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9 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Subways and highways were turned into rivers in New York City on Thursday as a result of severe weather and flooding brought on by Tropical Storm Elsa.
Elsa is the first major storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season in the U.S. Viral videos of its impact have been shared widely across social media, often with calls for local & federal lawmakers to get serious about infrastructure investments in the face of our climate crisis
‘Remember like two weeks ago when conservatives tried to convince us that infrastructure had nothing to do with the climate crisis?’ tweeted @Public_Citizen .
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also chimed in, shading her fellow lawmakers in the Senate by saying: ‘I’m so glad the filibuster is here to fix this oh wait.’

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