Despite passing with an incredible bipartisan landslide 89 Senate votes, far-left progressives Bernie Sanders and AOC railed against the USMCA deal that will replace NAFTA.
Their key complaint? No mention of “climate change.”
Bernie Sanders wrote:
250 pages. 37,500 words. Not a single damn mention of “climate change.” Trump’s NAFTA is a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry.
I voted NO because the future of our planet is more important than the short-term profits of Exxon Mobil and Chevron.
AOC then added:
Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is an enormous, multinational prize for climate deniers and the fossil fuel industry.
It’s a carbon emissions nightmare that locks the US in for YEARS & blocks whoever wins the presidency in 2020 from negotiating a better deal.
It’s a bad idea, folks.
Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is an enormous, multinational prize for climate deniers and the fossil fuel industry.
It’s a carbon emissions nightmare that locks the US in for YEARS & blocks whoever wins the presidency in 2020 from negotiating a better deal.
It’s a bad idea, folks. https://t.co/tL3gmh0pv3
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 17, 2020