AOC Says Joe Manchin(D) Will Be A “Big Challenge” In Getting Green New Deal Passed Or Something

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not even get one Democrat to vote for the GND resolution when it came up for a vote in the Senate. Almost every single one voted “present”, with a few, like Joe Manchin, voting “nay.” She pitched a fit over the Senate voting on it, even forgetting that it was submitted by co-sponsor Ed Markey, thinking that it was only House legislation. And now

Ocasio-Cortez: Manchin Will Be ‘Huge Challenge’ to Passing Green New Deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) in an interview on Thursday said Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D., W.Va.) role as chairman on the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee will make passing the Green New Deal a “huge challenge.”

Ocasio-Cortez sat down for an interview on Thursday with the liberal “Pod Save America” podcast, where she claimed Manchin will be a roadblock to solving the climate crisis. Jon Favreau, who served as a speechwriter for former president Barack Obama and currently co-hosts the podcast, said solving the climate crisis with the Green New Deal “requires a mass mobilization like we haven’t seen since World War II and it requires it urgently.”

“It requires it at a time when our political system is in crisis because one of our parties has been radicalized,” Favreau said. “Where do we begin to make real progress on this when our best hope is Democratic president, 51 senators, no filibuster, and then you are still dealing with Joe Manchin?”

Sure thing, Sparky

“The reason it has to be so sweeping is because we need to give our entire economy, I think, a golden gate of retreat and decarbonization,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “The Green New Deal I think is in many parts is also an economic stimulus package for main street. We had no problem blinking or snapping our fingers and passing the stimulus package, which created a large of amount of political resentment as well because we bailed out Wall Street and did very little for main street. I think this is the answer for that.”

So, it’s not really about ‘climate change’? Huh.