28 March, 2019

“People are dying”: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolds Republican inaction on climate change

US Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has fired off at Republicans for discrediting her concerns on climate change, in the process adding another line to her expanding list of searing cut-through moments.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a rally in New York in January. 
Video of the two-minute long slamdown has been retweeted almost 77,000 times and viewed by more than 11.3 million people since it was posted Wednesday morning (AEDT).
The Republican-led Senate had earlier voted down the progressive rising star’s Green New Deal 0-57, with most Democrats voting “present” in protest.


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