Posted on 03/27/2019 7:02:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a heated exchange with a GOP congressman from Wisconsin after he called the Green New Deal “elitist” during a committee hearing Monday.
Ocasio-Cortez invoked her experience as a waitress while mentioning the water in Flint, Michigan, and flooding in the Midwest after GOP Rep. Sean Duffy mocked her ambitious plan.
“People are dying. They are dying,” she exclaimed. “And the response across the other side of the aisle is to introduce an amendment five minutes before a hearing.”
During the Financial Services Committee hearing, Duffy introduced an amendment to a homelessness bill that would impose “green” standards on the measure.
Duffy introduced the amendment to vote against it — and spark debate about the legislation that Ocasio-Cortez has been championing.
“The Green New Deal is one that if you are a rich liberal from maybe New York or California, it sounds great because you can afford to retrofit your home or build a new home that has a zero emissions, that is energy-efficient, affordable and safe,” Duffy seethed during the hearing.
He added that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development did a study that found that to retrofit all their existing houses to meet the Green New Deal’s standards, it would cost up to $172 billion. see also Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans as 'climate delayers' after Green New Deal defeat
“It’s outrageous. It’s absolutely outrageous,” Duffy said.
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Yup, a few people have now figured out how to push her buttons and it’s all over until the final meltdown. In four years hopefully we’ll be saying “AOC who?” after her flameout.
Actually they last two cycles have indicated more voting for them.
He grew up in my little home town of Hayward, Wisconsin.
His dad was a classmate in High School. Graduating class of 114, as I recall, 1969.
Sean is one of the more sane congress critters.
Born in the Bronx, NYC, later lived in Westchester NY.
Exactly. And the SJW kiddies will be out looking for a new cynosure to occupy their short attention spans.
LOL. Too bad for them - that pesky 2nd Amendment!
People are dying?
She means, like, people who, like, cant afford to pay, like sky-high heating bills? So they, like, freeze to death?
Well then, the obvious solution is to, like, make them pay carbon taxes. And retrofit their houses. And ban fossil fuels AND wood-burning stoves.
That’s actually terrific news. AOC is the greatest gift to the country in suppressing the kiddies’ enthusiasm. And on the flip side, getting actual Americans riled up to vote against them.
You are correct.
She is simply, completely wrong.
She conflates all the emotional issues that have *nothing* to do with the New Green Deal with her pet project.
She was raised upper-middle class, went to private schools, and claims to have been poor. Right.
It has been a winning combination for her. Victimhood. It sells.
I notice they did not show the clip of Sean Duffy.
She still sounds like an extra from West Side Story.........................
She still sounds like an extra from West Side Story.........................
With Michael Moore playing the part of Tony.
0-57 - Let her take that to the bank/American populace and see what she gets.
:-)
Wlll he do the Sharks Vs Jets dance rumble?.................
These people have learned how to play this gal, and her ego is so big that she doesn’t see it.
To arrogant to see it, and to stupid not to just shut up.
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
They never wanted a vote on this crazy idea. They wanted to have endless debate to demagogue, accuse, attack, propagandize and spew their hate.
Didn’t Sandy (AOC) claim to have Sephardic roots?
With Michael Moore wobbling around on stage, something's going to rumble, that's for sure.
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