Biden blows off the Green New Deal when challenged on his previous support for it

 Bryan Preston:


Tuesday night’s debate was a noise-fest, with lots of interruptions and a moderator who at times lost control. But the debate did manage to pull out two very damaging moments from the Democratic Party nominee.

 One concerns the Green New Deal. That far-left proposal to remake the U.S. economy in socialism’s image has animated AOC and her radical followers for more than a year now. It’s such a popular proposal that it received zero votes when it was up for one in Congress.

During the debate, Biden was asked directly about it and he claimed he does not support it.

This would be news to Joe Biden and whoever wrote his website. Back in June, Biden had this to say about the GND:

Not only did he support it, it was a defining issue for him. His official campaign website has this to say on the GND:

Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face. It powerfully captures two basic truths, which are at the core of his plan: (1) the United States urgently needs to embrace greater ambition on an epic scale to meet the scope of this challenge, and (2) our environment and our economy are completely and totally connected.

How does one go about not supporting something that is “crucial”?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose office first proposed the Green New Deal complete with its attacks on airline travel and cow farts, offered a muted reaction to the debate-night rejection, but this will leave a mark on the left and with those who are skeptical of Biden’s ability to fend them off if he’s elected president. Biden needs his left flank, but he gave them a reason not to turn out for him. He also gave undecided voters reason to doubt that he means what he says.

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I suspect that he may have been just being oppositional to whatever Trump said and did not want to have to take the time to remember his defense of the Green New Deal.   He was probably already overloaded with things to remember and this was not among them.

Biden also admitted that he had never called any of the mayors of the blue cities to encourage them to stop the violence.  I think this could be an issue Trump can exploit that demonstrates a lack of leadership by Biden.

One of the tells that Trump won is all the Democrats telling Biden to blow off the next two debates.

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