Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, on climate change: "People are dying and we are discussing here how to help oil companies"

Like almost everything the youngest member of Congress in the history of the United States, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez spoke again, on social networks and outside them, with a fervent speech on climate change.

"When we talk about concern for the environment as it's about a concern of the elites … This is not a theme of the elites. This is a quality of life problem. Do you want to tell people that their concern for the quality of life and their desire to purify the air and the water are elitist?"The Congressman begins at the March 26 session that debated his proposal known as the Green New Deal.

Legislator Sean Duffy had previously downplayed the initiative by saying: "This proposal suits if you are a rich New York or California progressive, it will look great if you can afford to build a house that does not emit waste and that consumes little energy. ;energy.".

In response, the Democratic parliamentarian explained: "Tell children who live in the South Bronx, who suffer from the highest childhood asthma rates in the country, tell Flint families, whose children are raising their lead and suffering from brain damage to the brain. rest of their life ".

The Bronx is one of New York's most modest neighborhoods, while Flint is a Michigan city in which many people get drunk with the pollution of the river. "Tell them to the elites, do you say that these children are trying to go to Davos by plane? People are dying! They die! ", he added.

"And here, are they more concerned with helping oil companies than helping their own families?" Fired the 29-year-old Congresswoman.

The video with his speech that was shared on Twitter by Brian Tyler Cohen had Thursday more than 14 million reproductions confirming that Ocasio Cortez is a viral phenomenon that remains a reality.

The Green New Deal of Ocasio-Cortez was rejected, with forty-three Democrats abstaining and three voting against. This Wednesday, March 27, Ocasio Cortez said on Twitter: "The Republican Party believes it's a joke, they chose to laugh and waste their time, we chose to lead." The rejection of the Green New Deal makes that the project does not wait to be prosperous, but, as indicated The washing station, Democrats will continue to present measures against climate change.

The Green New Deal calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% to 60% in 2030 and the complete elimination of global emissions by 2050. The name of the project evokes the New Deal with which the United States fought the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Since she's been elected to the Democratic primary, Ocasio-Cortez has become a protagonist of American politics. She is very active in social networks, including Twitter and Instagram, where she has her proposals, her daily life as a member of Congress and her views on American politics.