On Friday, burger-friendly frequent flier AOC released nifty new posters trumpeting her cowfart-fighting, no-planes-flying Green New Deal, and the internet’s responded.
The posters, some say, look like Soviet propaganda.
Alexandria introduced the new one-sheets with a couple of “thrilled” tweets:
These posters push us to imagine our future with a Green New Deal in two of our beloved NY-14 parks: Pelham Bay & Flushing Meadows.
All our #GND posters are made in the US, union-printed & will be available for purchase soon, but available at organizing events now.
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— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 30, 2019
Our #GreenNewDeal posters are inspired by the original New Deal, updated for our future.
During the New Deal, FDR launched Federal One, a US project that employed 5,300 artists that created & taught art to envision America’s future.
Left, #TeamAOC; right, original US New Deal pic.twitter.com/l3PZzlEhzw
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 30, 2019
But not all were thrilled, and that group included Fox News host Laura Ingraham:
Another #GreenNewDeal Art Series finalist! Congrats and thank you to @aoc for your tireless efforts on behalf of the planet! https://t.co/R8sjl04glH pic.twitter.com/eYTYzXYkG7
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) August 30, 2019
Hey, why would a twenty-something in contemporary society believe they had the answer to all of America’s problems?
Aw, that’s just a distraction. Back to the posters:
Why does this seem like something the Soviet Union would post throughout the Red Square? https://t.co/buxyph4kSV
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 30, 2019
Buzzfeed’s Miriam Elder got in on the action?
I’m not saying the Green New Deal poster that AOC just tweeted reminds me of the WWII statue in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) but here we are pic.twitter.com/FjB14jmzXz
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) August 30, 2019
As did Tom Rogan of The Washington Examiner:
These posters have a weirdly Soviet/Maoist/NoKo quality to them. https://t.co/3ytSSvzEWM
— Tom Rogan (@TomRtweets) August 30, 2019
And don’t forget The Daily Wire’s Harry Khachatrian:
.@AOC shares Soviet Union inspired propaganda posters to promote her “Green New Deal” https://t.co/fFOZPP9ycB pic.twitter.com/FWGHs95m1O
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) August 30, 2019
Too bad the artwork couldn’t make the ideas therein any more coherent. Hence, this already happened:
I doubt the White House is too concerned about the GND’s renaissance. As noted by The Daily Caller, Trump’s pretty much made his position clear:
Trump praises @AOC Green New Deal: "Done by a young bartender, 29 years old, wonderful woman.”
Mocks establishment Democrats for being “petrified” by her and supporting it
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 3, 2019
“The Green New Deal, started by a 29 year old bartender…If they beat me with the Green New Deal, I deserve to lose.” – Trump on @AOC
— Keith Urbahn (@keithurbahn) April 3, 2019
“If they beat me with the Green New Deal, I deserve to lose.” @realDonaldTrump just now.
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) April 3, 2019
-ALEX
See 3 more pieces from me:
Cow Farts: 1, AOC: 0. Mitch McConnell & The GOP Senate Mercilessly Crush Alexandria’s Green New Deal
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Backpedaling Doesn’t Reverse Its Stupidity
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Literally Outlines Her Fight Against Cow Farts — No Bullsh**
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