How to Package the Green New Deal

Focus on all the popular parts first.

Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other Democratic lawmakers at a February press conference for the Green New Deal. Source: Wikimedia

The Green New Deal has received more attention from major news outlets than any liberal policy program in the past decade. Its original supporter in Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has gained dozens of co-signers for a framework bill and has plugged the program on 60 Minutes. Republicans have grown worried enough about its prospects to begin fear-mongering about…