Far-left lawmaker, Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, rejoiced as oil prices reached historic lows, signaling the possibility that thousands of Americans might lose their jobs.

As a way to mitigate the spread of the deadly virus, President Donald Trump ordered an economic shutdown and placed strict travel bans, which had made massive consequences for the airline and transportation industry. Moreover, the sudden drop was a result of low demand due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

While the administration is trying to find new ways to revive the economy, Democrats were happy to see millions of Americans suffer from the collapse of the oil industry. AOC had since deleted her tweet. However, Matt Wolking, Trump’s Deputy Director of Communications-Rapid Response, was able to provide a screenshot of the Democrat’s previous statements. “You absolutely love to see it. This along with record low-interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet. **cough**”, the lawmaker wrote.

The Democrat responded to a tweet that explained the implications of the sudden market plunge. According to Brandon Smith, oil prices have hit “negative values” and that the drop meant that oil producers had to pay people to buy their stocks, since storing oil and shutting oil wells could be more expensive.

According to GIM economist Nathan Sheets, the sudden market plunge might cost the industry sector an additional 50,000-75,000 jobs. With more than 20 million Americans filing unemployment claims, the addition can be critical.

Even social media users also expressed their dismay over AOC’s tone-deaf statements. One pundit wrote that the lawmaker was reckless over her dream of building a seeming “utopian society.”

Another wrote that despite her socialist claims, AOC was actually anti-America.

While someone remarked that AOC was indeed a “very sick” individual for making such claims.

Finally, one user asked the reason why she decided to remove her statement.

On Monday, President Donald Trump announced on his daily White House briefings that the National Petroleum Reserves had dropped to historic lows. The president said that the country is looking to buy 75 million barrels of oil reserves, and would signal the first time that the country had “topped it” out in terms of its oil reserves. Trump also assured that the price drop was temporary, as he eyed the gradual economic re-opening in the next coming days.

However, to buy back the barrels, Trump needed the congress’ approval. Unfortunately, the GOP’s attempts were blocked as Democrats pushed to spend the funding on windmills and other forms of renewable energy.

Based on the Dems’ political agenda, the Green New Deal, which had been advocated by AOC and other Democratic socialists such as Bernie Sanders, was intended to serve as a climate package that could solve “climate change’ and “economic quality.”