Biden responds to Ocasio-Cortez criticism: 'Tell her to check' my record

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) on Tuesday pushed back against criticism of his forthcoming climate plan by progressives who have characterized it as a "middle ground" approach to addressing global warming.

"You never heard me say middle of the road. I've never been middle of the road on the environment," Biden told reporters in New Hampshire. "Tell her to check the statement that I made and look at my record."

"I don't think she was talking about me," Biden added.

His office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about which statement of his he was referencing.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Biden's forthcoming climate plan last week and again at a Monday night rally in support of the Green New Deal.

"This is a dealbreaker. There is no 'middle ground' w/ climate denial & delay," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted last week.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-responds-to-ocasio-cortez-criticism-tell-her-to-check-my-record/ar-AABlQP0?li=BBnb7Kz

[Autumn]

1. She did Joe. And so are others. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Which others?

[Autumn]

19. Since he's the "front runner" for now everybody's looking at his record. If they aren't they

should be.

[AlexSFCA]

30. but he is not polling well against trump, the only metric that matters

everything else is noise and distraction.

[George II]

6. If she did she wouldn't have said what she said.

[Autumn]

23. Where did she ever say he said middle of the road? She said no 'middle ground' w/ climate

denial & delay. She was responding to the report Biden’s forthcoming climate plan is reportedly being pegged as a “middle ground” approach to addressing global warming.

Someone who knows of his great climate plan must have called it a “middle ground” approach to addressing global warming and that what she addressed. I wonder who would know what his plan entails that they could call it a middle ground approach?

"This is a dealbreaker. There is no 'middle ground' w/ climate denial & delay," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted last week.

She addressed that. Of course, no one heard him say middle of the road and AOC never said he did. Biden got that wrong in his response when he made it personal in his response

"You never heard me say middle of the road. I've never been middle of the road on the environment," Biden told reporters in New Hampshire.

Then later

"What's too much for me," she said, "is that Congress was first notified by NASA that climate change was going to threaten my life and everyone here's life to come, and they did nothing."

"If the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to have a 'middle of the road approach' to save our lives, that is too much for me," she added.

She's right, a middle of the road approach isn't going to work. That would be too little too late

[George II]

27. Word games. The fact is that Biden was all over the climate change issue.....

....decades ago, even before she was born. You can look it up.

So when is there going to be legislation (not merely a "resolution&quot introduced in the House? Next week? July? Or will we see it in the Autumn?

[Autumn]

37. Words have meaning. He misunderstood her words and took them as an attack on him which

it wasn't. Hopefully, legislation will be passed when we get a president who feels an urgency about climate change. That president should be willing to use any means necessary to get it done without depending on his friends across the aisle.

[George II]

39. Actually you should read EVERYTHING he said, including this:

"I don't think she was talking about me," Biden added.

[qazplm135]

31. ok so the GND fails to pass

now what?

If someone follows up with a "middle ground approach" that can pass, should Dems vote it down?

[Autumn]

38. Who says it has to be the GND? Middle ground is a waste of time. nt

[qazplm135]

41. ffs...it's a stand-in

please feel free to substitute whatever "not a middle ground" proposal you support or can think of...and then it fails.

Then, someone comes along with a "middle ground" proposal that has the votes.

Your Senator needs to vote yes or not on it...what do you want to have happen?

[DownriverDem]

8. You

are trying way too hard. Biden is the best candidate to beat trump and he's a real Democrat.

[Autumn]

17. No he's not the best to beat Trump, you might think he is but you offer no proof. It's just

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an opinion.

[George II]

24. All the head to head polls show Biden with the biggest margin over trump among all candidates.

That would lead one to correctly conclude that he's the best to beat trump.

[Autumn]

26. That will change. nt

[George II]

28. If it does (and if it goes the way you want) then it'll be a topic of discussion. For now....

....Biden is the best candidate to beat trump.

[George II]

40. Guess what? A few days ago Biden was 6% ahead of trump, Sanders only 4%....

...but you are correct! This came out today:

[murielm99]

3. How many times is this

going to be posted here?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Hit the trash thread key if you don't like it.

[DownriverDem]

12. How come

they support the same candidate?

[trueblue2007]

7. folks who dislike VP Biden will keep RE-POSTING this thread 3904867 times. Sigh.

[DownriverDem]

9. Notice

who they support?

[LongtimeAZDem]

13. Cut them some slack; it's gotta suck to see your favorite candidate tank in the polls

[trueblue2007]

15. yeah i do .... the other guy.

i don't like all the rancor. didn't like it in 2016 and hate it even more now. makes me depressed.

[yaesu]

5. interesting

[George II]

10. The bottom line is (and I've said this about other issues, too), do we want a so-called....

...."middle ground" approach that can get PASSED or stubbornly stick to an extreme approach that has no chance of ever getting passed?

To put it another way, do we want 50% or 60% or maybe even 70% of a "middle ground" approach or 0% of the extreme approach?

The extreme approach is, indeed, a "dealbreaker" - sticking to that will result in NO "deal".

[NurseJackie]

16. Her use of the word "dealbreaker" is clearly an 'all or nothing' philosophy that...

Her use of the word "dealbreaker" is clearly an 'all or nothing' philosophy that always results in failure to make progress. It's a very "Sarandonesque" way of approaching politics, and I think that's dangerous.



BTW: Fuck Susan Sarandon!

[mcar]

20. This one is a classic!

[RLG]

21. Make sure you have a meme for Viggo Mortensen and Oliver Stone.

They were also Jill Stein supporters.

[George II]

32. Where have I seen that before?

[NurseJackie]

33. Hay!

[Gothmog]

34. I really dislike Sarandon

[left-of-center2012]

11. Ocasio-Cortez favors cameras and microphones

What is she doing as a Congresswoman?
I haven't heard.

[NurseJackie]

18. Is her district office open yet?

[George II]

22. A good friend of mine in Jackson Heights tried to call it last week, still getting that recording...

...directing callers to her website. The problem is she doesn't have a computer.

It's more than four months now.

[NurseJackie]

25. Sharice Davids was elected at the same time...

... her district office is open.

[George II]

29. And had her office up and running on the day she was sworn in.....

In fact she has TWO District offices open. That's how to serve one's constituents.

[Gothmog]

35. I really like Sharice Davids

[NurseJackie]

36. I do to... I like the fact that she puts her constituents first (as she was elected to do.)

[samnsara]

14. well if trump wins it wont matter anyway