former high ranking KKK member in the Senate, and then turned around and found a way to get the black vote while keeping blacks down in poverty in inner cities.
Second, if she won’t demand that the GND be given a vote and implemented, then she is what she calls a climate delayer, and she should pity herself. Or, perhaps she was just drunk and exhausted from doing minor manual labor.
