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   Country music star John Rich mocked the “Green New Deal,” taking   
   to Twitter to laugh at the extreme proposal on Friday.   
      
   “My favorite part of #GreenNewDeal is the ‘guaranteed wage for   
   people who are UNWILLING to work!’ Hahahaha! Wow,” Rich wrote.   
   “I guess they've never heard the phrase ‘Work Hard, Play Hard!’   
   86 year old Granny Rich just ‘rolled her eyes’ and went back to   
   hemming pant legs at her JOB!!”   
      
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    My favorite part of #GreenNewDeal is the "guaranteed wage for   
   people who are UNWILLING to work!" Hahahaha! Wow...I guess   
   they've never heard the phrase "Work Hard, Play Hard!" 86 year   
   old Granny Rich just "rolled her eyes" and went back to hemming   
   pant legs at her JOB!!   
      
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   Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., unveiled the "Green New   
   Deal" on Thursday and the controversial plan would overhaul of   
   virtually every aspect of American life and guarantee a host of   
   taxpayer-covered benefits for all while phasing out fossil fuels.   
      
   Along the way, her office says the plan would aim to make air   
   travel obsolete, upgrade or replace every building in America to   
   ensure energy efficiency and give economic security even to   
   those "unwilling" to work – which is apparently the country   
   singer’s “favorite” aspect.   
      
   John Rich, one half of the country duo Big & Rich, isn’t a   
   fan of the “Green New Deal.”   
      
   A follower asked Rich if his grandmother would run for president   
   and he responded, “She’d win!”   
      
   Rich, one half of the country duo Big & Rich, has never been one   
   to shy away from politics. He recently challenged fellow country   
   music stars to a friendly debate over the Second Amendment.   
      
   The "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy" singer is a staunch supporter   
   of the Second Amendment.   
      
   Meanwhile, Rich isn’t the only person to mock Ocasio-Cortez’s   
   proposal, as The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel wrote   
   that it reads like a parody of the Democratic Party done by   
   Republicans.   
      
   “By the end of the Green New Deal resolution (and accompanying   
   fact sheet) I was laughing so hard I nearly cried,” Strassel   
   wrote on Twitter. “If a bunch of GOPers plotted to forge a fake   
   Democratic bill showing how bonkers the party is, they could not   
   have done a better job. It is beautiful.”   
      
   The “Green New Deal” quickly picked up the backing of major 2020   
   Democratic presidential hopefuls including Sens. Kamala Harris,   
   D-Calif., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. --   
   who all co-sponsored the resolution.   
      
   Its proposals also include “net-zero greenhouse gas emissions   
   through a fair and just transition for all communities and   
   workers;” job creation; infrastructure investment; guarantees of   
   clean water, healthy food and sustainable environment; and a   
   curiously undefined “access to nature.”   
      
   The Republican National Committee dubbed it a "socialist wish   
   list" that would kill at least 1 million jobs and disrupt global   
   trade -- while costing trillions.   
      
   Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-star-john-rich-   
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