AOC mocks opponents of Green New Deal in NYC subway flooding tweet

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a dig at opponents of her Green New Deal climate proposal — sharing video of the severe flooding that left New Yorkers wading through waist-high water at subway stations across the city — claiming her policy would have avoided the disaster, but instead New Yorkers have to “swim to work.”

“The Green New Deal, which is a blueprint to create millions of good jobs rebuilding infrastructure to stem climate change & protect vulnerable communities, is unrealistic,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted in quotations, writing the post as a critic of her plan. “Instead we will do the adult thing, which is take orders from fossil fuel execs & make you swim to work.” Heavy rains caused floods at several Big Apple train stations Thursday — forcing some desperate New Yorkers to traverse through subterranean lakes just to get on with their commute.