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Ocasio-Cortez hits back after Trump laughs off her Green Deal: failed ‘HS term paper’ at Texas rally
www.bizpacreview.com ^ | February 12, 2019 | Frieda Powers

Posted on 02/12/2019 8:33:55 AM PST by Red Badger

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could not handle President Donald Trump’s mockery of her controversial “Green New Deal” and ripped into him for his comments during a rally.

The New York Democrat fired back at the president after he ridiculed the proposal during a rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday where he called it a “massive government takeover that would destroy the incredible economic gains” made in the nation.

“It sounds like a high school term paper that got a low mark,” Trump said.

“I really don’t like their policy of taking away your car or taking away your airplane flights. Or ‘Let’s hop a train to California,’” he said. “You are not allowed to own cows anymore? There are a lot of problems.”

His remarks during his first “Make America Great Again Rally” of the year drew cheers from the thousands gathered at the El Paso County Coliseum on Monday, but apparently got under Ocasio-Cortez’s skin. The freshman lawmaker and self-proclaimed Democratic socialist lashed out at Trump on Twitter Monday night.

Ah yes, a man who can’t even read briefings written in full sentences is providing literary criticism of a House Resolution.

(“Reading the intelligence book is not Trump’s preferred ‘style of learning,’ according to a person with knowledge of the situation.” – @washingtonpost) https://t.co/O7daeYlXZO

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 12, 2019

She quoted a Washington Post article which stated, “Reading the intelligence book is not Trump’s preferred ‘style of learning,’ according to a person with knowledge of the situation.”

The president had already derided Democrats in a tweet encouraging them to move ahead with their “brilliant” proposal.

I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the so-called “Carbon Footprint” to permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military – even if no other country would do the same. Brilliant!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2019

Fox News’ Jedediah Bila “loved” Trump’s tweet, noting during “Fox & Friends” that the “Green New Deal” was “so removed from the rational and the practical” that all he could do was “to laugh at it.”

The radical legislation has come under fire for its impractical goals as it seeks net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, effectively eliminating all fossil fuel energy production as well as nuclear energy, basically rebuilding every building in America and making air travel unnecessary. The socialist dream plan, which tasks the government with providing for anyone who is “unable or unwilling to work,” would be funded by printing more money.

“They’re coming for your money, and they’re coming for your freedom,” Trump told rally-goers. “It’ll never happen. They won’t even come close folks.”


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To: Boogieman

That is what it is.......................


101 posted on 02/12/2019 11:05:10 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Neener-Neener-Neener!...............


102 posted on 02/12/2019 11:08:50 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: atc23

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/text


103 posted on 02/12/2019 11:18:48 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: frank ballenger; All

I haven’t determined yet if she is a Soviet style Socialist or a Scandinavian style Socialist which could make a difference.


104 posted on 02/12/2019 11:18:51 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: nikos1121

105 posted on 02/12/2019 11:20:20 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: gleeaikin

A Mark Levin comment was something about our current US being similar to the Scandinavian style (awkward partial coverage by Obamacare and welfare for only some and Section 8 halfway measures with no one really all the way taken care of).

So Soviet style, Scandinavian style or....
Maybe she is category 3: “dingbat”


106 posted on 02/12/2019 11:29:05 AM PST by frank ballenger ( the End vote fraud,noncitizens & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: Red Badger

107 posted on 02/12/2019 11:50:53 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Stop Medieval Diseases With A Medieval Wall: Illegal migration is leading to a wave of outbreaks!!!!)
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To: Red Badger

108 posted on 02/12/2019 11:57:00 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: Red Badger

109 posted on 02/12/2019 11:58:48 AM PST by mbarker12474
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To: Red Badger

He’s pushing their buttons. They respond like jack-asses in a box. Repeat until OAC wises up, in other words, until she’s back tending bar.


110 posted on 02/12/2019 12:12:29 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Red Badger

She would be wise not to get into a spit fight with the president. He can hurl spit through a fire hose.


111 posted on 02/12/2019 12:18:03 PM PST by lurk
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To: Red Badger

The GREEN NEW WALL

Fully fund The Wall with $50 billion,
build it completely in a year,
then Democrats and Cortez get ownership of EVERYTHING!

But only after we see a Rock & Concrete 30 foot high wall for 2000 miles.

Build it.

And you even get ownership of the Whole World! Sign here.


112 posted on 02/12/2019 1:33:16 PM PST by TheNext (Participation Award Winner = CoC)
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To: bigbob

I think the problem here is that 40% of Americans probably support Socialism. That’s why you see people like AOC representing us in Congress. And it’s quite possible that someone like AOC will become our President. Maybe in 10 years.


113 posted on 02/12/2019 1:55:19 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: vetvetdoug

AOC is the gift that keeps on giving. How someone like her even got to Congress is a mystery but considering her voting bloc I am not surprised. ................................. Aunt Maxine is getting old, they will need to replace her, so why not groom the bartender with the economics degree(??).


114 posted on 02/12/2019 2:05:51 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

Just wondering...

Is AOC as dumb as Barbara Boxer? they sound like Two of a kind.

Hopefully she will be voted out in 2020.


115 posted on 02/12/2019 3:00:07 PM PST by haircutter
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To: Red Badger

I would like to compare President Trumps IQ to hers, it would be like the sun versus a cigarette lighter.
Stupid arrogant little chihuahua.


116 posted on 02/12/2019 3:35:01 PM PST by TexasM1A
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To: Army Air Corps

“She sounds like a pre-teen girl...blended with a chipmunk.”

LOL. I actually like her in some ways (not her ideology or congressional voting potential), but that is a classic slam down.


117 posted on 02/12/2019 3:44:47 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Red Badger
The Left doesn't expect to pass their entire Green New Deal.

It is their Trojan horse of bad ideas introduced into the political arena.

They will push, push and push and get passed what they can.

Then they will push, push and push some more until they get some more of it passed.

Eventually, they hope to feed the entire sandwich to the American people without them realizing they've eaten the whole thing.

It is how the democRATS...er...I mean....the socialists/communists work.

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118 posted on 02/12/2019 4:20:50 PM PST by HotHunt (Reagan was good but TRUMP IS GREAT!)
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To: Red Badger

“It’ll never happen. They won’t even come close folks.”

ONLY if we stay vigilant ... the Dems absolutely NEVER give up and don’t care how long it takes; they stay on task, keep their agenda going for decades (i.e., “Obamacare”). Conservatives take a minor victory and go back to their lives, while the Ds just keep on truckin’.


119 posted on 02/12/2019 4:25:17 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: Red Badger
She quoted a Washington Post article which stated, “Reading the intelligence book is not Trump’s preferred ‘style of learning,’ according to a person with knowledge of the situation.”

Another post turtle quoting a fake news narrative. Hmmm. What is another word for unnamed sources? Mockingbird?
120 posted on 02/12/2019 4:39:13 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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