FACT-CHECKING: Leftist Dem Senator Mocks AOC’s ‘Green New Deal’ With One Remark

On Thursday, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), who is no slouching leftist herself (witness her attacks on judicial nominees for having religious Christian views), permitted her mind to contemplate reality for a moment as she examined the “Green New Deal” offered by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. That perusal stimulated Hirono enough to acknowledge an obvious problem with the deal’s apparent insistence on phasing out air travel: Hirono reportedly said, “That would be pretty hard for Hawaii.”