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3 months agoAs always, reality is more complicated. She voted against the bill. The amendment was worthless anyway.
In a post on X Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez defended her vote against the amendment, writing that Greene’s amendment “does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza,” which she suggested she would oppose.
“I have long stated that I do not believe that adding to the death count of innocent victims to this war is constructive to its end. That is a simple and clear difference of opinion that has long been established,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez. “I remain focused on cutting the flow of US munitions that are being used to perpetuate the genocide in Gaza.”
I don’t like cancelling wind projects but there are some incorrect assumptions when you just read this headline.
The company paid $800M for a lease on federal waters to build the wind turbine. This is more akin to a refund than “pay them not to do this”. That, and the money will instead be used to build natural gas power, which is stupid for reasons mentioned in the article.