Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bent over backward Thursday to insist that being left off a special committee on climate change by Nancy Pelosi didn’t signal bad blood between the two — and that they were “100 percent” on the same page.

In fact, she said the House Speaker did offer her a seat on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis — and that she turned her down so she could focus on the so-called “Green New Deal” that she and Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey unveiled Thursday.

“Speaker Pelosi and I have spoken at length on climate, we share this priority, she did, in fact, invite me to be on the committee, ” she told reporters, and the invite was later confirmed by a Pelosi staffer.

Asked why she didn’t serve on the high-profile committee, she replied that she wanted to focus on preparing legislation to bring the Green New Deal to a vote.

“I serve on the Environmental Subcommittee on Oversight, I’m on four subcommittees. And additionally, the select committee is an investigatory body. They’re tackling the investigative piece and we’re tackling the legislative piece,” she said.

She knocked down earlier reports that she was not named to the committee because the 78-year-old Pelosi wanted to put the 29-year-old upstart freshman in her place.

“I don’t think that this is a snub, I don’t think this is anything like that. And I’m really excited to support Representative Castor in her agenda,” she said about veteran Florida Rep. Kathy Castor, who will chair the special committee.

Asked earlier about Ocasio-Cortez’s plan, which was unveiled in the form of a non-binding resolution Thursday, Pelosi sounded underwhelmed.

“It will be one of several or maybe many suggestions that we receive. The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?” Pelosi told reporters.

But the speaker added that she welcomed the enthusiasm behind the plan’s backers.

“I’m very excited about it all and I welcome the Green New Deal and any other proposals that people have out there,” she added.

Ocasio-Cortez took the apparent mixed messages in stride.

“I think it is a green dream. And I think that it is, it is. And I think that all great American programs, everything from the Great Society to the New Deal started with a vision for our future and I don’t think, I don’t consider that to be a dismissive term, I think it’s a great term,” she said.

She also praised Pelosi, saying they were a team in the fight against climate change.

“Nancy Pelosi is a leader on climate, has always been a leader on climate and I will not allow our caucus to be divided up by silly notions of whatever narrative. We are in this together, we are 100 percent in this together,” she said.

Ocasio-Cortez and Markey laid out the goals of the so-called Green New Deal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, setting a high bar for Democrats who plan to make climate change a top issue in the 2020 presidential race.

The resolution is the first formal attempt by lawmakers to define the scale of legislation to create large-scale government-led investments in clean energy and infrastructure to transform the US economy.

“The Green New Deal fully tackles the existential threat posed by climate change by presenting a comprehensive, 10-year plan that is as big as the problem it hopes to solve while creating a new era of shared prosperity,” according to a summary of the resolution.

Ocasio-Cortez said she will immediately begin to work on legislation that would “fully flesh out the projects involved in the Green New Deal.”

Republicans have already criticized the initiative, waving off any kind of proposal as heavy-handed and anti-business.

“The ‘green dream’ is actually a nightmare,” tweeted GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

The non-binding resolution outlines several goals for the United States to meet in 10 years, including meeting 100 percent of power demand from zero-emissions energy sources.

It also calls for new projects to modernize US transportation infrastructure, de-carbonize the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, make buildings and homes more energy efficient and increase land preservation.

The Green New Deal also aims to create an economic safety net for “frontline” communities that will be affected by a radical shift away from fossil fuel use.

“We … need to be sure that workers currently employed in fossil fuel industries have higher-wage and better jobs available to them to be able to make this transition, and a federal jobs guarantee ensures that no worker is left behind,” the summary.

Last month, Ocasio-Cortez was also passed over for a spot on the Ways and Means Committee even though Joe Crowley, the longtime incumbent and Queens party boss she beat in a primary, had a seat on the powerful committee.

She did get another coveted spot on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees the banking industry and Wall Street.

And she was also named to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which serves as a watchdog on the White House.

But Ocasio-Cortez’s office doesn’t seem particularly proud of her committee assignments.

If you click on “committees” on her official House website, a message pops up.

“For a list of the committees and caucuses on which Representative Ocasio-Cortez is serving, please contact our office,” it reads.

With Reuters