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“The reason Republicans hate me so much is because I confront them directly on their lack of moral grounding on so many issues,” she said between sips of wine. “Not just that, but the reason they’re so upset and they act like that girl in The Exorcist that’s vomiting pea soup, that’s like them and negativity. The reason that they do that is because they need to fiercely protect a paradigm and way of thinking that says short-term gains are more important, no matter how marginal, than any long-term loss and any long-term cost,” she said.

Throughout the course of the live stream she went on to explain that history will not look back kindly on climate change deniers, likening them to people who opposed the civil rights movement. “Your grandchildren will not be able to hide the fact that you fought against acknowledging and taking bold actions on climate change,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“We have 12 years left to cut emissions by at least 50%, if not more, and for everyone who wants to make a joke about that, you may laugh but your grandkids will not,” she said.