Posted on 08/11/2018 9:15:31 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Ocasio-Cortez was campaigning for Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate Kaniela Ing ahead of this weekend’s primary election and argued that Hawaii felt like a “kindred home” because she also comes “from a place of colonized people.”
Ocasio-Cortez said that she and Ing had similar life experiences even though they grew up worlds apart because they both lost their fathers when they were young and had to work multiple jobs to help their families make ends meet. And, she added, “We come from a family and a place that had been colonized.”
She told the crowd that her mother was from Puerto Rico and many of her family members still live there before claiming that she and Ing were “shaped by the exact same forces” like “runaway income inequality, an unaddressed history of imperialism, and poverty.”
She added that Puerto Ricans and Hawaiians still have to deal “with the consequences of those struggles.”
“While the entire country wants to forget that history, we’re not allowed to,” she said. “We are not afforded the privilege to forget about the colonial history of our island, and neither is Hawaii.”
Ocasio-Cortez has been campaigning for likeminded candidates across the country to build a bench of left-wing Democratic-socialist candidates. She implied on CNN earlier in the week that even though some of her candidates, like Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, lost to establishment Democrats earlier in the week, they beat the spread and helped “move the needle forward in the fight for social and economic dignity in the United States.”
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I would suggest the hybrid term, “slimeballing”.
Her victory is a foregone conclusion. Crowley is not campaigning, has endorsed her, and remains on the ballot only through a quirk in New York State law.
Bingo
Man, is she a real winner, or what?
I would love to hear her define imperialism.
The sad unvarnished truth is that most of these colonized people were far better governed as colonies. You can point to several $#*+hole counties in particular who became independent mostly in the 20 years following the end of World War II whose only semi-functional infrastructure remaining is what they inherited from their colonial rulers.
Appears less than 30,000 people voted in the entire district?
The Republican is Anthony Pappas. Seems he is a place marker? Doesn't seem to be trying to win what might be a winnable seat if Ocasio-Cortez keeps running her mouth.
Both of these are pretty lame. Why has the Republican party stepped up to help him?
[[Shouldn’t she be campaigning to get elected? Joe Crowley is still on the ballot...hope he wins...]]
That would be awesome- a major upset to her and the dems
She, and the others, obviously have NO idea what “imperialism” is...
Unbelievable hatred for America. Yeah mistakes were made, many of them way over a hundred years ago. But for anyone today to claim that this is what determines the course of their life, is an admission that they are worthless as a person.
Which is why she’s holding the position she’s got today and not being a sex slave in some third world hell hole.
[[she left Puerto Rico to come to this imperialist hateful country?? Where’s her family has prospered and now to has the potential to win a two year seat in the government of the country she hates??]]
I wish a republican candidate, or trump himself, would say this exact thing about her- What a powerful campaign volley that would be against her- force her to admit she doesn’t actually hate the country- which would make her out to be a liar-
I love when EU World weeiny types call us imperialist.
Shouldn’t you dicks be railing against spain an rejecting yer lingo.
No gringo, I love my Hispanic pipe dream! And I refuse your language and culture! Feed my Bambinos! Racist!
I saw this coming after Clinton (perv) was elected.. That is the reason I left the military and ended up here (Japan).
Sadly, things haven’t seemed to get much better :/
When the actual CWII starts, I will swim back to the states, if I have to.
ROTFL. Evil, white American “imperialists” need cocktail waitresses to bring them their scotch and sodas.
Good to see Alexandria fund raising in her district and among her brand of oppressed people.
Laura Ingraham (I think it was her) once said that most Americans are somewhat right of center. I believe that’s what happened to Hillary. The Bolsheviks were also a minority party
” She wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for imperialism. “
So true and lucky for her.
She is a parody.
Failing the US, look at the history of sub-Saharan Africa and think if one or more of those colonial powers had moved in on a military weak Hawaii. Real politick is called that for a reason. Power vacuums tend to be filled! Ms Ocasio-Cortez might think of an independent (1804), self-ruled (for values thereof) country of Hati for a comparison of the ills of imperialism!
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