Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) warns Donald Trump: 'The last guy who underestimated me lost'
Responding to fresh criticism from President Donald Trump Tuesday evening that her Green New Deal climate change proposal was “ done by a young bartender,” Democrat Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez told Newsweek Wednesday that the “last guy who underestimated me lost.” Progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrartes with supporters at a victory party in the Bronx after upsetting incumbent Democratic Representative Joseph Crowly on June 26, 2018, in New York City.
In a Senate vote last week, which Democrats classified as political showboating by Republicans while the GOP said it gave Democrats the opportunity to express their support on the record, the Green New Deal failed to advance. In protest to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell putting the non-binding resolution up for a vote before having hearings or debates, Democrats voted"present" with Republicans voting against it. The final vote was 0-57.
When introducing new legislation aimed at forcing the U.S. to remain in the Paris climate accord, which Trump announced the country was withdrawing from in 2017, House Democrats failed to reference Ocasio-Cortez or her Green New Deal proposals, adding more skepticism to whether moving forward with any of the solutions outlined in the broad plan were being seriously considered by leadership.
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