On Tuesday, the Senate voted down the Green New Deal, with Republicans offering more auspicious climate change-combating proposals like “get married and have some kids” and embrace death.
The vote was a farce from the jump, brought by Mitch McConnell who—despite reporting pretty much hourly on impending planetary devastation—held no hearings on the proposal and knew the Republican-controlled Senate would reject it. To counter some of McConnell’s strategic fuckery, 43 Democrats voted “PRESENT” instead of voting for or against the bill, with the final vote coming out to 57-0.