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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dings ‘predominantly white’ areas for hurricanes that killed minoritiesValerie RichardsonRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put a racial spin Wednesday on climate change and hurricanes, attributing emissions from “predominantly white†corporations and communities for juicing recent storms that cost “predominantly black and brown lives†in Louisiana and Puerto Rico.Even as House Republicans argued that cheap electricity from fossil fuels has helped lift more than a billion people out of poverty around the world, the New York Democrat asked a witness about whether “the Global South and communities of color†bear the brunt of climate “havoc.â€â€œ[T]he people that are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities, or corporations, they tend to be predominantly white, correct?†she asked at a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties.Read more at: https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dings-predominantly-white/
Calling her a moron is an understatement.