New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing his best to help AOC and other progressives push a random deadline in order to sell a Green New Deal that even Democrats won’t vote for. The forced alarmism is palpable:

We have twelve years to turn the tide in our fight to save our planet. TWELVE. We don't have the benefit of a federal government to lead the way and we can't wait for this president to wake up. It’s on us to make radical change.#GreenNewDeal#EarthDay⁠ ⁠ — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 23, 2019

Has AOC trademarked that “12 years” thing yet? If not, the NYC Mayor should:

It’s an absolute joke at this point.

It’s been 5 yrs since we all died the last time climate change killed us all https://t.co/3h2DBHfgio — Bob Malak (@bob_malak) April 23, 2019

Let’s see — it’s been 13 years since Al Gore warned everybody that the world had 10 years to act, and now we’re already into a separate 12-year warning. This is getting confusing!

You've had five years to stop driving to the gym. FIVE. — Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) April 23, 2019

Maybe stop taking the SUV to the gym in Brooklyn? https://t.co/7ZogUmoI3y — Stephen (@sjbftmlsc) April 23, 2019

Hey, de Blasio’s already made it clear that there’s no price he’s not willing to make others pay in order to offset his personal behavior.

Bill, you’ve had five years to fix the @MTA FIVE — Jeremy G. Salvucci (@salvucci_g) April 23, 2019

Wait, you can’t keep saying 12 years, as months pass by. Please provide an approximate date so I can plan my life accordingly, you’re confusing me. You should be saying 11 years and 8 months or so… — Mansplain (@MansplainHonest) April 23, 2019

You will get at most 12 votes for president. TWELVE. — Gavi Hoffman (@GaviHoffman) April 23, 2019

Anyone believing this fool is an even bigger fool. https://t.co/iEL0vPA8kI — MarkM (@mmeans68) April 23, 2019

This is guy is totally out of his mind. Communism with a Capital C https://t.co/yTNt3IRStI — Joel Fischer (@JFNYC1) April 23, 2019

I'm just here for the ratio, you SUV-motorcade-enjoying-hypocrite. — Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) April 23, 2019

De Blasio has his priorities:

You can't account for hundreds of millions of dollars. You know precisely when the world will end. https://t.co/hxeWDd9DJ0 — Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 23, 2019

Weird right? But hey, SCIENCE!