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Sanders urges political revolution, Green New Deal support
By Matthew Daly | AP May 13 at 9:35 PM
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont called for a political revolution on Monday night as he and other speakers urged approval of the Green New Deal, a sweeping plan to address climate change.
Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, called for an end to all tax breaks and subsidies for the oil and gas industry as the first step.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal, said Republicans who denounce the Green New Deal as socialism ignore more than a century of tax breaks for the oil industry. Referring to wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources, Markey said, “Give us some of that socialism that the oil industry has been enjoying for 100 years.”
Organizers promise a nationwide campaign to make the 2020 election a referendum on the Green New Deal, with a “major demonstration” planned at a Democratic presidential debate in Detroit in July.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-urges-political-revolution-green-new-deal-support/2019/05/13/9b3ac7be-75e8-11e9-a7bf-c8a43b84ee31_story.html
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., walks onstage to address The Road to the Green New Deal Tour final event at Howard University in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2019. (Cliff Owen/Associated Press)
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