Major Liberal Group Drops Support for AOC After She Attacks Them
by Calvin Custis
Another day, another example of the full-blown idiocy of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-Stalin (D-NY).
But this one’s going to cost her. It could even hurt many within the struggling Democratic Party at the same time.
Time to grab some popcorn and watch this dumpster fire as it unfolds!
From Conservative Tribune:
When Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first introduced the costly socialist power grab known as the Green New Deal — with a matching resolution in the Senate by Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey — it was widely criticized and mocked as absurd and unconstitutional by the right.
Even some on the left expressed misgivings about the proposal to fundamentally transform the entirety of the United States’ energy sector, economy and much of society in general, ostensibly to combat climate change but in reality to centralize more power and control with the federal government.
Now the Democrats who support the measure put forward by Ocasio-Cortez are facing an incredible predicament as a major force for fundraising and voter support on the left — organized labor unions, especially the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, or AFL-CIO — have come out firmly against the Green New Deal.
That will force some Democrats to choose between placating their typically moderate liberal union worker voters or appeasing the increasingly rabid and radical far-left base of the party that demands significant action on environmental concerns. …
The @AFLCIO, which represents 12.5 million workers & includes 55 labor unions, slams the #GreenNewDeal in a letter to @SenMarkey & @AOC:
“We will not accept proposals that could cause immediate harm to millions of our members and their families.”
I agree with the AFL-CIO. pic.twitter.com/pEVhr9Ricr
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) March 11, 2019
The Green New Deal “makes promises that are not achievable or realistic.”
Proud that @SenateGOP shares the same goal of investing in new technologies like carbon capture that will make a difference in reducing CO2. pic.twitter.com/fWswagoblc
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) March 11, 2019
Why did the AFL-CIO come out against the Green New Deal and AOC?
The labor union sent a letter addressed to Sen. Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez-Stalin.
Conservative Tribune adds:
It expressed how the labor unions simply couldn’t support the Green New Deal proposal that would “cause immediate harm to millions of our members and their families,” a message with which the Republican senator agreed.
The letter, dated March 8, began by noting that union workers weren’t consulted on the ideas put forward in the proposal, even as those workers stood most at risk of facing severe economic disruptions and potential job loss because of the proposed policies.
The unions agreed that some action was required to address the eventual impact of man-made climate change, and even expressed support for investment in new technologies to produce clean and carbon-free energy.
However, they seemed to balk at some of the proposals — such aiming to do away with the current national dependence on fossil fuels like oil and natural gas within 10 years — as being non-specific and threatening toward the survival of their jobs and various sectors of the industrial economy.
The AFL-CIO letter stated that the Green New Deal is “not rooted in an engineering-based approach and makes promises that are not achievable or realistic.” …
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