Kerry, a former Democratic senator who served as a cabinet member in the Obama administration, praised Ocasio-Cortez while appearing before the House Oversight Committee to testify about climate change and national security. He was asked by Republican Rep. James Comer about funding for the Green New Deal, a climate change proposal brought forward by Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. Do you have a plan to deal with climate change?" Kerry argued that Ocasio-Cortez's proposal helped get people "talking about" climate change and questioned why Republicans weren't more concerned with the issue before now. From her ‘Green New Deal’ proposal to combat climate change to her clapbacks against Trump and her critics, here’s how AOC danced her way into the spotlight.

Source: Libya Today April 09, 2019 21:26 UTC