Yes, I recall history books stating Teddy Roosevelt got the movement going forward. Don’t let the facts confuse Ocassio and her fans, though.
Yellowstone was the first national park created by Theodore Roosevelt after a hunting trip. He wanted the grizzly bear to be the insignia for the United States not the bald eagle. (Ben Franklin wanted the Turkey). Theodore was a Republican.
This girl, like so many other of her generation and believing in socialism, is just plan stupid and lazy.
And his action in usurping the land for the government was totally unconstitutional. Check it out.