Does the "Green New Deal" proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez contain a provision that calls for the drinking of recycled urine? No, that's not true: several conservative figures have been spreading a satirical hoax that seems to have originated with Mark Dice:
Spread it around guys! Let's see if AOC will "Fact Check" this. #GreenNewDeal 😉 Post it in the replies of tweets from mainstream media about her stupid plan. pic.twitter.com/7MYN3XVpds
-- Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 7, 2019
(tweet archived here)
Unfakery was among the first to point out that the screenshot was a hoax:
Dice openly admitted it was him later on:
For the record, I was the one who wrote the satirical 'screen shots' of the Green New Deal that AOC fact-checked. Your welcome. 😄
-- Mark Dice (@MarkDice) February 8, 2019
The actual text of the Green New Deal resolution does not contain this proposal anywhere:
Here's The Full Text Of Congress' Green New Deal Resolution, Introduced By Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez
Clean Power February 8th, 2019 by Jeremy Bloom 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. ____ Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on ______ RESOLUTION Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.
Ocasio-Cortez also reacted to the hoax on Twitter, blaming the GOP for spreading a false version of the proposed legislation:
When your #GreenNewDeal legislation is so strong that the GOP has to resort to circulating false versions, but the real one nets 70 House cosponsors on Day 1 and all Dem presidential candidates sign on anyway https://t.co/BbHIn8cu0f
-- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 8, 2019
For reference, here is the full image:
