Celebrity socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat down with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes tonight in NYC to talk up her Green New Deal.
Highlights. . .
First up, she totally threw a staffer under the bus for the failed rollout of the plan on day one with the “draft” talking points:
“I definitely had a staffer who had a very bad day at work and did release a working draft early, so I get that’s what they’re seizing on.” @AOC throws staff under the bus when asked about the atrocious #GreenNewDeal launch, FAQ, cow farts. pic.twitter.com/ceEYO3Ps0J
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 30, 2019
She really ratcheted up the alarmism, declaring that without her GND, the Bronx and the rest of the planet will have “no livable future for generations coming”:
.@AOC: "There will be no future for The Bronx, there will be no livable future for generations coming," without addressing climate change. pic.twitter.com/5LePoCG3GG
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 30, 2019
She tried to claim that this doesn’t mean “we change our entire structure of government”:
"The one thing we cannot deny is that climate change is a problem of economic failure…40 years and free market solutions have not changed our position. This doesn't mean we change our entire structure of government. What it means we need to do something." @AOC #AOCAllIn
— Julie Zeilinger (@juliezeilinger) March 30, 2019
But Chris Hayes wasn’t buying it and kept trying to get her to admit that what she want to do is socialism:
I need a transcript for this.
Chris Hayes is politely and repeatedly trying to point out that this Green New Deal is socialism.
AOC is not answering but reciting her talking points with some performance art.
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 30, 2019
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This is literally socialism when she says, “we’re” going to pick and choose which industries to grow:
"This is not just about what industries we're going to grow but how we're going to grow them," says @AOC. New energy jobs will be "dignified, unionized." #AOCAllIn
— Julie Zeilinger (@juliezeilinger) March 30, 2019
But she wants a serious conversation:
Time for a serious conversation.
We need technology.
Cow flatulence.
Innovate and change our cow grain.
Better agriculture.
These are our solutions.
(Applause)
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 30, 2019
Clap seals!
Happiest little seals!!! ??????!!! pic.twitter.com/cObRa7Ff3Y
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) March 30, 2019
She dodged on the coal industry, however:
.@AOC: "How about we start by fully funding the pensions of coal miners in West Virginia?"
For more tune in tonight for our #AOCAllIn special event at 8 pm E.T pic.twitter.com/NkijoZWOLv
— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 29, 2019
And she got lots of applause to comparing Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico to 9/11:
.@AOC: "Three thousand Americans died in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Where is our response?" #inners
For more tune in tonight at 8 pm ET. for our #AOCAllIn special event on the #GreenNewDeal pic.twitter.com/K1OrUErPfB
— All In w/Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 29, 2019
What wasn’t discussed, however, were subjects that actually might work:
No discussion of transit, density in MSNBC GND summit (strange bc AOC comes from dense district that needs better transit). Neither pro- or anti- people want to say that we can't do this with our debt-based, consumer-based, sprawl-based, car-based 20th-century lifestyles. https://t.co/ewphUX1w8v
— Nicole Gelinas ☂️???️?????? (@nicolegelinas) March 30, 2019
And watch out Dems . . . she’s coming for you next:
"This is not a partisan issue. There are Democrats who will get in the way from saving ourselves, too…if the electorate prioritizes it and overwhelmingly supports it then we create the political room to pass it." @AOC #AOCAllIn
— Julie Zeilinger (@juliezeilinger) March 30, 2019
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