AOC is going to Appalachia to talk to coal miners

After Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered a blistering rebuttal to Rep Sean Duffy's [R-WI] charge that the Green New Deal and environmentalism were "elitist" concerns that ignored the needs of rural people, Congressional Coal Caucus member Rep. Andy Barr [R-KY] invited her to visit Appalachian coal-towns and "go underground" to talk to people in the mining industry.

AOC has taken Barr up on his invitation, saying "Its a complete injustice the cancer levels that a lot of these communities are confronting. We have to plan a future for all of our communities, no matter what. Failure to plan is planning to fail and I feel like weve been failing Appalachian communities for a very long time and its time to turn that ship around."

We have to plan a future for all of our communities, no matter what, she said. Failure to plan is planning to fail and I feel like weve been failing Appalachian communities for a very long time and its time to turn that ship around.

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