Right, so that generally falls into the category I identified in the first comment: stuff that people on the left say in the heat of the moment, but don't stick to. She was, at the time, being interviewed by the notoriously fiery Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's kind of like comparing Elon Musk smoking weed on Joe Rogan to someone who smokes weed at work every day.

I really doubt AOC actually believed at any time that the world would end in 2030 (cf. Paris Agreement's 2030 Agenda).

That's quite the stretch. We can lawyer our way out of anything if we try hard enough.

>That's quite the stretch.

It's not a stretch at all. It's an offhand comment being compared to a months-long disinformation campaign. Frankly, I was generous.