House GOP Strategy For Dealing W. Green New Deal: "Socialism! Socialism! Socialism! ISIS!!"
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During the House Natural Resources Committee, headed by Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), discussion focused on the current impacts of climate change and potential ways to fight it. It was the committee’s first hearing of the new Congress. Along with providing a forum to discuss climate impacts and potential solutions, though, the hearing gave Republican members who oppose climate action a platform to speak out against the Green New Deal.
Instead of referring to Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) chose to cite the U.S. Green Party’s version of a Green New Deal that the political party has been championing for more than a decade. While the proposal floated by Ocasio-Cortez resembles the Green Party’s concept of a Green New Deal in many ways, they are not carbon copies. The Green Party’s version, for instance, calls for reducing spending by the Defense Department, the top polluter in the world, and closing U.S. military bases around the world. The U.S. military is not addressed anywhere in Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal for a Green New Deal.
Referring to the Green Party’s version, Lamborn warned that the Defense Department “would have to close all overseas bases.” The Colorado Republican also said 1.4 million people, both military and civilian employees, would be laid off, even though that employee number is not listed in any Green New Deal proposal.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, suggested the closure of bases, as called for in the Green Party’s proposal from 10 years ago, “is going to make us indefensible.” “We will not be able to protect ourselves properly from the threat of Russia, China, and even ISIS,” Gohmert said.
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https://thinkprogress.org/opposition-talking-points-to-green-new-deal-climate-f930a85d1d81/
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