Biden rejoined the 197-nation deal in an executive order on his first day in office.
Senator Ted Cruz (R Texas) on Wednesday criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, accusing the Democrat of being “more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh.”
Biden rejoined the 197-nation deal in an executive order on his first day in office after former President Trump had withdrawn from the agreement in 2017. A number of Republicans have said that the deal results in the U.S. reducing emissions to the benefit of foreign nations.
“This agreement will do little to affect the climate and will harm the livelihoods of Americans,” Cruz said on Twitter. “ I’ll continue working with my colleagues to fight for blue-collar workers [Ed. note: HA!] and to defend America’s energy independence.” [Ed. note: By accepting shitloads of bribe $$$ from the petrochemical industry?]
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), a vocal climate activist, pushed back against Cruz’s comments, joining a chorus of voices online that noted that the name of the agreement comes from the city in which it was signed, rather than the citizens it is meant to help.
“Nice tweet Sen. Cruz! Quick question: do you also believe the Geneva Convention was about the views of the citizens of Geneva?” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.
“Asking for everyone who believes US Senators should be competent and not undermine our elections to incite insurrection against the United States,” she said, referencing Cruz’s decision to object to Electoral College votes, furthering Trump’s allegations that the election had been rife with widespread voter fraud, leading his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6. …
On this day, 22 January 1979, the winter of discontent peaked as a day of action was held by public sector unions in the UK and 1.5 million workers struck against pay restraint in the face of high inflation. Many workers stayed on strike beyond that day and eventually won big pay increases, like refuse workers and gravediggers.
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