BOSS.
MARIA: REACTION.
[LAUGHTER]
>> LISTEN, THIS IS BIG STORY IN
NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT HOW
MODERATE, THEY WERE HOME F
WORKWEEK IN PLACES LIKE UTAH,
OVER 20 OF NEW DEMOCRATS,
FRESHMEN DEMOCRATS CAME FROM
MODERATE DISTRICT THAT IS WERE
WON BY TRUMP AND THEY ARE
FEELING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL, 70% MARGINAL TAX
RATE, LATE-TERM ABORTION AND YOU
NAME IT.
LOOK, ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
WON HER SEAT WITH ABOUT 16,000
VOTES FROM HER DISTRICT IN THE
PRIMARY, OKAY, AND HERE SHE IS
LEADING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AROUND, WHY IS THAT HAPPENING?
SHE HAS OVER 3 MILLION TWITTER
FOLLOWERS AND THAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE, THAT'S WHERE
POLITICS IS WHERE THE MEDIA
TAKES THEM, BLOWS THEM UP AND
THEY BECOME VOCAL POINTS AND
DEMOCRATS WILL NEED TO HAVE
RECKONING --
DAGEN: SHE WANTS TALL GLORY AND
KARDASHIAN-LIKE ATTENTION FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA AND NO HARD
QUESTIONS, THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR
BECAUSE HAVING READ THAT STUPID
FAQ THAT GOT LEAKED BY HER TEAM
ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND
ACTUALLY READING THE GREEN NEW
DEAL AFTER THEY TRIED TO MAKE IT
SOUND SENSIBLE, IT'S LAUGHABLY
AWFUL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND THERE ARE NO DETAILS IN IT.
THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO RETRO
FIT ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE
UNITED STATES, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE
USED FOSSIL FUELS IN THE COUNTRY
BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP AND WE
LOWERED SINCE 2005 EMISSIONS
FROM POWER PLANTS BY ABOUT 34%
BECAUSE OF NATURAL GAS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
SO LET'S SPEAK TO THAT AND LET'S
SPEAK TO THE FACT AND SHE NEEDS
TO FESS UP AND TELL THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IF WE ARE GOING TO PUSH
THE GREEN NEW DEAL THAT YOUR
ELECTRIC -- YOUR FUEL COSTS ARE
GOING THROUGH THE ROOF AND SO
REGRESSIVE TAX ON THE PEOPLE WHO
CAN'T AFFORD IT IN THE COUNTRY,
LOOK AT THE TRAIN IN CALIFORNIA,
DISASTER, DRAMATICALLY SCALED
BACK AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S
TRYING TO SELL TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
MARIA: SO UNREALISTIC, WE ARE
NOT GOING TO GET RID OF FOSSIL
FUELS IN 10 YEARS, IT'S JUST NOT
HAPPENING AND THE OTHER THING IS
WHEN SHE SAYS NOBODY HAS TRIED,
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SUSTAINABLE
--
>> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
SPENT THEIR ENTIRE TIME TRYING
--
MARIA: EXACTLY.
DAGEN: CONVERSION TO NATURAL GAS
POWER PLANT IN PART BECAUSE OF
EVEN THE FUEL EFFICIENCY
INCLUDING FUEL EFFICIENCY AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA GETS CREDIT FOR
SOME OF THAT, WE ARE LEADING THE
WORLD IN EMISSION'S REDUCTION.
[LAUGHTER]
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE, YOU
KNOW, FORGET ABOUT THE GREEN NEW
DEAL FOR A SECOND. SHE TRIES TO
DELIVER MESSAGE TO YOUNG LADIES
WHO ARE INSPIRED AND TRYING TO
USE SOMETHING USEFUL AND
VALUABLE, THAT'S A GREAT
MESSAGE, THE THING IS THIS, THE
GREEN DEAL IS NOT REALISTIC,
TOM, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU,
WHERE ARE THE MODERATE
DEMOCRATS, MODERATES OF ANY
PARTIES COMING UP WITH ANY IDEAS
THAT ARE VIABLE?
DAGEN TALKED ABOUT NATURAL GAS,
HOW COME WE ARE NOT HEARING MORE
ABOUT THAT, WHERE IS THE REST OF
THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, WHO
SHOULD WE LOOK TO?
MARIA: WHO BECOMES THE FACE OF
IT.
>> SHE HAS BECOME THE FACE OF
IT, LOOK, THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRATS
ARE TRYING TO SORT OUT.
NANCY PELOSI, DEMOCRATS ARE
REALLY RIDING TIGER RIGHT NOW,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S
PASSIONATE, THEY ARE TRYING TO
CONTROL IT BUT NOT VERY
EFFECTIVELY AND THERE HASN'T
BEEN ANY DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE
STEPPED UP WITH ALTERNATIVES AT
LEAST NOT YET.
WE WILL MAYBE SEE THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHILE AOC MAY
NOT GET THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, YOU
CAN BET THAT EVERY SINGLE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HOW THIS
AFFECTS 2020 RACE, EVERY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIKE
KAMALA HARRIS AND CORY BOOKER
AND THE REST ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL OF
THESE THINGS INCLUDING MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND WHEN THEY FINALLY
GET TO THAT POINT IN THE
DISCUSSIONS THAT'S WHERE THE
RUBBER HIT THE ROAD.
DAGEN: I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN
THE PAYMENT BUT ALSO MEDICARE
FOR LAW, OUTLAW PRIVATE
INSURANCE IN THE COUNTRY AND
THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO THAT AND
NOT BE ABLE TO SAY THESE ARE
JUST BIG IDEAS, WE ARE STARTING
THE CONVERSATION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN ON IT,
YOU TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY
FOR IT AND BE HONEST WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MARIA: O GOD.
DAGEN: TALK ABOUT MY LIPSTICK