Liberal Donor Group Wants Next President To Pass Green New Deal

The embrace of the Green New Deal by the influential donor group comes as the radical policy proposal divides Democrats.

Just days after last November’s election, freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) staged a sit-in outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office to demand action on climate.

But Pelosi, who has headlined Democracy Alliance events alongside billionaire member George Soros, has consistently written off the Green New Deal—as it was unveiled she referred to it as the “green dream or whatever they call it.”

Democracy Alliance reveals in the document that it is reevaluating its spending strategy after looking at its failures over the past decade.

“Our country is enduring an almost unthinkable crisis of democracy that has at the same time brought out the best—in the mobilization of millions and the creation of significant new organizations borne of resistance—and caused us to look harder at our existing strategies, organizations, and movements,” it writes. “To alter the current imbalance of power and influence, we must marshal strategic and financial resources with a sense of urgency.”

The group plans to increase its influence over politics through a massive $275 million spending plan targeted at individual states that was also unveiled at the Texas conference.

It also is asking its powerful members to marshal resources beyond money such as “convening power, influence, and relationships” to help advance the group’s goal of building a permanent “progressive America.”

Among the other stated goals in the document are putting resources toward “a robust pipeline of federal judges” to be selected by a future Democratic president and a “well-resourced strategy for blocking right-wing judges.”

The group of wealthy donors also wants “a reduction of the role of big money in politics,” it says in the document.

Democracy Alliance indicates in the document that its decision to clearly articulate its policy goals is aimed at increasing spending and engagement to ensure an “enduring progressive future.”

“We hope that our approach will inspire increased funding among Democracy Alliance partners,” it says. “We will also need to become more active ambassadors, sharing our vision with other state and national donors, and building a solid base of support for an enduring progressive future that has a larger and even more passionate and committed Democracy Alliance at its core, but that has influence and impact well beyond our ranks.”

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