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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., made a big splash Thursday after she rolled out the framework for a Green New Deal with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. The plan, which calls for massive government intervention in the economy to bring America to "net-zero emissions" in 10 years, was introduced as a nonbinding resolution to state the intent of Congress to pass Green New Deal policies in the future.
This is not just the fever dream of Ocasio-Cortez. This plan is going mainstream in the Democratic Party, with no fewer than five 2020 presidential candidates co-sponsoring the resolution.
We can't wait another second for bold, meaningful action on climate change. We can solve this crisis and prevent… https://t.co/kgzyWyfYIq— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (@Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand)1549565164.0
I’m proud to co-sponsor @AOC and @EdMarkey's Green New Deal. We must aggressively tackle climate change which poses… https://t.co/JCnEio1JYC— Kamala Harris (@Kamala Harris)1549563120.0
If we want to live in a world with clean air and water, we have to take real action to combat climate change now. I… https://t.co/Qa3iDU1Ec9— Elizabeth Warren (@Elizabeth Warren)1549555157.0
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are also co-sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution. Sanders has not officially declared his candidacy for president but is widely expected to do so.
Additionally, 60 Democrats in the House of Representatives are backing the Green New Deal, according to the Washington Post, and four more Democratic senators who are not running for president (yet) as well.
I took a look at the plan earlier and others have had a chance to read it too. The reviews are in: The Green New Deal, which all of these Democrats support, is NUTS.
.@ChrisCPandolfo read @AOC's Green New Deal resolution. There's lots of big government, not much freedom, and it wo… https://t.co/qgExfBA0pZ— Conservative Review (@Conservative Review)1549557904.0
Whoever wrote AOC's Green New Deal document is a full-scale idiot. There is no way to read that document as a ratio… https://t.co/bf6Xsnibod— Ben Shapiro (@Ben Shapiro)1549561032.0
One provision in Green New Deal: “Expanding high-speed rail to ‘a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary… https://t.co/3mTt7Qwyl0— Josh Kraushaar (@Josh Kraushaar)1549550974.0
Imagine having to get on a "high-speed rail" train from Los Angeles to New York City because your 5h20m flight got… https://t.co/HnKsjAH0cP— Jeff B., who on earth is this guy?? (@Jeff B., who on earth is this guy??)1549559217.0
"#GreenNewDeal calls for building out “highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary.” Good luck Hawaii!
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) February 7, 2019
"Ban Cars: #GreenNewDeal would like to replace every “combustion-engine vehicle” — trucks, airplanes, boats, and 99 percent of cars — within ten years...
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) February 7, 2019
The Green New Deal is really heavy on the specifics. https://t.co/HWybqIz9D9 https://t.co/0jozsYJdjO— Natalie Johnson (@Natalie Johnson)1549550532.0
This is an actual line in the Green New Deal. https://t.co/HWybqIz9D9 pic.twitter.com/ou5jsu3qpM
— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) February 7, 2019
HOW IS THIS DOCUMENT REAL. pic.twitter.com/ZUYu3cVQVB
— Natalie Johnson (@nataliejohnsonn) February 7, 2019
I also like the part about the deal guaranteeing "economic security" for people "unwilling to work" https://t.co/VHjSgLPrpI— David Rutz (@David Rutz)1549556179.0
And the plan to pay for it all?
The plan to pay for the #GreenNewDeal is, "we'll print more money." Unreal. https://t.co/MGLCYGFAy9— Chris Pandolfo (@Chris Pandolfo)1549567221.0
Five of the top Democratic 2020 contenders are backing the Green New Deal. If any of them win the DNC nomination, this radical plan to overturn the American economy becomes a plank in the Democratic Party platform.
This is the big idea on the Left heading in to the 2020 presidential election. The question is, what's the big idea on the Right?
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