Lanhee: Americans May Support Green New Deal Until They Realize They’re Going to Lose Their Transportation

‘Everything that they care about’

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CHEN: "What you’re seeing though, I mean, this is the pull of the 2020 Democratic primary process. I mean, this is where it’s headed. The challenge is you’ve got so many people playing in this lane, in this lane around this Green New Deal that have endorsed it, that have said this is their policy preference. That’s a very crowded lane in a 15-person field. And if you think about differentiation, because when you’ve got a 15-person field, you’ve got to think about your lane, there are an awful lot of lanes here, just the pure politics of this, not necessarily what might be the right policy — the pure politics ... Well, it may be until they realize it means they’re going to lose their health care, they’re going to lose their transportation, everything that they care about. But let’s talk for a minute — “

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