Democrats rolled out their disastrous “Green New Deal” and sent many, like the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel, into spasms of disbelief.
The columnist joined countless colleagues in mocking the radical legislation proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey which calls for 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.
A ‘Green New Deal’ touted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has some of the most aggressive climate goals ever put forward by Democratic lawmakers https://t.co/c9ZcdbNzKV pic.twitter.com/4LFAZrgV3l
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 8, 2019
Strassel, a member of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, admitted that after reviewing the details shared by Ocasio-Cortez Thursday, she “was laughing so hard I nearly cried.”
1) By the end of the Green New Deal resolution (and accompanying fact sheet) I was laughing so hard I nearly cried. If a bunch of GOPers plotted to forge a fake Democratic bill showing how bonkers the party is, they could not have done a better job. It is beautiful. #GreenNewDeal
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
Strassel continued her breakdown of the bill in a series of tweets that followed, assessing the plan that earned the support of nearly every Democratic 2020 presidential candidate including Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren while getting slammed on social media.
It also guarantees income for people UNWILLING to work.
Hard pass. pic.twitter.com/jD884zf91g
— Cavalry Doc ?? (@desertveteran) February 7, 2019
She contended that delivering the necessary equipment and facilities that the deal required for “renewable electricity” would account for more space than all of the entire state of California.
2) See Ron Bailey for look at sheer number of turbines, solar panels, facilities necessary just for the “renewable electricity” bit. Wud need 500k square km, bigger than California. Also note, govt will pay for these–not private sector. https://t.co/wQ0C6wonha
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
“I would love to understand this logic,” Strassel tweeted after laying out some of the plan’s ambitious proposals, such as electrical charging stations being placed “everywhere” and single-payer health care.
3) Also, AOC would put charging stations “everywhere,” upgrade or tear down “every building” in the country (homes and businesses), install high-speed rail across every state, upgrade all our infrastructure. (Maybe once Ds allow permitting reform? LOL. LOL. LOL.)
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
4)Somehow, government-run healthcare, “family sustainable” wages, paid leave, and “affordable” housing are also “required” for a clean economy. I would love to understand this logic. (And imagine what wages will need to be to pay for billion-dollar-per-kilowatt electricity)
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
Strassel noted, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that a “key part” found in the accompanying “fact sheet,” explained exactly why fossil fuels could not immediately be eliminated.
5) Key part though people is bit in fact sheet that explains why resolution is not immediately banning fossil fuels or demanding zero-emissions across economy. Because “we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.” Note “fully.”
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
6) Planes run on fossil fuel. No fossil fuel, no visits to granny. Cows produce methane, why alarmists want to get rid of livestock. She can’t do it “fully” in 10 years, but AOC is coming after ur air miles and bacon. This is honesty about how Ds wud micromanage private life.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
Strassel pointed out that the freshman New York lawmaker, and self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, “is coming after ur air miles and bacon.”
A Federalist editor just called the Green New Deal “immature,” said it’s something “a high-schooler would write,” and would “cost $25 bazillion dollars.” pic.twitter.com/oHfnHfljGA
— jordan (@JordanUhl) February 8, 2019
Like many of her journalistic colleagues, Strassel questioned how the socialist dream plan would be funded, sharing the legislation’s incredible solution: print more money.
7)And how to pay for mass trillions in cost? Don’t worry! Federal Reserve will just “extend credit” And “new public banks can be created to extend credit too.” Because, you know, like, money is just paper, and how hard can it be to make some more of the stuff, right? Right?
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez and her Democratic “Green New Deal” supporters are truly the gift that keeps on giving.
8) Ok. Back to laughing.
— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) February 7, 2019
Strassel’s incredulity was shared by many who endlessly trounced the impossible plan on Twitter.
The #GreenNewDeal is Beautiful
Credit @AOC for cramming this much
Climate Hysteria
Perverted Science
&#SocialJustice BSInto a nice short call for a totalitarian remake of every aspect of modern life
It’s gobsmackingly insane
& I thank her for ithttps://t.co/Zy9zydQbW6— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) February 7, 2019
And finally, #GreenNewDeal would eliminate your steak – “we can’t get zero emissions in 10 years ‘because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.’ The only way to get rid of farting cows is to get rid of beef.”
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) February 7, 2019
The Democrats must be trolling us with this “Green New Deal.” The proposals are so preposterous that it must be a coordinated effort to troll us on a scale never seen before. There’s simply no way this is real. If it is however, then our education system has completely collapsed.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) February 8, 2019
If we are killing all the cows because of the Green New Deal, I think it’s only fair to kill all the horses too. Horses fart just as much as cows. We shouldn’t be discriminating in favor of one animal’s flatulence.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 8, 2019
How ya like my #GreenNewDeal ride? pic.twitter.com/xRZLYGJ1tw
— Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) February 8, 2019
The “Green New Deal” is a massive taxpayer boondoggle and a socialist dream come true.
But it’s not just some fringe idea. Nearly every 2020 Democrat supports it.https://t.co/JU9XH5Mp8p
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) February 8, 2019
This was the best proposal in Green New Deal pic.twitter.com/CWk2jN8RRL
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) February 8, 2019
I’m not going to try to tweet storm my whole column tonight on the Green New Deal. Instead, I will address one question, and make one point.https://t.co/wzcluJ3pfh
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) February 8, 2019
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