Green New Deal: Republicans talk up climate change plan - but not because they like it

[DonViejo]

Ledyard King, USA TODAY Published 6:00 a.m. ET Feb. 17, 2019

WASHINGTON – Republicans are talking a lot about the Green New Deal after its rollout on Capitol Hill earlier this month by liberal Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

It's not because the GOP supports the transformation of the electric grid away from fossil fuels to renewable energy called for in the progressive Democratic plan to combat climate change. Or because Republicans agree with the approach the plan lays out for boosting Americans' economic security and giving people access to affordable health care.

Just the opposite.

GOP officials think the road map offered by Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and longtime environmental advocate Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., will help them hammer their criticisms of Democratic economic policies they contend would move the country toward socialism.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., convinced the plan is a loser for Democrats, announced Tuesday he's planning to bring up the measure for a Senate vote "to give everybody an opportunity to go on record to see how they feel about the Green New Deal."

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/17/green-new-deal-gop-opposes-climate-plan/2860047002/

[littlemissmartypants]

1. One of these days Moscow Mitchell's

Shenanigans are going to bite him in the butt in the biggest and best way possible and I can hardly wait.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Moscow Mitch votes for trillions for socialism!

Moscow Mitch has spent his overly long Senate career voting to spend taxpayer dollars on socialism.