Yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had quite possibly her biggest faceplant yet when her precious Green New Deal died in the Senate. Despite the fact that not a single Democrat voted in favor of it, AOC has insisted that the Green New Deal’s failure is ultimately a victory for Democrats and proof that Republicans want your children to die.
Every. Single. Word. Of. This.
“Wanting clean air & water is not elitist. Our children are dying. They have brain damage. Go ahead, call them elitist. If we are not ascending to meet this national crisis then I don’t know what we are doing.” — @AOC pic.twitter.com/Nma90NDq6a
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) March 27, 2019
She’s right about one thing: She definitely doesn’t know what she’s doing. But where sane people see the unhinged rants and ravings of an excruciatingly stupid woman, NBC News sees “an impassioned defense”:
WATCH: Responding to Republican attacks, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez gives impassioned defense of the Green New Deal. pic.twitter.com/1PIQ7o5afG
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 27, 2019
Be still their hearts!
Who doesn’t want to wear the ribbon?
I am wearing the ribbon. He is wearing the ribbon. We are all wearing the ribbon! So why aren't you going to wear the ribbon!?
I guess we are just going to have to teach you to wear the ribbon!pic.twitter.com/iUtQZ00VAq
— Boomieleaks (@notwokieleaks) March 27, 2019
That was a defense? Mmm k. https://t.co/Jy7JcbNyU3
— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) March 27, 2019
Not just a defense, but according to CNN, it was also a “passionate rebuke”:
“People are dying!” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a passionate rebuke after a Republican congressman mocked the "Green New Deal" as nothing more than an elitist fantasy https://t.co/acdaQt16Ji pic.twitter.com/Kbfiw9Tnb2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 27, 2019
How much do you want to bet that they tweeted that with one hand? For real, this is some next-level spin. No serious journalist could look at that display and call it anything other than a one-woman circus.
Nowhere does she actually defend the Green New Deal.
Nowhere.
She doesn't defend ONE thing about it. https://t.co/XvY55B94OC
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 27, 2019
3-year-olds are equally impassioned about things. https://t.co/p5CPVGEDw8
— Lee Doren (@LDoren) March 27, 2019
Passion doesn't go very far if the plan won't work…
— Anthony (@Adyomag) March 27, 2019
Her passion does not override her ignorance.
— Mark Ardois (@MarkArdois521) March 27, 2019
Being very passionate is no substitute for cogency. https://t.co/sW3mklWUPS
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) March 27, 2019
Her plan has been out for over a month and she has yet to debate the specifics of her bill.
How is that even possible? https://t.co/YaWkZrPqps
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 27, 2019
It’s possible thanks to outlets like NBC News and CNN who are tripping all over themselves to glorify AOC despite the fact that she’s done absolutely nothing to earn anyone’s respect.
That was certainly impassioned, but it's not a defense of the Green New Deal. More of a bloviating screed against anybody who has any real questions, actually.
But it's great political theater, and that's what's really important. https://t.co/v5DsSGihHB
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) March 27, 2019
Exactly. AOC puts on a show and says a lot of words, but ultimately she’s an empty vessel. The media know that and deify her anyway.
Republicans "attack."
Democrat "impassioned defense."What media bias? https://t.co/DcKQXP0HOj
— Renna (@RennaW) March 27, 2019
The thing is, just as AOC’s own words will prove to be her downfall, the media’s brazen bias will be theirs.
The best part is that liberal media thinks this whining tantrum is actually a good look.
— RBe (@RBPundit) March 27, 2019
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