SCHUMER SHUTDOWN SALE: 74% Off VIP Memberships!
Democrats Have No Clue What Normal People Want
Kash Patel Dog Walks MSNBC for Fake News About James Comey Indictment
Guilded Bubbles
China and Russia’s Information and Intellectual Thievery
Violence and the Left’s Five-Part Strategy
RICO the Violent Left
Weaponizing Ticks: Academics Propose Meat Allergy to Fight Climate Change
How Working Class Americans Can Be Rewarded for Paying Their Rent
Nation Stunned After Child's Killer Freed
WATCH: Michigan Law Enforcement Eradicates Church Attacker
Maryland Accountant Sentenced to 3 Years for $24M COVID Relief Fraud
Over 90,000 Investors Scammed in $200M Bitcoin Fraud
Gunfire Erupts in Broadview: Armed Woman Targets DHS Agents
No Workouts, Just Payouts: Fitness Company Was a PPP Front
Tipsheet

Ivanka Explains Why Americans Don't Want the Green New Deal

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Ivanka Trump is among those who are positively befuddled over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) economic policies, particularly her Green New Deal. Part of the environmental measure demands upgrades to every building in the country, reduced air travel, and "economic security to all those who are unable or unwilling to work." The first daughter reasoned that most Americans don't want that kind of handout - at least not the ones she's met.

Advertisement

“I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something," Trump said in an interview with Fox News host Steve Hilton this week. "I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last 4 years. People want to work for what they get. So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where’s there’s the potential for upward mobility.”

Lawmakers in Ocasio-Cortez's own party are questioning the motives of the New York freshman too. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) wondered how the strict limits on air travel will work for her constituents, who kind of rely on airplanes to get to those other 49 states.

Advertisement

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) admitted on "Morning Joe" that he tried to read the legislation and found himself asking, "what in the heck is this?"

And let us never forget House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charming nickname for the progressive measure.

"The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it right?"

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement