AOC Slams GOP for Green New Deal ‘Lies’ During VP Debate, Says it Will Be a Massive Job Creator

© Alex Wong/Getty During the Vice Presidential debate, U.S. New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Republican Vice President Mike Pence’s characterization of her Green New Deal as a “job killer.”

During the vice-presidential debate, Republican Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly referred to the Green New Deal (GND) as a centerpiece of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s platform and claimed that it would kill American jobs.

However, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on Twitter during the debate: “The Green New Deal is and has been lied about nonstop, and yet is STILL popular. It’s a massive job-creation and infrastructure plan to decarbonize & increase quality of work and life. It’s okay to call the GOP out on those lies just as we call them out on all their other lies.”

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The GND is a proposed package of laws focused on virtually eliminating U.S. greenhouse gas pollution within a decade, while also creating new jobs. Biden’s campaign website states that the candidate believes the Green New Deal is “a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face.”

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