By Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/author/Chris+White/
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he does not support the Green New Deal during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, though his website calls the costly proposal a “crucial framework” for solving climate change.
The Democratic presidential nominee said that he has his own plan for taking climate change, placing some distance between himself and the Green New Deal, which was put forward in 2019 by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
Biden’s website calls Green New Deal critical to understanding how the former vice president intends to approach climate change.
“I don’t support the Green New Deal,” Biden responded after Fox News host Chris Wallace asked him about the Green New Deal. “I support the Biden plan I put forward.”
The Green New Deal resolution called for “10-year national mobilizations” toward addressing climate change. A fact sheet published alongside the proposal in 2019 said the plan would “mobilize every aspect of American society on a scale not seen since World War 2.” The plan also calls for achieving “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years and expanding welfare programs.
Trump interjected after Biden declined to support the full Green New Deal, calling the former vice president’s comment “a big statement” that could cost him the support of “the radical left.”
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