Nearly 1 in 5 Americans believe AOC created the New Deal

Crain's New York Business reports:

They're only off by one word—and 86 years.

A new poll by a higher education advocacy group found that 18% of American adults believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was behind the New Deal, the package of government interventions President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced in 1933.

The freshman congresswoman representing Queens and the Bronx is in fact the primary House sponsor of a resolution called the Green New Deal, named for the original Depression-era legislation. It lays out ways to slash carbon emissions and move the American economy off fossil fuels.

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which sponsored the study of 1,002 adults, blamed the lack of basic civic awareness on the education system.

"When American history and government courses are removed, you begin to see disheartening survey responses like these," Michael Poliakoff, the group's president, said in a release.

You kind of have to wonder what exactly they are learning in school?