Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took a shot at former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by calling his daughter, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, a liar as part of a back-and-forth Twitter battle between the two.
The fight started when Huckabee mocked Ocasio-Cortez for comparing the election of progressive lawmakers to the moon landing. “Moon landing was LUNAR, not LOONEY,” Huckabee tweeted.
“A Green New Deal will take a level of ambition + innovation on the scale of the moon landing.” Ocasio-Cortez fired back late Sunday. “We’ve been done it before, and can do it again. Leave the false statements to Sarah Huckabee. She’s much better at it. Also, you haven’t been a Governor of any state for 10+ years now.”
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A Green New Deal will take a level of ambition + innovation on the scale of the moon landing. We’ve been done it before, and can do it again.
Leave the false statements to Sarah Huckabee. She’s much better at it.
Also, you haven’t been a Governor of any state for 10+ years now. https://t.co/R7q5CkMw8Y
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 3, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal platform is based on the premise of “transitioning the United States to a carbon-free, 100-percent renewable energy system, and a fully modernized electrical grid by 2035.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who is set to become the country’s youngest ever congresswoman next year, has quickly gained a reputation for pushing back against trolls online. She recently received heat for mistakenly describing the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives as the “three chambers” of federal government.
