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In reply to the discussion: Nancy Pelosi just threw some serious shade at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal' [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)Pelosi is possibly not behind all of it. AOC has every right to fight for her agenda and Pelosi has every right to be a lil dismissive or think it's overreach or needs to be workable - I suspect they may not be on the same page on everything which is fine . Pelosi wants a carbon tax and is willing to look at nuclear, neither of which features in AOC's green "Dream" AFAIK ( willing to be corrected on this)
Pelosi is being the leader she is supposed to be, her primary goal is to get shit passed not just in the house but also the Senate, This is a huge bill. And it's not just about AOC, it's co-sponsored by Edward Markey and many others, but no one is talking about Pelosi throwing shade at Markey
AOC herself said:
""Nancy Pelosi is a leader on climate, has always been a leader on climate. And I will not allow this caucus to be divided up by silly notions for whatever narrative," Ocasio-Cortez said. "We are 100 percent in this together. We have different solutions, and different mechanisms. (But) this issue faces all of us and we are not going to get divided over it. Period.""