“It was just frustrating, intensely frustrating” (Image: GETTY)
The 29-year-old Democrat introduced a blueprint for her ‘Green New Deal’ in February. It is designed to make the US economy carbon-neutral within ten years. However the plan came under fierce attack from critics who claimed it would damage economic growth.
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It also spawned incorrect rumours the Democrats want to ban aeroplanes and cows.
Speaking to Yahoo News Ms Ocasio-Cortez admitted the rollout had been mismanaged.
She commented: “It was done in a way that it was easy to hijack the narrative around it. It was too fast.”
Ms Ocasio-Cortez put her plan before Congress in February, alongside Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey.