Trump says Green New Deal would 'crush' poor Americans, touts environmental record
July 08, 2019 at 20:04 PM EDT
In a White House speech that exhaustively documented his administration's environmental efforts, President Trump issued a new full-throated denunciation of the "Green New Deal" championed by top Democrats including New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying the proposal would devastate the economy and hit minorities the hardest.