Sen. Dianne Feinstein is under fire after video shows her arguing with children who visited her office in hopes of swaying her vote on climate change legislation.
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein is under fire after video shows her arguing with children who visited her office in hopes of swaying her vote on climate change legislation.
The children were with the Sunrise Movement, a climate advocacy organization, and approached Feinstein in hopes she would support the Green New Deal, an ambitious proposal from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that includes an overhaul of U. S. energy that seeks to stall the effects of climate change.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years. I know what I’m doing,” the California Democrat told a young girl at one point while debating with the group.
The children wrote a letter to Feinstein on a poster board decorated with hard-drawn animals and flowers, asking that she support the Green New Deal.
After one of the children asked that she vote yes on the proposal, Feinstein said, “OK, I’ll tell you what. We have our own Green New Deal,” a mention of a climate proposal she said she’s planning to introduce the Republican-controlled Senate.
She explained to the group, which along with young children included several teens and adults, that the Green New Deal legislation that was rolled out in the House didn’t have a chance of passing in the Republican-controlled Senate and told the group her bill was more moderate in hopes of attracting some support from conservatives.
