{"id":115628,"date":"2019-02-05T22:41:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115628"},"modified":"2019-02-05T22:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:42:42","slug":"how-does-a-junior-29-year-old-communist-house-rep-get-such-a-high-platform-to-float-bills-that-rely-on-the-fake-co2-driven-warming-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115628","title":{"rendered":"How does a junior 29-year-old Communist House Rep get such a high platform to float bills that rely on the fake CO2-driven warming hoax?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ocasio-Cortez Formulates &#8220;Green New Deal&#8221; To Fix Climate And &#8220;Repair Historic Oppression&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is rolling out a legislative package which calls for a &#8220;national, social, industrial and economic mobilization at a scale not seen since World War II,&#8221; according to a letter the sent to colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ocasio%20serious%20face.jpg?itok=c2g95Pw3\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ocasio%20serious%20face.jpg?itok=c2g95Pw3\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ocasio%20serious%20face.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ocasio%20serious%20face.jpg?itok=c2g95Pw3 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ee28f6e8-d3aa-4b7d-9892-305b28e8eb2f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The specifics\u00a0of the plan, dubbed the &#8220;Green New Deal,&#8221;\u00a0will be released next week &#8211; however Ocasio-Cortez lays out several goals in the letter, including reaching\u00a0net-zero greenhouse gas emissions &#8220;through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers,&#8221; while creating millions of &#8220;good, high-wage jobs,&#8221;\u00a0according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-02-04\/ocasio-cortez-begins-to-sketch-out-details-of-green-new-deal?srnd=politics-vp\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>. The plan also aims to ensure prosperity and security while investing in US infrastructure and industry.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Green New Deal&#8221; will also\u00a0<strong>fight racism\u00a0<\/strong>apparently:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The resolution will also call for clean air and water, climate resiliency, healthy food, access to nature and \u201ca sustainable environment for all for generations to come,\u201d according to the letter. Lastly, the Green New Deal will \u201c<strong>promote justice and equity by preventing current and repairing historic oppression to frontline and vulnerable communities.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She said the goals will be accomplished through a\u00a0<strong>10-year plan<\/strong>of industrial and infrastructure projects. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-02-04\/ocasio-cortez-begins-to-sketch-out-details-of-green-new-deal?srnd=politics-vp\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The cost? $7 trillion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is the &#39;Green New Deal?&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/39hOXI9xMg\">pic.twitter.com\/39hOXI9xMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexa Bellamy (@anna7bella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anna7bella\/status\/1092120354468872192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So far over 40 progressive lawmakers, including Democratic 2020 presidential candidates, have gotten behind the Green New Deal &#8211; however it has yet to win over Democratic moderates such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/fwdale\/status\/1082083453984800768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1082083453984800768&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2019-02-05%2Focasio-cortez-formulates-green-new-deal-fix-climate-and-repair-historic-oppression<\/p>\n<p>And while\u00a0<em>Bloomberg notes<\/em>\u00a0that &#8220;the Green New Deal would certainly never pass muster with coal-state Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump,&#8221; Democrats behind the plan think it&#8217;s &#8220;important to show it has the blessing of the House Democrats in advance of the 2020 presidential elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other words,\u00a0<strong>some\u00a0<\/strong><b>Democrats are looking to\u00a0run on this in 2020<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives pushed back on the idea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid872216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZrx0lqUpTI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Americans deserve better than to foot the bill for the Green New Deal\u2019s reckless, expensive, and unattainable goals,&#8221; said Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). &#8220;The Green New Deal, just like proposals for free college or Medicaid for All, is nothing but an empty promise that leaves American taxpayers on the hook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution has nine co-sponsors, while Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) will roll out companion legislation in the Senate, according to the letter sent by Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Markey will invite Varshini Prakash, co-founder of Green New Deal supporting group, Sunrise, as his guest to the State of the Union on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/sunrise%20movement.jpg?itok=q1ZxiUjc\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/sunrise%20movement.jpg?itok=q1ZxiUjc\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/sunrise%20movement.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/sunrise%20movement.jpg?itok=q1ZxiUjc 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"327b1753-e1e0-4aff-aab6-f774070d1569\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>December 10, 2018 &#8211; Washington, DC, United States &#8211; Protesters seen holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to advocate that Democrats support the Green New Deal.\u00a0(Michael Brochstein\/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, Ocasio-Cortez retweeted a claim from one of her advisers, law professor\u00a0Robert Hockett, that &#8220;the problems the Green New Deal addresses require solutions where bigger is better, imperative, and paraodixcally, more affordable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CASE FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AOC<\/a> adviser, Robert Hockett  lays out the argument for why a full economic mobilisation agaist climate change now would save the US money in the long run (and, you know, hopefully the planet too).<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RoLLMV6mIo\">https:\/\/t.co\/RoLLMV6mIo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rch371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rch371<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OOTT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OOTT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VzoxBvxj1B\">pic.twitter.com\/VzoxBvxj1B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Sheppard (@OilSheppard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OilSheppard\/status\/1092425215907414017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, analysts have shot down the idea &#8211; suggesting that Ocasio-Cortez is in over her head.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a daunting task, and I\u2019m not sure that the authors of the Green New Deal fully comprehend how much they\u2019ll need,&#8221; physicist Christopher Clack told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/417843-five-things-to-know-about-ocasio-cortezs-green-new-deal\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-05\/ocasio-cortez-formulates-green-new-deal-fix-climate-and-repair-historic-oppression\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-05\/ocasio-cortez-formulates-green-new-deal-fix-climate-and-repair-historic-oppression<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ocasio-Cortez Formulates &#8220;Green New Deal&#8221; 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