Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders made the case for radical action to combat climate change at a rally in Washington on Monday night
Six months after their headline-grabbing sit-in at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Capitol Hill office, Sunrise leaders hosted two of the Democratic left's most influential lawmakers -- and shot off a series of warnings to former Vice President Joe Biden and other moderate party leaders. Ocasio-Cortez, who joined the young protesters back in November and later introduced the Green New Deal resolution with Massachusetts Sen.
Zichal and Biden's campaign have pushed back, saying that"Reuters got it wrong," with Zichal tweeting:"I expect as president @JoeBiden would enact a bold policy to tackle climate change in a meaningful and lasting way." The activists in the auditorium, though, had seized on the comment -- and held it up as evidence against any moderate criticism of the Green New Deal.
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