She’s no lightweight

Ocasio-Cortez attended Yorktown High School, graduating in 2007.[20] She came second in the Microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a microbiology research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans.[21] In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the International Astronomical Union named a small asteroid after her: 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.[22][23] In high school, she took part in the National Hispanic Institute's Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended Boston University. Ocasio-Cortez had a John F. Lopez Fellowship.[24] In 2008, while Ocasio-Cortez was a sophomore at Boston University, her father died of lung cancer.[25][26] During college, she served as an intern in the immigration office during the final year of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy's tenure.[27] "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by ICE, I was the one that had to pick up that phone," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system."[27]

She graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, majoring in international relations and economics.[24][28][29]

Or as AOC would say something like, "No more Genius Awards this year, Zesty got them all!"

@jerry99 At least, with a background in economics, I don't propose a $5 trillion project to paint the US green! What a nonsense!

You really think you can just post total crap and expect people to believe it, don't you? Here's the actual Green New Deal bill
[congress.gov]

You let me know where you think there's some $5T boondoggle.

If you're talking about climate change, I suspect it will cost us more than $5T whether we spend it on preventing or recovering from its effects.

@Haemish1 thank you for posting this. The absolute ignorance of some trump supporters is sickening.

@jerry99 There is no scientific evidence that 1 - there is a warming, 2 - it is man made

@zesty
Actually there’s an abundance of evidence that identifies people as the cause of climate change. There’s complete agreement amongst climate change scientists not employed by Exon as to the cause.
You can easily search this.

@Haemish1 Don't bother. I sent her a bunch of citations and she just says the same garbage over and over. She claims to be a scientist but doesn't believe the science. And she never, NEVER, provides support for any of her make-believe "facts".