Posted on 06/27/2018 10:10:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs stunning primary victory over powerful U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in the working-class New York district stretching from the Bronx to Queens is likely to propel her avowedly left-wing platform into the Democratic mainstream as the 2018 midterm elections heat up.
But her detailed proposals to deal with climate change could prove among the most influential at a time when the Democrats have failed to rally around any policy that could feasibly reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically enough to make a difference.
Ocasio-Cortez outlined plans to transition the United States to a 100 percent renewable energy system by 2035. Its a goal hailed by environmentalists as the last best hope of staving off the most catastrophic effects of human-caused planetary warming.
The Green New Deal we are proposing will be similar in scale to the mobilization efforts seen in World War II or the Marshall Plan, she told HuffPost by email last week. We must again invest in the development, manufacturing, deployment, and distribution of energy, but this time green energy.
The 28-year-old has a degree in economics and seems likely to defeat Republican Anthony Pappas in November in the overwhelmingly Democratic district.
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Says the 28 yo former bartender. When people like this become one of the 425 “leaders” of the country regarding legislation, it is time to really consider outlawing the dem/commie party. This is also the result of letting all this crap into the country. We are being invaded and rather than carrying rifles, they are carrying the ability to vote.
We are actually seeing the Democratic Party slowly dissolving before our eyes, as identity politics and socialism replace the old center-left coalition.
If her version of the Democratic Party ever holds power, God save the United States.
Nazi P didn't have to. Joey C was a victim of the demographic shift that has been building in the Queens part of his district - thanks to the DNC. He sat on his fat ass in VA and believed the polls.
It's getting close to her vision in New York.
Look into the backgrounds of the Democrats in congress. Most of them have very little experience prior to election. My 2 senators: one was a college professor and the other was an ice cream truck driver.
RE: It’s getting close to her vision in New York.
Actually I was told that only 10% of eligible primary voters went to the polls yesterday.
It was like the first and second term victories of Mayor Bill De Blasio. He won 70% of the only 22% of eligible New Yorkers who bothered to vote both times.
If there’s anything that will kill this country, it is voter apathy.
Is anyone running on the Republican ticket in that district? If not, she won?
I've seen her described as a bartender. Has anyone seen more detailed bio information? Education, etc.?
a 28 year old girl, if she dares to debate the issue, will be CRUSHED by a knowledgeable conservative.
She will lose the debate bigly, even if she wins her Demon Rat district.
She has plans? I think she has to win a general election first. Even in this ultra-liberal district, the GOP challenger got a big boost by this latina d’stupida pulling off the upset.
I used to live in the Queens part this district. I'd really like to know how they come up with that number. The demographics in my neighborhood changed drastically in the past 20 years. I wonder if the voter rolls were purged during the exodus of Americans from Woodside and Astoria.
We can get to 100% renewable energy by converting Unicorn crap into energy
No go - Skittles are carbon based
Not just a commie, she's also an uber virtue-signaling snowflake.
And she has a degree in economics. She will usher in a revolutionary economic theory that will bring us the best of Caribbean socialism into one workable and universal plan.
Easier in New York where you don’t have voter Id. She’s from the PR. Wait until the El Savadorians or Mexicans want her place. Tribalism always devolves.
I wonder if Bernie will be crowing about his protege? I bet he advisers her to hold out for the graft until after the election, like he did with his million dollar lake house as his consolation prize, for letting them rig the primaries.
Make America Puerto Rico Again!
——outlined plans to transition the United States to a 100 percent renewable energy system by 2035.——
That’s pipe dream, pie in the sky nonsense, unattainable...
But, hey...it sure sounds good...
I wonder if these morons undertand the of energy it takes to run the country...
I could lose some weight that way. haha
A 28 year old chick. lol
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