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Ocasio-Cortez responds to Trump over 'bartender' comment; lashes out at Amazon
Fox News ^ | April 7, 2019 | Louis Casiano

Posted on 04/07/2019 2:12:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called President Trump’s recent barb about her being a “young bartender” a compliment and lashed out at Amazon while speaking with constituents Saturday.

“There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender," Ocasio-Cortez said at a joint event in the New York City borough of Queens alongside New York state Sen. Michael Gianaris. “It’s so crazy to at once mock someone for being from a working-class background, for being a bartender, for shaming me for where I was born and where I’m from and on the other hand, when I lean into my identity and who I am and all of that, people are saying that’s not true either."

The freshman congresswoman said her work as a bartender gave her first-hand experience with health care issues, the New York Daily News reported. She said that unlike Trump, she bought into health care public exchanges.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: amazon; aoc; cortez; hiring; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why does AOC like lightning?
She thinks someone is taking her picture.

Why did it take AOC an hour to eat breakfast?
Because the orange juice carton instructions said Concentrate ! !

What do you do if AOC throws a grenade at you?
Pull the pin and throw it back at her .

How did AOC fall on the floor?
She tripped over the cordless phone.

Why did AOC climb the glass wall ?
To see what was on the other side!

Why did AOC go to the airport turn around and go home?
Because she saw the sign that said “Airport Left”.

Why can’t AOC dial 911?
She can’t find the 11 on the phone!


21 posted on 04/07/2019 5:37:16 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nothing wrong with being a bartender. So true, you should go back to it then...


22 posted on 04/07/2019 6:02:29 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you have to reply to a Trump jab, it’s already too late. He owns the initiative.


23 posted on 04/07/2019 6:13:00 AM PDT by lurk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is a problem when you talk like a Valley Girl at closing time, like we are all going to be dead in like 12 years!


24 posted on 04/07/2019 6:16:17 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Amazon and NYS had a deal. She wanted to make the deal worse for Amazon. They refused.

She considers self interest bullying, unless she is doing it.


25 posted on 04/07/2019 6:29:47 AM PDT by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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To: sodpoodle
“If we change our times with the sole intent of increasing the amount of daylight we receive, that’s an extra hour of sun shine that will warm the planet. That’s one extra hour per day of extra heat warming our already unstable planet. We need to repeal Daylight Savings Time as a primary measure to decrease the rate of climate change. Less hours of sun shine equal less heat hitting Earth’s surface. We’re running out of time!”

That quote is from a satire site...

I have no doubt she "could" say or think something that mind boggling stupid but it's fake...

26 posted on 04/07/2019 6:30:47 AM PDT by Popman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This woman has a very serious mental problem. While many think she is very confident, her actions and reactions to things said about her indicate she has a serious self image problem. Add to that her lack of knowledge about just about everything and the woman becomes just another loud mouth.


27 posted on 04/07/2019 6:40:15 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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To: Liz

Brand New Congress LLC = Same old Socialist Congress...


28 posted on 04/07/2019 6:47:48 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: definitelynotaliberal

I believe she doesn’t want conservatives to bully liberals, but she wants liberals/Marxists to bully Conservatives...


29 posted on 04/07/2019 6:51:57 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender.

Too bad you’re not still one.

30 posted on 04/07/2019 6:57:44 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bookmark


31 posted on 04/07/2019 6:59:13 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: windsorknot

I was a better one than she was.


32 posted on 04/07/2019 7:02:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender

Who said there was? Trump didn’t. My goodness, she’s so thin-skinned and defensive.

33 posted on 04/07/2019 7:03:22 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was a better one than she was.

I would surmise that Cortez’s mixology skills are nothing to brag about.

34 posted on 04/07/2019 7:07:14 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Liz
AOC went from wiping up bar spills and scrounging for tips to a seat Congress wearing $2000 outfits. How'd she do that?

Actually, she went from being a radical leftist community organizer to becoming a radical leftist congresswoman.

Her job bartending is insignificant. But this is the part-time career that the media (and FReepers) tend to focus on. The media loves the bartender narrative because it allows them to ignore her activism as a Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer. Many here focus on the bartender narrative because they think pouring drinks makes her stupid.

Bartending did not turn AOC into a communist. She was steeped in the tenets of latino socialism growing up. These beliefs were strengthened and solidified at Boston U. and then put into action working for the Bernie Sanders campaign.

35 posted on 04/07/2019 7:07:28 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

She also loves to crow about her “humble beginnings.”

So how she got to Congress wearing designer outfits needs to be exposed.


36 posted on 04/07/2019 7:12:06 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Drew68

She also loves to crow about her “humble beginnings.”

So how she got to Congress wearing designer outfits needs to be exposed.


37 posted on 04/07/2019 7:12:07 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She just needs to read a book or two.

Trump is widely derided as being stupid, when he has built buildings all over the world, and comes into office knowing more than any of them how the world works in a practical manner, banking, practical politics, hands-on building and contracting, making payrolls, all of it, and has had to learn all of that over decades.

Most politicians have ever only been lawyers, and have a myopic view of how things work, and in fact know very little about how it works. So, compared to lawyers, she isn’t much different in her lack of knowledge. But also like lawyers, her arrogance blinds her to her own lack of knowledge. She figures that with enough power she could remake the world in her own image.


38 posted on 04/07/2019 7:13:02 AM PDT by marron
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To: Liz
So how she got to Congress wearing designer outfits needs to be exposed.

When you're young, famous, and photogenic, designers let you "borrow" their outfits all the time.

39 posted on 04/07/2019 7:18:10 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“She said that unlike Trump, she bought into health care public exchanges.”

Hmmm...I’m pretty sure I read a quote from her that said something along the lines of, “Up until a month ago, I didn’t have any insurance...”.


40 posted on 04/07/2019 7:19:29 AM PDT by Chasaway (Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?)
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