Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to hold climate summit in Iowa

[Uncle Joe]

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are slated to hold rallies and a summit in Iowa next week focused on climate change.

The two progressives will hold climate change rallies in Council Bluffs and Coralville next Friday and Saturday nights and a summit in Des Moines on Saturday afternoon, Sanders’s campaign announced.

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Both lawmakers have been vocal proponents of the Green New Deal, an expansive legislative package to tackle climate change. The issue has emerged as a chief policy focus for several of the 2020 Democratic contenders.

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"It wasn’t until I heard of a man by the name of Bernie Sanders that I began to question and assert and recognize my inherent value as a human being that deserves health care, housing, education and a living wage,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a rally with Sanders in the New York last month that was attended by more than 25,000 people.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/468640-sanders-ocasio-cortez-to-hold-climate-summit-in-iowa

[George II]

1. Congress takes breaks so Representatives and Senators can meet with their constituents.

[thewhollytoast]

2. ....and your point is?

[George II]

3. What is a Congresswoman from New York doing in Iowa?

[HerbChestnut]

5. Campaigning for the presidential candidate she endorsed.

Happens all the time, George.

[George II]

7. Not really, especially from first year (less than first year) members of Congress.

As I said, these recesses supposed to give members of Congress an opportunity to meet with their constituents to discuss their issues and concerns. They're being neglected.

She's not a candidate for President, Herb.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Alexandria's constituents in New York are every bit as affected by climate change

as the people in Iowa and the rest of the nation, indeed this is a global issue whether you believe it's real or not.

[George II]

12. Then she should be in her District discussing their concerns with them, don't you think?

[Uncle Joe]

13. Do you believe there are no televisions in New York, no newspapers, no Internet?

What are you afraid of George?

[George II]

15. Members of Congress don't discuss constituents' concerns and issues via television, newspapers....

...or internet. The 14th District is a VERY poor District, many don't have internet access so they can't even communicate via email.

What does "fear" have to do with serving one's constituents?

MY Congressman is in his district, meeting with us and holding regular office hours. That's how it's done. Where is YOUR member of Congress tonight?

[Uncle Joe]

18. If Alexandria is not your Congressperson, then why are you so concerned about it?

Who is your congressman?

[George II]

19. I grew up in Queens, now Grace Meng's District. I have friends and family in the 14th. Happy?

Who is YOUR Congressperson?

[Uncle Joe]

21. Do your friends and family have T.V.s and newspapers?

Jim Cooper

[George II]

23. What does that have to do with one's member of Congress? But since you ask, back in 2001....

....when the Twin Towers went down, MANY New Yorkers lost not only their television access (the NYC channels all had their transmission antennas on the North tower) but their telephone access too. Newspaper reporting and printing was dramatically limited, too. Television and newspapers do not substitute for face-to-face contact.

Next question.

PS, who is "Jim Cooper"?

[Uncle Joe]

25. How about radio or telegraph?

Congressman representing the fifth district in Tennessee.

[George II]

27. Telegraph????

[Uncle Joe]

28. Your're right George, this is the 21st century and the vast majority of the American People

can and do get their information regarding their congressperson's speeches from any number of modern communication devices, T.V. Internet, newspapers, radio even in poor districts.

For that matter people that are poor and live in highly populated districts as in the Bronx and Queens are more likely to work 2-3 jobs just to make ends meet, you know living paycheck to paycheck and so attending speeches in person can be more difficult, but that's how ludicrous your argument is.

[George II]

31. That's if they're not poor and speak English....

The 14th District is 49% Hispanic, and per capita income is only $27,000, way below the NYC average and even below the US average.

Very few have the resources to access the internet and many aren't fluent in English. Many of them don't have "modern communication devices". Campaign speeches in Iowa aren't normally broadcast in Spanish in NYC on any medium.

[Uncle Joe]

35. 21st Century George, actually this goes all the way back to the 20th century.

Telemundo (Spanish pronunciation: [teleˈmundo] (About this soundlisten); formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by Comcast through NBCUniversal. It is the second-largest provider of Spanish-language content nationally behind American competitor Univision, with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.

The channel broadcasts programs and original content aimed at Latin American audiences in the United States and worldwide, consisting of telenovelas, sports, reality television, news programming and films — either imported or Spanish-dubbed. In addition, Telemundo operates NBC Universo, a separate channel directed towards young Hispanic audiences;[1] Telemundo Digital Media, which distributes original programming content across mass media, the Telemundo and NBC Universo websites; Puerto Rico free-to-air station WKAQ-TV; and international distribution arm Telemundo Internacional.

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In 1984, the owners of WNJU (channel 47) in Linden, New Jersey (serving the New York City area) and KSTS (channel 48) in San Jose, California formed NetSpan, the second Spanish-language television network in the continental United States (behind the longer-established Spanish International Network, the forerunner to Univision). These stations joined KVEA (channel 52) in Los Angeles, run by its general manager and part-owner Joe Wallach, in 1985.[6] The following year, KVEA's part-owner, Reliance Group Holdings, acquired the Telemundo brand when it purchased John Blair & Co., which also owned WSCV (channel 51) in Fort Lauderdale–Miami-West Palm Beach in addition to WKAQ-TV. In late 1986, Reliance also purchased WNJU.

In 1987, Reliance Capital Group executives Saul Steinberg and Henry Silverman merged all these stations into the Telemundo Group.[7] The new corporation quickly went public, and in 1987, Reliance decided to rebrand NetSpan as Telemundo. Later that year, it purchased additional stations in San Francisco, Houston (KTMD, channel 47) and San Antonio (KVDA, channel 60).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemundo

https://www.yellowpages.com/bronx-ny/spanish-newspaper

https://www.yellowpages.com/queens-ny/spanish-newspaper

[redstateblues]

36. Jim Cooper is Nashville's Rep

[thewhollytoast]

6. Iowa is still in America right?

Maybe you should explain to the class just exactly why you hate AOC?

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[George II]

8. I passed my geography lessons in grammar school. Iowa isn't in the Bronx or Queens,

[George II]

16. That's their JOB!

[Cha]

33. You're the only one using that word, toast.

[NurseJackie]

39. It's a binary way of looking at the world...

It's a binary way of looking at the world when anything other than love and adoration is automatically viewed as being "hate".

[Cha]

40. Well said, Jackie..!

How binary of said toast.

[Uncle Joe]

4. There was no convenient restroom available.

[George II]

10. What does that mean?

[roody]

9. Iowa is the place to be!!

[George II]

32. Yes, if you're white. Iowa is more than 90% Caucasian.

[roody]

38. Des Moines is wonderfully diverse.

[TidalWave46]

17. Which one is the headliner? NT

[lapucelle]

20. "Summit"?

summit (n)

a conference of highest-level officials (such as heads of government)

[Uncle Joe]

22. Summit

Although originally meant to describe a meeting between the heads of state, summit can be used to describe any gathering of people who care deeply about the same topic. If, for example, you are the captain of your chess club, you might attend the upcoming Chess Club Summit, at which new rules of the tournament will be discussed. Moreover, while summit also means the very top of a mountain, summit can be used metaphorically to mean a variety of heights, such as the summit of a career, an industry, or any kind of major effort.



https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/summit

[George II]

24. Bazinga!

[lapucelle]

26. Did you know that even a chess club can hold a summit?

Although originally meant to describe a meeting between the heads of state, summit can be used to describe any gathering of people who care deeply about the same topic.

If, for example, you are the captain of your chess club, you might attend the upcoming Chess Club Summit, at which new rules of the tournament will be discussed

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Summit

1. a meeting of heads of governments

2. group meeting, meeting

3. a formally arranged gathering

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/summit

I wonder if the gathering of The Gathering was also a summit.

[vsrazdem]

29. I am sure there is more than 1 day in their congressional break, she can do both, thank you.

[Uncle Joe]

30. I agree vsrazdem

[George II]

34. But that's not the purpose of the break/recess.

[vsrazdem]

37. Well then I guess all the senators running should go home too and not campain, so Joe can have Iowa

all to himself.