Climate Change, the Green New Deal and ‘socialism’

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U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) hold a news conference for their proposed "Green New Deal" to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Universal health care, a national minimum wage and increased business taxes: all part of the Green New Deal. That has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some presidential candidates treading carefully. Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal be the Democrats’ version of “Build the Wall”--creating an opportunity for Republican backlash?

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Guests:

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Andrea Brody