Don’t get me wrong. I’m all about a good meme, and I think it’s helpful for politicians to be plugged into certain aspects of pop culture, no matter how dumb they may be. Yes. This means they should know what a meme is. In the very least.
AOC is pretty good at relating to her base with pop culture references and whatnot, but I totally see this attempt as a fail.
1.) Climate change isn’t something we need to address, because it’s a natural phenomenon. No amount of veggie burgers will change that.
2.) Your “plan” involves spending loads and loads we don’t have. Which is the equivalent of this:
3.) Your meme game is weak, because you should’ve seen this coming:
#GreenNewDeal proponents’ plan to deal with the tens of trillions of dollars of costs to implement this absurdity. pic.twitter.com/I7cKm8e1aB
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 19, 2019
Bingo, Bongino.