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Ocasio-Cortez deletes 'absolutely love to see it' tweet about oil price crash amid conservative [View all]
Ocasio-Cortez deletes ‘absolutely love to see it’ tweet about oil price crash amid conservative outrageShe didn’t actually love to see it.
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deleted a tweet Monday in which she proclaimed to “absolutely love to see" U.S. oil prices plummet to historic lows because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“You absolutely love to see it," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in the since-removed post amid news that the price for a barrel of U.S. crude oil had dropped to a previously unheard of -$36 per barrel. “This along with record low-interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.”
The progressive Queens-Bronx congresswoman’s snarky post sparked intense outrage from right-wing commentators.
“Leftist Congresswoman, BA economics degree holder, and former high school science prize winner AOC wants you to know she thinks the devastation of our oil industry and the impending loss of tens-of-thousands of jobs is something she ‘LOVES TO SEE,’” conservative talk radio show host Buck Sexton tweeted.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-aoc-deletes-tweet-oil-crash-20200420-helhhdwtujautnonglujcggbfq-story.html
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