Posted on 11/08/2021 3:38:11 PM PST by Libloather
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats' so-called 'woke problem' was 'made up' to try and push the left away from fighting for racial injustice and election reform, which she claims could help them win.
'One dangerous aspect of thinking there's a 'woke problem' is that Dem chances for re-election or majorities in House, Senate, & WH rely on the racial justice issue of voting rights,' the New York representative tweeted Sunday evening.
She added: 'Dems distancing from racial justice makes protection of voting rights less likely, ensuring losses.'
Republicans and establishment Democrats claimed that the party's embracing a more progressive agenda and going 'woke' contributed to the wave of defeats in last Tuesday's election.
But AOC, to which the lawmaker is more often referred, says that the term 'woke' is a way for the GOP to launch attacks and deflect from civil rights advancements – such as the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools that became a central issue to the Virginia gubernatorial election.
'Woke' is a term pundits are now using as a derogatory euphemism for civil rights & justice,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
'Making up a 'woke' problem results in putting civil & voting rights on the backburner,' she continued. 'In a year state legislatures are planning out GOP majorities & voter suppression, that's dangerous.'
'People think Fox News is just about indoctrinating right-wingers, but it's also about conditioning Dems on what to run away from,' the three-part Twitter thread read.
'Framing racial justice as 'controversial' is key to delaying the protection of voting rights (& others) until it's too late,' she posted, insisting: 'We shouldn't indulge it.'
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AOC for speaker
there is AOK then there is AOC
Exactly. She needs to be the supreme leader of the entire party. It can't happen soon enough.
Even Obama has come out against woke
Women choice, reproductive justice....dog whistles for killing black babies and getting away with it
She’s amazingly wise. And I think they should push their agenda harder. Don’t forget to keep telling people they’re stupid or liars they think CRT is being taught to their kids!
Oh me oh my, we are going to (figuratively) beat these people’s brains in next November, and i shall wallow in the (metaphorical) gore.
The gift that keeps on giving.
I strongly suspect those “Keep Parents Out Of Our Classrooms!” signs in Virginia were put up by Republicans, and the Democrats were too dumb to realize it.
Let her think it. I hope she keeps repeating the same mistakes.
AOC needs to become an ISIS bride for about 30 of them.
Actually, in many countries, stupid people tend to die out over time - but not in this one.
””The gift that keeps on giving,”
Just like genital herpes.
Sandy auditioned for he part of a Candidate. She’s acting the part.
What meaning of the word “fix” are you using. Fix your car, fix a horse race, fix your cat, I’ll fix you, fix the position of your ship-—inquiring minds....
She’s funny! LOL
I doubt she was even a bartender. All she did is flip tops off beer bottles in a taco place. And by the way, if she had a degree in economics like she claims, what was she doing working as a bartender for 9 years in NYC where there are better jobs everywhere? The fact is nobody would hire her because she’s a moron and of course like most morons they end up in political office.
Does anyone ever ask AOC how racial justice is different than plain ol’ justice?
I mean the ditz just seems like another pretentious, race-baiting, rabble-rouser.
Sandy Cortez is the gift that keeps on giving.
You betcha sister! You run with that! Keep pushing CRT too! Free college! Up the illegal alien payout from $450k to a cool $1 million each! Make it happen! You go girl!
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