«Breaking News» Howard Schultz knocks Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as 'never gonna happen'

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Saturday was blunt in his assessment that the Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was 'never gonna happen.' 

Schultz, who is considering a 2020 White House bid as an independent, slammed the proposal and other liberal ideas as a 'Alice in Wonderland fantasy' that was not a realistic solution to America's problems during his talk SXSW.

The crowd gave him a cool response and there were only smatterings of polite applause throughout his one-hour conversation. 

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said the Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was 'never gonna happen'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has pushed the liberal platform

The billionaire businessman said he was looking for practical solutions to America's problems and ideas 'that are not fantasy, that are not Alice in Wonderland ideas.'

Schultz noted that when the Green New Deal came out: 'I got and read it line per line.'

He went on to complain it was part of a new extreme in the Democratic platform.

The crowd of hundreds of people listened in silence as he spoke.  

The Green New Deal - a statement of goals that includes a job and health care for every American; slow climate change by ending the reliance on fossil fuels within 10 years; to upgrade power grids and existing buildings for maximum energy efficiency; and to overhaul transportation systems - has been embraced, at least in part, by several of the announced Democratic presidential contenders.

Schultz pointed to one proposal in its platform - a requirement for every building in American to run on clean energy by 2030 - as an example of its unrealistic goals.  

'That's a great idea but it's never gonna happen,' he said.

'Let's propose things that are true, that are honest, that are sincere and realistic,' he added. 

And his critic of socialism earned him boos from the crowd. 

'If you want a good description of socialism just look at Venezuela,' he said to jeers from the room.

'You don't like that?' he responded. 'We don't want a government takeover of our lives. We want the freedom of being able to pursue happiness in America.'

Schultz also criticized President Donald Trump as on the other end of the extreme but said the Democrats' swinging to the left was not the answer. 

'You can't try to solve one extreme with the other,' he said. 

'For us to start moving toward a level of socialism is such an extreme position and so inconsistent with the values and heritage of this country. And that is what Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are proposing,' Schultz said.

He argued if Sanders or Warren, who are on the more liberal end of the Democratic spectrum, are the nominee, Trump would win reelection. 

The contest for the Democratic presidential election next year is expected to be a clash between the liberal leanings of Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats like Bernie Sanders versus the more moderate tones of Democrats like Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar.

Schultz argued if Elizabeth Warren (left) or Bernie Sanders (right) get the Democratic nomination then President Trump will win reelection

Schultz said Michael Bloomberg's decision not to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination was proof the party has gone too far to the left

Schultz declined to offer a time table of when he may decide on a presidential bid

He said if he runs for president, he would take an independent, middle of the road, moderate path.

Schultz, a former Democrat who's donated thousands to the party, has said his candidacy would be one that would appeal to centrists disenfranchised by the left and the right. 

Democrats fear such a move would result in Trump reelected to a third term. Third-party contenders tend to peel votes away from major-party candidates, splitting the support from one side in a way that benefits the other. 

But Schultz argues the Democratic party has become too left for moderates like himself. He argued former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision not to pursue the party's nomination is proof. 

For Bloomberg 'to realize there was no place for him in the Democratic Party is a litmus test that the party has gone too far to the left,' Schultz said at SXSW.

And his argument against the two-party system was one of his few comments that got the crowd's approval.

'The two party system is broken, dysfunctional and in need of great repair,' he said to applause.

The former Starbucks magnet has been weighing an independent bid as he promotes his new book 'From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America.' 

He also declined to offer a time table of when he may announce a presidential bid.

'Give me some time to kind of feel my way,' he told moderator Dylan Byers. 

And the former Starbucks CEO dismissed the idea he's waiting too long to make a decision.

'If you have to say anything about me over the past 15 I know a little something about building a brand,' he said.

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Main photo article Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Saturday was blunt in his assessment that the Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was ‘never gonna happen.’ 
Schultz, who is considering a 2020 White House bid as an independent, slammed the proposal and other liberal ideas ...

It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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