AOC and Bernie Sanders Partner on Green New Deal

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied together in support of the Green New Deal, calling out Dems and the GOP for not doing enough.

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00:00We have never seen a planet like this.

00:04The United States must lead the world with a global approach which emphasizes the Green New Deal.

00:20For the first time in human history, we have reached atmospheric levels of carbon

00:28at 415 parts per million. This has never been seen in recorded human history.

00:36The last time our planet hit 415 was in the Pleistocene period. Oceans were 90 feet higher.

00:45Bacteria and diseases we have never seen before roamed the earth. Humans did not exist.

00:53Unlike the President of the United States, you know that climate change is not a hoax

01:03but is an existential threat to our country and the entire planet. And you are prepared

01:11to stand up and fight back. Thank you.

01:14So often, you know, when folks, particularly conservatives on both sides of the aisle, say

01:24when they say that calling for a Green New Deal is, quote, too much or too extreme or too radical.

01:39No middle ground is right. But I'm always curious when they say that, oh, it's too much.

01:43What do they actually mean by that? Is 100% clean and renewable energy too much?

01:51No.

01:52Is fighting for dignified jobs that pay people enough to live too much?

01:57No.

01:59Is proposing a solution on the scale of the climate crisis to solve it too much?

02:06No.

02:07Now, this is what a corrupt political system is about. In the last decade alone,

02:16the oil and gas industry has pumped more than $700 million worth of campaign contributions

02:26into federal, state, and local elections.

02:31During that same period, they spent more than $1.5 billion lobbying Washington.

02:41And this is what we are up against.

02:48And I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to

02:55come back today and say we need a middle of the road approach to save our lives.

02:59That is too much for me.

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