alexandria ocasio-cortez spent an awful lot of time on social media, but somehow she finds extra time between takingf drinking chai latte or whatever to think up new things things to do to america. recently she s proposed legislation to expand welfare benefits to everyone. that includes all illegal immigrants without any kind of restrictions. that s a far out idea, but it has at least one very powerful supporter. democratic presidential front-runner elizabeth warren in massachusetts. she tweeted that the plan was a big structural change, a complement on the left, that would fix america s problems. she s now pledging to let anyone on earth who wants to immediately go to welfare, and immediately get free health car health care. an investigative reporter for the washington examiner , and an excellent reporter. am i misstating any of this? no, that s exactly what it
tells us what s in the proposal and why it is top candidate first it was medicare for all, then the green new deal, now congressman alexandria ocasio cortez who is putting her weight behind the new plan to fight poverty. we are calling it the plan calls for capping annual rent increases pressuring federal contractors to offer better wages and benefits in obtaining the national poverty guidelines to take into account access to health insurance, hot child care, and the new necessities like internet access and allowing undocumented immigrants to have full access o social welfare programs. a just society embraces our immigrants. 2020 contender senator warren s was quick to announce her support of the plan by saying it s going to take a big structural change to tackle poverty and inequality in the u.s. and aoc s adjust society is just the type of bold comprehensive thinking we will need to get it done. as warren surges in the polls,
part of a much larger strategy, we lose sight of the forest and the trees. martha: it sounds like taxing big companies that you think need to be punished, is that an inaccurate statement? no, big structural change means first of all acknowledging the climate change is happening and donald trump still says it s a hoax cooked up by the chinese and that windmills give you cancer. the idea that in this day and age we are still talking about whether climate change exists, is insane. we need to acknowledge is a problem and then start with today s martha: there have been a lot of scenarios that have never happened. 1989, rising seas will obliterate the nation. you ve got 1970, scientists predict a new ice age by the 21st century. that may be right, we will see. the climate is getting more extreme and things are getting worse though. that s actually not true.
even think of the problem that way. also she s got a big enthusiasm advantage right now yeah, our poll shows that 35% of democratic primary voters are enthusiastic about voting for her. only 23% for joe biden so, a gap there. to me that clip you just played really does i think have a great demarcation line in the democratic primary, where you want big change. it s not removing trump is enough one of the questions that elizabeth warren has, particularly if she becomes the general election nominee, there are now so many people in the democratic coalition because of trump, a lot of suburban voters who have moved over to the democrats because they want trump removed, but may not want the big changes she wants. does everyone want that big structural change? that is a question for her if she becomes the nominee. mark murray, sam stein, yamiche alcindor, thanks very much coming up, democrats seizing the senate floor to demand action on gun laws
social change, of big structural change, as you say, to an electoral campaign for president? i mean, frances perkins was not running for president. she didn t have the right to vote when she was doing these things presidential campaigns now are about partisan mobilization and they are about competition in the primary before you ever get to the general how do those things map together i think it s there, because i think that s what this moment is i think the reason 20,000 people showed up last night is 20,000 people are not only ready for change, they are so ready for change that they ll show up and get in the fight they are so ready for change that they re saying call on me, i will be part of this that s why i say this is our moment and we can t spend it afraid we can t spend it under the covers we can t spend it nibbling around the edges of whatever is broken we have to use it as the moment to root out the corruption, the