They voted present. Ahh yes, the chronicles of climate courage. But let's talk about what really happened here: a senator from the coal state of Montana refused to vote against the Green New Deal in the United States Senate.
That's right, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) once again joined with his fellow Senate liberals and refused to vote against the Green New Deal, as Fox News reports:
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Nancy Pelosi's "this is not a day at the beach" speech must have had some repercussions across the hill. Now, The Hill is reporting that Tester is "still reviewing" the Green New Deal.
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) hasn't been much of an advocate for Crow Coal, or the labor union jobs in Colstrip, Montana. That being said, you gotta at least give him credit for laughing at the craziness which is known as the "Green New Deal."
You may as well call it the "not so green" new deal. Let's say we go with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her "Green New Deal" ...how much more mining would need to be done just to have enough of the rare earth metals to pull this off?