GOP Looks to Turn Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal on Democrats
- Embrace of Ocasio-Cortez’s climate resolution called cynical
- McConnell says he’ll bring Democratic plan to a Senate vote
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President Donald Trump calls it “brilliant.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promises to bring it up for a vote. And House Republicans want Speaker Nancy Pelosi to send it to the floor.
Republicans are embracing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sweeping plan known as the Green New Deal to avert climate change, but not because they like it. They think they can use it to cast Democrats as extreme, take back seats in Congress and possibly keep the White House in 2020.