John Kerry says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'offered more leadership in one day' on climate change than Trump ever has

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He was talking about her involvement with the Green New Deal.

During a hearing Tuesday about the security threat climate change poses to the United States and the need for leadership on the subject, former Secretary of State John Kerry said Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had already offered more leadership on climate than President Trump ever has.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and Senator Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs February 7. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The plan by Ocasio-Cortez has been criticized by her colleagues across the aisle and by Trump but few alternatives have been proposed as a replacement. “But in proposing what she has proposed, together with Senator [Ed] Markey, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has in fact offered more leadership in one day or in one week than President Trump has in his lifetime on this subject,” Kerry said.

Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal in early February. When the two announced the deal Ocasio-Cortez called it a “major watershed moment.”

 

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Trump, Putin and the Oil Companies hate the greene new deal. They want their money now even if they kill every person on earth.

Honestly, there is medication for your kind of disorders.

🤔 it never was one of his campaign goals or promises. So yeah, I'm sure there are a ton of other people who have proposed solutions only to get shot down

Kerry is a traitor...

DoYourJob

Smell dem cows farting?

The guy thinks coal is safe...

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