AOC - Secret Weapon of the 2020 GOP

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-socialist-that-could-11549583738

The Republican Party has a secret weapon for 2020. It’s especially effective because it’s stealthy: The Democrats seem oblivious to its power. And the GOP needn’t lift a finger for it to work. All Republicans have to do is sit back and watch 29-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . . . exist.

AOC, as she’s better known, today exists largely in front of the cameras. In a few months she’s gone from an unknown New York bartender to the democratic socialist darling of the left and its media hordes. Her megaphone is so loud that she rivals Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the face of the Democratic Party. Republicans don’t know whether to applaud or laugh. Most do both.

For them, what’s not to love? She’s set off a fratricidal war on the left, with her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, this week slamming the “radical conservatives” among the Democrats holding the party “hostage.” She’s made friends with Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, who has been accused of anti-Semitism. She’s called the American system of wealth creation “immoral” and believes government has a duty to provide “economic security” to people who are “unwilling to work.” As a representative of New York, she’s making California look sensible.

On Thursday Ms. Ocasio-Cortez unveiled her vaunted Green New Deal, complete with the details of how Democrats plan to reach climate nirvana in a mere 10 years. It came in the form of a resolution, sponsored in the Senate by Massachusetts’ Edward Markey, on which AOC is determined to force a full House vote. That means every Democrat in Washington will get to go on the record in favor of abolishing air travel, outlawing steaks, forcing all American homeowners to retrofit their houses, putting every miner, oil rigger, livestock rancher and gas-station attendant out of a job, and spending trillions and trillions more tax money. Oh, also for government-run health care, which is somehow a prerequisite for a clean economy.

It’s a GOP dream, especially because the media presented her plan with a straight face—as a legitimate proposal from a legitimate leader in the Democratic Party. Republicans are thrilled to treat it that way in the march to 2020, as their set-piece example of what Democrats would do to the economy and average Americans if given control. The Green New Deal encapsulates everything Americans fear from government, all in one bonkers resolution.

It is for starters, a massive plan for the government to take over and micromanage much the economy. Take the central plank, its diktat of producing 100% of U.S. electricity “through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources” by 2030. As Ron Bailey at Reason has noted, a 2015 plan from Stanford envisioning the goal called for the installation of 154,000 offshore wind turbines, 335,000 onshore wind turbines, 75 million residential photovoltaic (solar) systems, 2.75 million commercial solar systems, and 46,000 utility-scale solar facilities. AOC has been clear it will be government building all this, not the private sector.

And that might be the easy part. According to an accompanying fact sheet, the Green New Deal would also get rid of combustion engines, “build charging stations everywhere,” “upgrade or replace every building in U.S.,” do the same with all “infrastructure,” and crisscross the nation with “high-speed rail.”

Buried in the details, the Green New Deal also promises government control of the most fundamental aspects of private life. The fact sheet explains why the resolution doesn’t call for “banning fossil fuels” or for “zero” emissions across the entire economy—at least at first. It’s because “we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast” (emphasis mine).

This is an acknowledgment that planes don’t run on anything but fossil fuel. No jet fuel, no trips to see granny. It’s also an acknowledgment that livestock produce methane, which has led climate alarmists to engage in “meatless Mondays.” AOC may not prove able to eradicate “fully” every family Christmas or strip of bacon in a decade, but that’s the goal.

Finally, the resolution is Democratic math at its best. It leaves out a price tag, and is equally vague on what kind of taxes would be needed to cover the cost. But it would run to tens of trillions of dollars. The fact sheet asserts the cost shouldn’t worry anyone, since the Federal Reserve can just “extend credit” to these projects! And “new public banks can be created to extend credit,” too! And Americans will get lots of “shared prosperity” from their “investments.” À la Solyndra.

At least some Democrats seem to be aware of what a danger this is, which is why Ms. Pelosi threw some cold water on the Green New Deal this week. They should be scared. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is a freight train gaining speed by the day—and helping Republicans with every passing minute.

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Comments

SFGbob

You're only saying this because you're afraid of her. She is going to push all of the Rats way too far to the left, that's why they are going to end up with Sheriff Joe as their nominee. The Harris's and Bookers will be seen as too far left. And then once again the part of color will be led by an old white guy.

allpurpleallgold

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

HHusky

She seems to be the darling of the Left and Right wings.

pawz

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

Thank you for so fully woooooooshing the poont of the op-ed.

Go on, continue.

You should really be on the Tulsi Gabbard train. That is if you actually want any support across the aisle to garner a W.

2001400ex

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.

pawz

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.

Fuck right off.

RaceBannon

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

May the best woman win

Team Ivanka

Sledog

Comical. I love the openly commie Democrat party. Couldn't have a constitution and implement this hilarious Bullshit.

But already people on here lining up.

RaceBannon

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.

That's all it is. Reducing pollution

Target audience reached

allpurpleallgold

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

Thank you for so fully woooooooshing the poont of the op-ed.

Go on, continue.

You should really be on the Tulsi Gabbard train. That is if you actually want any support across the aisle to garner a W.

Bro, is this your first fucking rodeo?

I’m hearing Bernie isn’t electable. I’m hearing we’re dividing the party. Oh and Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party.

It’s bullshit but it’s a real attack.

A conservative, on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, who caused multiple people to quit because she was so pro Trump, has some advice for democrats. How thoughtful.

You were born at night and apparently it was last night.

GrundleStiltzkin

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

Thank you for so fully woooooooshing the poont of the op-ed.

Go on, continue.

You should really be on the Tulsi Gabbard train. That is if you actually want any support across the aisle to garner a W.

Bro, is this your first fucking rodeo?

I’m hearing Bernie isn’t electable. I’m hearing we’re dividing the party. Oh and Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party.

It’s bullshit but it’s a real attack.

A conservative, on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, who caused multiple people to quit because she was so pro Trump, has some advice for democrats. How thoughtful.

You were born at night and apparently it was last night.

Bernie was not electable nationally.

2001400ex

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

Thank you for so fully woooooooshing the poont of the op-ed.

Go on, continue.

You should really be on the Tulsi Gabbard train. That is if you actually want any support across the aisle to garner a W.

Bro, is this your first fucking rodeo?

I’m hearing Bernie isn’t electable. I’m hearing we’re dividing the party. Oh and Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party.

It’s bullshit but it’s a real attack.

A conservative, on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, who caused multiple people to quit because she was so pro Trump, has some advice for democrats. How thoughtful.

You were born at night and apparently it was last night.
Bernie was not electable nationally.

I heard Hillary stole the nomination from him.

HardlyClothed

Thanks for the column from younger, dumber, Peggy Noonan

TurdBomber

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.

My Ass. That's why they bitched so loudly about Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords that exempted China and India. Fuck Off.

TurdBomber

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.
Fuck right off.

Upvoted for "right." Direct. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Just fuck RIGHT off! Laffed bigly.

2001400ex

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.
My Ass. That's why they bitched so loudly about Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords that exempted China and India. Fuck Off.

I feel Democrats bitched when Obama when soft on India and China to begin with.

SFGbob

Reducing pollution. Those Democrats are evil!!! Definitely didn't work for LA. The smog was awesome.
My Ass. That's why they bitched so loudly about Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords that exempted China and India. Fuck Off.
I feel Democrats bitched when Obama when soft on India and China to begin with.

Really? I don't. Rats couldn't blow Obama harder when he signed onto the fraudulent Paris accords.

PurpleThrobber

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.
May the best woman win

Team Ivanka

Oh god oh god 2020.

allpurpleallgold

That is the signal that we’ve begun.

@RaceBannon good luck the rest of the way.

Thank you for so fully woooooooshing the poont of the op-ed.

Go on, continue.

You should really be on the Tulsi Gabbard train. That is if you actually want any support across the aisle to garner a W.

Bro, is this your first fucking rodeo?

I’m hearing Bernie isn’t electable. I’m hearing we’re dividing the party. Oh and Donald Trump is destroying the Republican Party.

It’s bullshit but it’s a real attack.

A conservative, on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, who caused multiple people to quit because she was so pro Trump, has some advice for democrats. How thoughtful.

You were born at night and apparently it was last night.
Bernie was not electable nationally.

Was and still is.

https://www.thenation.com/article/socialism-sotu-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/

Pitchfork51

Holy fuck. They are gonna lose to Donald fucking Trump TWICE.

Abolish the Democrats. Just restart with a new party. Jesus.