"I'm the boss" until you try

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., dismissed the detractors of her Green New Deal on Friday, telling any critic who has not yet offered her own bold environmental ideas: "Until you do it, I am the boss. "

The new congressman made the remarks at a "Girls Who Code" event in the Queens district of New York.

"As if I had just introduced the Green New Deal two weeks ago, and this is creating all this conversation, why? Because nobody has tried it yet, because no one has even tried it," he said. she told moderator Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girl Code.

"So, people are saying," Oh, it's unrealistic, oh, it's vague, oh, that does not solve this problem, "she added. "And I thought, you're trying, you're doing it because you're not, because you're not, so until you get it. do, I'm the boss. "What do you say about that?"

The comments were greeted with laughter and cheers.

The resolution was written by Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, a long-time climate advocate. It is non-binding, but it invites Congress to take the initiative to rid the nation of fossil fuels in the coming decades. economic changes.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Accelerates the adoption of the resolution by the Senate, allowing a vote as early as next week, with the goal of forcing Democrats and many of their candidates to the presidential election to register at the next meeting. week on a plane that attracted ridicule and divided the party.