The disaster in Texas is quite literally what happens when you don't pass a Green New Deal. Alexandria was recently asked what she made of Texas Republicans blaming her for the consequences of their decisions.
After last week's tragic infrastructure disaster in Texas left millions in the cold, the Texas Governor and Republicans decided to blame Alexandria, a New York Congresswoman, and the Green New Deal for their failure to prepare and protect Texans.
Except their argument had one ludicrous problem: They never passed a Green New Deal! Texas has long had a Republican-run government that's largely bought by and works for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry.
Texas leaders were warned 10 years ago that they needed to prepare and winterize their grid for a freeze, and were warned about the potential catastrophe for Texans if they didn't. They chose not to despite warnings, because making those investments would have cut into profits of their privatized energy system that's designed to maximize corporate profits over public good.
This is not just a result of corruption, but climate denial too: a mentality of "it can't happen here." But the climate crisis ensures that it CAN happen here. We are seeing floods, freezes, and fires where people previously thought it impossible. And leadership that doesn't prepare for it out of denial and the baggage that comes with cashing the fossil fuel industry's checks is dooming their communities to disaster.
The Green New Deal is a framework to confront our exploding climate crisis equitably by creating tens of millions of jobs, decarbonizing our economy, and investing in people and public infrastructure – all while making sure working class and frontline communities aren't left behind in tackling environmental injustice (like what we saw in Flint, Michigan).
A Green New Deal centers the creation of good, decent jobs, the public good, and environmental justice. What happened in Texas was the exact opposite: sacrificing public safety for private profits, denying climate change, and decisions that leave poor, rural, and communities of color to freeze.
– Team AOC
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