Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was roasted on Twitter this weekend after she blamed an unnamed staffer for releasing the “working draft” of the Green New Deal to the press and uploading it on her official website during a Friday appearance on MSNBC.
The New York Democrat threw an unnamed staffer under the bus for the calamitous rollout of her nonbinding environmental resolution, the Green New Deal, claiming the staffer “had a really bad day at work” when the initial FAQ document was sent to the press and posted on her website in February.
The widely-ridiculed original document included language on providing “economic security” to those “unwilling to work” and “fully get[ting] rid of farting cows and airplanes.” After days of being mocked and criticized online, the document was scrubbed from her website. – READ MORE