{"id":587294,"date":"2021-07-09T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587294"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:36:14","slug":"aoc-blames-climate-change-for-viral-video-of-woman-swimming-in-nyc-subway-sewage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-blames-climate-change-for-viral-video-of-woman-swimming-in-nyc-subway-sewage\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Blames \u2018Climate Change\u2019 For Viral Video Of Woman Swimming In NYC Subway Sewage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-blames-climate-change-for-viral-video-of-woman-swimming-in-nyc-subway-sewage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aoc-2-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that \u201cclimate change\u201d was the cause of recent flooding in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recently, a video of a woman climbing through a flooded New York City subway went viral on social media. The water had a dark brown color with various debris floating on its surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Commenting on the video, Ocasio-Cortez touted the importance of combating climate change.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Green New Deal, which is a blueprint to create millions of good jobs rebuilding infrastructure to stem climate change &amp; protect vulnerable communities, is unrealistic,\u201d she said sarcastically. \u201cInstead we will do the adult thing, which is take orders from fossil fuel execs &amp;make you swim to work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1413275086728146944\"><span>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1413275086728146944<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Ocasio-Cortez was not alone. In a comment retweeted by the lawmaker, activist group Public Citizen advised followers to \u201cremember like two weeks ago when conservatives tried to convince us that infrastructure had nothing to do with the climate crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Public_Citizen\/status\/1413280507610247170\"><span>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Public_Citizen\/status\/1413280507610247170<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York City Subway is run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority <span>\u2014 a public benefit corporation owned by New York state, not the federal government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Green New Deal \u2014 the signature legislative proposal of Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s career \u2014 has a price tag of $93 trillion. As the American Action Forum <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/warren-ocasio-cortezs-93-trillion-green-new-deal-does-not-go-far-enough\"><span>details<\/span><\/a><span>, the plan includes \u201ca 10-year transition to an exclusively low-carbon energy electricity grid\u201d and \u201cenough high-speed rail transit available that air travel becomes unnecessary\u201d \u2014 but also \u201cunion jobs with a family-sustaining wage,\u201d \u201cadequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security to all people of the United States,\u201d \u201cuniversal health care,\u201d \u201cguaranteed housing for every American,\u201d and \u201cfood security for every person in the United States.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The legislation would attempt to meet all of the power demand in the United States \u201cthrough clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources\u201d within the next decade.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, some of Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s more recent proposals for green energy have been even more ambitious. During a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee last week, the legislator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/energy-expert-debunks-aocs-suggestion-to-immediately-turn-off-puerto-ricos-coal-power\"><span>recommended<\/span><\/a><span> immediately closing down a Puerto Rican coal plant that produces 20% of the island\u2019s electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Center for Industrial Progress Founder and President Alex Epstein \u2014 who testified during the hearing \u2014 warned Ocasio-Cortez that rapidly pushing the island into green energy solutions \u201cwould make Puerto Rico into truly a consistently third-world country.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is a <\/span><i><span>truly <\/span><\/i><span>existential threat if you threaten the energy supply,\u201d he commented in a subsequent video response. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen that a little bit in California, even more in Texas this year where it\u2019s not a livable environment if the electricity isn\u2019t on \u2014 and people in Puerto Rico live with that on a daily basis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/walsh-i-raised-100k-to-fix-aocs-abuelas-home-the-money-was-rejected-heres-what-that-tells-us\"><span>Abuela<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d \u2014 Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s grandmother \u2014 lives in the Puerto Rican town of <\/span><span>Arecibo<\/span><span>. Whether Abuela\u2019s home is powered by coal remains unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that \u201cclimate change\u201d was the cause of recent flooding in New York City.Recently, a video of a woman climbing through a flooded New York City &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314375,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aoc-2-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"AOC Blames \u2018Climate Change\u2019 For Viral Video Of Woman Swimming In NYC Subway Sewage","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aoc-2-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"AOC Blames \u2018Climate Change\u2019 For Viral Video Of Woman Swimming In NYC Subway Sewage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}