By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 27 at 12:15 PM You are probably one of the millions of people who’ve seen the clip above. It’s from a House committee hearing on Tuesday, which is not the sort of thing that often lends itself to going viral. But it features freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — which is.
“I don’t think we should not focus on the rich, wealthy elites who will look at this and go, ‘I love it, because I’ve got big money in the bank; everyone should do this. We should all sign onto it,’ ” Duffy said. “But if you’re a poor family, just trying to make ends meet, it’s a horrible idea.” “I am very encouraged by the sudden concern on the other side of the aisle about climate change, and it makes me feel as though our efforts have been effective,” she began, “at the very least in distancing between the dangerous strategy of climate denial, which we know is costing us lives — at least 3,000 in Puerto Rico in Hurricane Maria.
Ocasio-Cortez is addressing two points at once: the effects of air and water pollution on poorer communities; and the effects of climate change on those same communities. Both are accurate, according to scientific research. Ocasio-Cortez also noted the flooding that has affected Iowa and Nebraska in recent weeks, flooding that bears the hallmarks of being related to the warming climate. Those floods have revealed another way in which poorer rural communities are affected by water pollution, as the Associated Press reported Wednesday: A million privately owned wells in the region are at risk of being tainted by polluted floodwaters.
Why? Disrupted access to public transportation. Disruptions to food systems. Lower ability to prepare for and deal with extreme heat or increased mosquito-borne diseases. Changes to agricultural and fishing patterns. Living in more risk-prone areas such as isolated rural regions or places with poor infrastructure.
Crazy woman AOC!
She's from a rich family and went to privileged school. She knows nothing
She lives in a city wth some of the priciest real estate in the world and many thousands of very wealthy people. Go to Diblasio and explain how he needs to implement a new city tax on assets with proceeds to be given to the poor without any reqt to earn it.
AOC will inherit God's kingdom because righteous people do.
What about this. Would the world be safer and would it help global warming?
the poor are always impacted more!!!!!!!
The reason the Democrats are in the minority is because they don’t speak in this tone of AOC enough. Democrats need to stop being complacent, Republican-light, corporate cowering pipsqueaks and be more in your face. This is what true populism looks like.
She’s queen of the dimwit politicians 😂😂😂
NewDeal0109 Huh This from Bezos' personal blog and deep state mouthpiece?
Hilarious. Bezos blog peddles green propaganda
Poverty is one thing.... but socialism is not the answer, and she is wrong on climate!
As expected Communist News Network push Communist. 'Liberal','Socialist'is Fake. She is genuine'Communist'. CommunistNewsNetwork FakeFirst FakeNewsMedia Democrats Communist EnemyOfThePeople
Does Alexandria buy her products from Fair Trade producers in underdeveloped countries or from slave labor in communist China?
Overthrow the rich man & you will not find a poor man…for the few rich are the cause of the many poor – Pelagius
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Who with good sense wouldn't be enraged by the fool known as Impotus?😡
MOAR FREE STUFF!!
The study AOC based her '12 years' speech on was retracted and Greenland glaciers are growing. GreenNewDeal is a lie.
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