Ocasio-Cortez speaks about Marjorie Taylor Greene confrontation

 GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene trended on Twitter Thursday after publicly challenging fellow congresswoman Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez to a debate on the Green New Deal Wednesday.

I’d like to challenge you to a debate on the Green New Deal economic policy.  Since you sponsored the Green New Deal and have a degree in Economics, I’m sure you are more than qualified, ”the Georgia rep wrote to the New York counterpart on Twitter.While Ocasio-Cortez - a Democrat and prolific tweeter herself who has over 13 million followers on the app - did not respond, a number of political observers and commentators weighed in on her behalf, saying that Ocasio-Cortez was too busy” to engage  with someone desperately trying to be relevant.