After Rep. Sean Duffy called the Green New Deal "elitist,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez offered an emphatic reality-check to Republicans opposing her climate change legislation. “This is not an elitist issue, this is a quality of life issue,” she said. Watch her full response above.
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