Aside from the conflation of liberals and leftists, this is mostly incorrect about the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. The Clean Air Act was passed under Johnson, but major Amendments that expanded the regulatory power of the federal government were passed under Nixon and Bush (the first one). The Clean Water Act was signed into law under Nixon, who also pushed for the creation of EPA. Republicans are shit on the environment now, but it used to be a way more bipartisan issue, and Lawrence O’Donnell apparently doesn’t know that.
Ironically that works just fine as liberalism under the ideological definitions and reflects the modern reality that American conservatives are no longer liberals and have outright embraced fascism.
Aside from the conflation of liberals and leftists, this is mostly incorrect about the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. The Clean Air Act was passed under Johnson, but major Amendments that expanded the regulatory power of the federal government were passed under Nixon and Bush (the first one). The Clean Water Act was signed into law under Nixon, who also pushed for the creation of EPA. Republicans are shit on the environment now, but it used to be a way more bipartisan issue, and Lawrence O’Donnell apparently doesn’t know that.
Ironically that works just fine as liberalism under the ideological definitions and reflects the modern reality that American conservatives are no longer liberals and have outright embraced fascism.