Marjorie Taylor Green says she’s ready to debate AOC after initially admitting that she had not read ‘all 14 pages’ of the Green New Deal

Marjorie Taylor Green says she’s ready to debate AOC after initially admitting that she had not read ‘all 14 pages’ of the Green New Deal

Now that she's done the required reading, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's ready for a Green New Deal showdown with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

The Georgia lawmaker made headlines Wednesday when she admitted she hadn't read "all 14 pages" of the climate legislation of which she's been a vocal critic.

But in a Thursday tweet, Greene said she has now read the 14-page resolution, which she called " a Communist manifesto," and said she was looking forward to debating Ocasio-Cortez. 

In a video acquired by Right Wing Watch, Greene explained how the proposed debate with Ocasio-Cortez came to be.

"[Ocasio-Cortez] asked me if I had read her 14-page Green New Deal. I said I've read some of it," Greene said. "And she said 'well, when you read all of it, then you can challenge me to a debate.'"

"Well, the good news is I've read all 14 little pages and I'm very ready to debate her on the House floor," Greene said in the video.

"If she chickens out then she shows exactly who she is “” a scared little girl that is pretty stupid and doesn't know anything about the economy or economics," Greene said in the video. 

Greene had previously tweeted a photo of