{"id":1335,"date":"2023-02-16T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:09:59","slug":"watch-mtg-says-chicken-aoc-cant-defend-energy-policy-ideas-because-theyre-not-her-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1335","title":{"rendered":"Watch: MTG Says \u2018Chicken\u2019 AOC Can\u2019t Defend Energy Policy Ideas \u2018Because They\u2019re Not Her Own\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1336\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44.png 750w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-44-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appeared on Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity\u201d&nbsp;to discuss topics related to green energy. During the Tuesday evening&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-chicken-aoc-refusing-debate-green-new-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a>, Sean Hannity asked Greene to comment on the recent train derailment that released toxic chemicals and the impact of green energy policies on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene wasted no time faulting the Biden administration, particularly Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Republicans and conservative commentators have blasted the administration\u2019s handling of recent toxic chemical spills \u2014 charging that better chemical transport policies should have been in place and legacy media outlets did not properly report on the incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more serious criticisms pertain to the decision to execute a \u201ccontrolled burn\u201d of the chemicals, which sent plumes of toxic fumes into the air and across the Ohio River Basin.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene accused the administration of being \u201cmore interested in equity and inclusion\u201d than it is in addressing \u201cinfrastructure in our crumbling nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene went on to say that \u201cwe have real danger in our country. Pete was never qualified for the job. I believe we need to haul him in our committees and start questioning him over what\u2019s actually happening in his department.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause train derailment is happening every day, and now thousands of people, birds, and animals \u2014 they\u2019re all sick. We don\u2019t know the consequences of this horrible accident in East Palestine,\u201d Greene added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firebrand congresswoman from Georgia saved her harshest criticism for Ocasio-Cortez, charging her with promoting policies that negatively impact the economy, are ineffective and ultimately hurt the environment she claims she wants to save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Greene mentioned the \u201cthousands\u201d of animals killed by ocean and land\u00a0windmills,\u00a0Hannity noted that batteries used in electric automobiles and many solar energy products depend on minerals mined in quarries marked by inhumane working conditions and are wreaking havoc on the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hannity asked Greene if she had talked with Ocasio-Cortez about this, Greene replied that AOC was too \u201cchicken\u201d to debate her and unable to defend her energy and environmental ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI actually challenged AOC to debates multiple times,\u201d Greene said. \u201cAnd she has refused to debate me. I wanted to challenge her as a successful business owner and an American taxpayer on her ideas that will completely change the way our country functions \u2014 not only with energy but our entire economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene continued, \u201cBut AOC couldn\u2019t do it. You want to know why? She\u2019s chicken. She isn\u2019t brave enough to defend those ideas because they\u2019re not her own. They came out of a think tank, and she put her name on them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene also criticized the selective criticism coming from the left regarding energy and environmental policies. Referencing Omar, Greene said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have people like Ilhan Omar. She wants to crack down on corporate greed when it comes to rails and the privately owned sections of rails, but really what we need to do is make sure that our rails are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene added: \u201cDemocrats passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, and only $5 billion went towards rail safety. This is a failure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Washington Examiner\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/mtg-chicken-aoc-cant-defend-energy-policy-ideas\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>\u00a0that when Hannity asked Greene where most of the infrastructure bill\u2019s money had gone, Greene replied that it was funneled to \u201cGreen New Deal programs, including efforts to create electric vehicle batteries that rely on fossil fuels for production and \u2018make us dependent on countries like China.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/mtg-goes-off-on-chicken-aoc-over-energy-policy-ideas\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/mtg-goes-off-on-chicken-aoc-over-energy-policy-ideas\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appeared on Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity\u201d&nbsp;to discuss topics related to green energy. During the Tuesday evening&nbsp;interview, Sean Hannity asked Greene to comment on the recent train derailment that released toxic chemicals and the impact of green energy policies on the environment. Greene wasted no time faulting the Biden administration, particularly Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).\u00a0 Many Republicans and conservative commentators have blasted the administration\u2019s handling of recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1337,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}