Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff admits the true goal of the Green New Deal

The chief of staff for firebrand freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) admitted what the true goal of the Green New Deal is, and it's not to defeat global warming.

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Saikat Chakrabarti made the startling admission in a conversation reported in the Washington Post.

"The interesting thing about the Green New Deal," Chakrabarti said, "is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all."

Chakrabarti was speaking with Sam Ricketts, the...