Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — an outspoken proponent of the Green New Deal — tweeted footage of the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian and warned that it is exactly “what climate change looks like.”
Hurricane Dorian, formally a powerful Category 5 storm, battered the Bahamas for days, leaving at least seven dead along with a devastating path of destruction. Ocasio-Cortez attempted to use the natural disaster to push for climate change-related action.
“This is what climate change looks like,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote alongside a video showing the devastation in the Bahamas.
“It hits vulnerable communities first. I can already hear climate deniers screeching: ‘It’s always been like this! You’re dim,’ etc. No. This is about science & leadership. We either decarbonize&cut emissions, or we don’t & let people die,” she added: