Republicans eager to vote against the Green New Deal

Politico:
Prominent Democrats have rushed to embrace the Green New Deal — and Republicans couldn't be happier about it.

As liberal groups pressure presidential candidates and lawmakers to back the ambitious climate proposal, Republicans hope their opponents may drift so far to the left that they will be more vulnerable in 2020. Since the election of President Donald Trump — who dismisses the link between carbon emissions and rising temperatures — Republicans have mostly steered clear of climate change, but in the Green New Deal they see a chance to pivot the argument back towards economics as growing majorities accept the underlying science.

“I would like them to push it as far as they can. I’d like to see it on the floor. I’d like to see them actually have to vote on it,” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a senior Appropriator, told POLITICO. “It’s crazy. It’s loony.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump's most vocal champions, echoed that sentiment. “Let’s vote on the Green New Deal!” Graham tweeted Friday. “Americans deserve to see what kind of solutions far-left Democrats are offering to deal with climate change."

Trump on Saturday sarcastically called the proposal "Brilliant!" in a tweet.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) formally introduced their Green New Deal vision on Thursday, with a nonbinding resolution that is just 14 pages long (compared to the more than 1,400 pages in the cap-and-trade bill that passed in 2009). This leaves myriad details to be worked out before Democrats would have actual legislation ready to bring to the House floor.
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Some Democrats have compared this proposal to fighting the Nazis, but the reality is that it would take the Nazis to impose such a control freak policy.  It is the Democrats own version of "National Socialism" which is what the Nazis called their policies.  They are going to use the power of the state to destroy a whole range of businesses and jobs while forcing people to pay for a crappy alternative energy project.

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