Everyone is fawning all over Ocasio-Cortez in an MSNBC town hall tonight on her New Green Deal, but there’s a telling little lie she just told:
“I definitely had a staffer who had a very bad day at work and did release a working draft early, so I get that’s what they’re seizing on.” @AOC throws staff under the bus when asked about the atrocious #GreenNewDeal launch, FAQ, cow farts. pic.twitter.com/ceEYO3Ps0J
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) March 30, 2019
YES, she blames the insane FAQ screw-up on an anonymous staffer!! How brave of her to own up to her mistakes!! LOL!!
AND Chris Hayes actually kinda admitted her FAQ was “ridiculous and radical” – here’s what he said exactly, from my DVR:
You guys issued an FAQ, it had something things that people thought were ridiculous and radical, like anyone who was unable or unwilling to work would be guaranteed a job.
The FAQ was withdrawn and said it was preliminary, a draft, there was a lot of fight about that.
Like, do you think you guys rolled it out the right way?
She says they released a “working draft early,” but that’s TOTAL BS!! They released it, people laughed and mocked it, so they edited out the part about “cow farts.” NOW, if it was a mistake to roll it out, why didn’t they admit it then? They didn’t admit it, they left it up. Only LATER did they delete it and THEN whine that it was a draft document.
I’m calling BS on this entire excuse….
UPDATE:
Here’s the video of the exchange so you don’t have to take my word for it:
Rep. Ocaiso-Cortez blames the poor rollout of the Green New Deal on staff: What I will say is that I definitely have a staffer that had a very bad day at work and we did release a working draft early. So I get that's what they're seizing on.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) March 30, 2019
(h/t: @mattdizwhitlock) pic.twitter.com/aFOM8NHmCr