Speaking in a coffee shop in Keokuk, Iowa, O'Rourke painted a dour picture of the future, but urged those around him to 'find a way to do this,' noting that 'literally the future of the world depends on us, right now.'
Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke said on Thursday that he has not"seen anything better" than the Green New Deal proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., to deal with climate change, an issue that he said could"at its worst, lead to extinction."
O'Rourke painted a dour picture of the future, but urged those around him to"find a way to do this," noting that"literally the future of the world depends on us, right now." A report produced by the American Action Forum, a right-leaning think tank, pegged its total cost at between $51 trillion and $93 trillion, though most of that cost comes from planks of the proposal that are not directly related to climate, including roughly $36 trillion included for universal health care.
Republicans have mocked the Green New Deal for its hefty price tag, and even senior Democrats have balked at the proposal. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., made headlines last month after a video went viral of her telling young supporters in her San Francisco office that"there's no way to pay for it."
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