Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was roundly panned by conservatives after launching her “Green New Deal” (GND) last week. From her first moment on the national stage, the New York congressional freshman’s hardline progressive ideology and ur-millennial swagger made her a lightning rod for conservative antipathy. But the GND’s references to replacing air travel with light-rail trains, curtailing cow flatulence, and providing a stipend for those “unwilling to work” elicited mockery and condemnation from the Right.