Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deleted a tweet celebrating plunging oil prices.

"You absolutely love to see it," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted just after 2:30 p.m. on Monday. "This along with record low interest rates means it's the right time for a worker-led mass investment of green infrastructure to save our planet."





The tweet has since been deleted from her account, but several users shared screenshots of her comment.



AOC deleted the tweet.



Never forget. Radicals want revolution and they don't care what kind of unthinkable hell all of us would have to go through to get there. pic.twitter.com/eEKLihpskr — Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) April 20, 2020

.@AOC deleted this tweet cheering on U.S. workers losing their jobs. pic.twitter.com/xVZNSSV2fo — John Gage (@johnrobertgage) April 20, 2020

yeah, no. you don't get to memory hole that one, @AOC. pic.twitter.com/vk6ywnhIpP — 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚛. 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍-𝟷𝟿 (@BecketAdams) April 20, 2020

Deleting your tweet celebrating the loss of American jobs doesn't make us forget. Try to contain your excitement while families lose everything. pic.twitter.com/uL2knSG1Z1 — Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) April 20, 2020

A) Oil is dirt cheap right now

B) People are hurting financially right now



...so naturally now is the best time to throw taxpayer money at trying to get people to use more expensive green energy options https://t.co/ISXNwThmtn — Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) April 20, 2020



Benchmark U.S. crude oil traded at a negative price for the first time in history on Monday, with shutdown world economies leaving no buyers to fill the supply chain of worldwide oil production.

Ocasio-Cortez has been critical of the energy sector since arriving in Congress in 2018. Earlier this year, she introduced a bill that would ban fracking across the country.

"The science is clear: Fracking is a leading contributor to our climate emergency," she said. "It is destroying our land. It is destroying our water, and it is wreaking havoc on our communities' health."

Within a few hours of her deleted tweet, the New York Democrat sent out another version, writing, "This snapshot is being acknowledged as a turning point in the climate movement. Fossil fuels are in long-term structural decline. This along w/ low interest rates means it‘s the right time to create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy. A key opportunity."



This snapshot is being acknowledged as a turning point in the climate movement.



Fossil fuels are in long-term structural decline. This along w/ low interest rates means it‘s the right time to create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy. A key opportunity. https://t.co/UqT8DI5u2I — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 20, 2020



More than 20 million have made claims for unemployment over the last month as the U.S. economy has severely slowed during the pandemic.