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As a person who actually worked': AOC fires back at Ivanka after Green New Deal criticism

Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the newest political figure everyone loves or loves to hate. From her ‘Green New Deal’ proposal to combat climate change to her clapbacks against Trump and her critics, here’s how AOC danced her way into the spotlight. USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's eldest daughter is not on board with the Green New Deal. 

Ivanka Trump, who also serves as a senior White House adviser, specifically has a problem with the proposed environmental initiative's call for the federal government to guarantee a job for all Americans. 

"I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something," Trump said in an excerpt from an interview on Fox News' "The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton." The full interview is scheduled to air on Sunday. 

"I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years. People want to work for what they get," Trump said when asked about the proposed progressive guarantee. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., who was one of the Green New Deal resolution sponsors, responded to Trump's remarks in a tweet on Tuesday. 

"As a person who actually worked for tips & hourly wages in my life, instead of having to learn about it 2nd-hand, I can tell you that most people want to be paid enough to live," Cortez said. 

"A living wage isn’t a gift, it’s a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create." 

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Much of the criticism that has been leveled at the Green New Deal's ideaswere part of a Frequently Asked Questions summary from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's office but were not included in the actual resolution. The call for universal employment was one of the most controversial proposals to be in both the FAQ and the resolution. 

Ivanka Trump waits to hear President Donald Trump speak at the 2019 White House Business Session with Our Nation's Governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 25, 2019. (Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo, epa-efe)

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One of the ways the resolution says it plans to achieve the goals of the Green New Deal is "guaranteeing a job with a family-sustaining wage, adequate family and medical leave, paid vacations, and retirement security to all people of the United States." 

Conservatives have attacked the proposal as unaffordable and unworkable. 

Trump said "this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where there’s the potential for upward mobility." 

While she may not support guaranteed employment, Trump has been an advocate for paid family leave. 

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Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy. (Feb. 7) AP

Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and a self-described Democratic Socialist, has rapidly become the face of a leftward swing for the Democratic party. 

When asked about the apparent growing appeal of socialist policies and the role they might play in the 2020 election, Trump pointed to the economic growth under the first two years of her father's administration. 

"I think fundamentally if you ask yourself the question, 'Are we better today than we were yesterday, or we were two years ago?' the answer is undoubtedly yes," she said. 

"America is doing very well and it stands in quite sharp contrast to the rest of the world. So, not only are we doing well but much of the world has slowed down in terms of the pace of their growth. And our policies are continuing to allow this economy to thrive." 

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Brie Larson on that 'Captain Marvel' smiling controversy – and how movie actually predicted it

For those who track “Stupidest reactions on the internet,” you might recall a rather inane one in the wake of the trailer premiere for Captain Marvel, the MCU’s first female-fronted superhero movie starring Brie Larson as the eponymous badass. Some folks (men) on social media were critical that Larson’s Carol Danvers appeared too “stiff and wooden,” with one even Photoshopping smiles onto her face and claiming he “fixed” her. (Not entirely surprising, that Twitter account has since been suspended, we’re guessing for something more egregious but probably not any less small-minded.)

Turns out the film, which was already in the can by that point, had predicted that very reaction. In the minor-most of spoilers, there’s a scene in Captain Marvel where a random man on a motorcycle that Danvers encounters contemptuously tells her to smile.

“That’s just a depiction of the female experience,” Larson told Yahoo Entertainment at a recent press event for the film held at Edwards Air Force Base (watch above). “That’s just what it’s like. So it didn’t really both me that much when I saw that that was the reaction because that’s just how it goes.”

Anna Boden, who co-directed the film with her Half Nelson and Mississippi Grind partner Ryan Fleck, generally tries to stay off the internet but was also hardly shocked.

“It was always in the script. It’s not an uncommon thing for women to hear,” she said. “So it doesn’t surprise me at all that it was in social media. I think a lot of women can relate to that moment.”

Larson (Room, Kong: Skull Island) retaliated to the quips and digs by sharing fan-made posters of male superheroes like Captain America (Chris Evans) and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)  smiling in Marvel movie posters – and they looked utterly foolish.

“It happens,” she said. “This is part of why art that depicts the female experience is so important because on one hand, for women and girls it allows us to go, ‘Oh, I have that experience, too.’ And those that aren’t in our bodies can go, ‘Wait, that happens to you? We’ve gotta do better.'”

Captain Marvel opens March 8. Watch the trailer:

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Ocasio-Cortez responds to Ivanka Trump: 'I actually worked for tips and hourly wages'

© Greg Nash Ocasio-Cortez responds to Ivanka Trump: 'I actually worked for tips and hourly wages' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) responded Tuesday to criticism from Ivanka Trump by suggesting Trump's daughter learned about working "for tips & hourly wages ... 2nd-hand."

"As a person who actually worked for tips & hourly wages in my life, instead of having to learn about it 2nd-hand, I can tell you that most people want to be paid enough to live," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, with a link to reports of Ivanka Trump slamming Ocasio-Cortez earlier in the day.

"A living wage isn't a gift, it's a right. Workers are often paid far less than the value they create," she continued.

Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced the "Green New Deal" earlier this month. The climate change resolution seeks to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions while also creating millions of jobs. The resolution includes a universal jobs guarantee.

Ivanka Trump, responding to the Green New Deal proposal, said in an interview set to air Sunday on Fox News that she doesn't think most Americans "want to be given something" and added that she believes "people want to work for what they get."

"So, I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where there's the potential for upward mobility," Trump added.

Trump clarified later on Tuesday that she supports a minimum wage, but not "a minimum guarantee for people 'unwilling to work.' "

Guaranteed pay for those unwilling to work appeared as a proposal in a fact sheet that Ocasio-Cortez's office said was released in error and does not appear in the Green New Deal proposal introduced in the House.