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‘Authority and power’: Ilhan Omar and AOC plan to make Progressive Caucus a ‘new kind of centrism’
Washington Examiner ^ | 1/02/20 | Spencer Neale

Posted on 01/02/2020 4:32:15 PM PST by Libloather

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Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York have promoted "Medicare for all," a federal $15 minimum wage, and social justice issues as cornerstones of a policy platform that helped elect both House Democrats in 2018.

“We have the support of the majority of the public for the policies that we advocate for. And so we have to speak from a place of authority and power,” Omar told BuzzFeed.

**SNIP**

The Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairwoman, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who referred to Trump as a "combative racist" in 2019, said, "progressives are just the first to the best ideas."

**SNIP**

Young Democrats, however, support the combative shift in tone and are eager to see more liberal policy ideas adopted by the Democratic Party. After a recent tour in support of presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, supporters labeled Ocasio-Cortez a "national voice" and suggested she run for president in the future.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aoc; aocstupid; buzzfeedsux; caucus; cortez; ilhanomar; islam; jihad; muslims; omar; progressive; thesquad
“[It is] the nature of being a progressive caucus member - you're maybe out there on issues first before it's hit the mainstream,” added caucus co-chairman Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.

Isn't Omar the one who married her brother? Cutting edge stuff right there.

1 posted on 01/02/2020 4:32:15 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Good luck tards.


2 posted on 01/02/2020 4:35:22 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Libloather

Finally! The days of Democrats running as moderates or even conservatives are over. Glad to see them running as the leftist kooks they are.


3 posted on 01/02/2020 4:35:22 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Libloather

And yet.....these geniuses haven’t figured out that what it costs to live in NYC or LA is not the same as the cost of living in Weaverville, NC. Federal minimum wage is stupid.


4 posted on 01/02/2020 4:38:25 PM PST by McGavin999 (“Look into it” does not mean dig up dirt, it means find the truth)
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To: Libloather

“We have the support of the majority of the public for the policies that we advocate for. And so we have to speak from a place of authority and power,”
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You do NOT have the support of a majority.
Therefore, you have no power to be authoritarian.


5 posted on 01/02/2020 4:39:45 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

A new kind that apparently doesn’t know the definition of the word “centrist”. Or “new” All been done before under different names.


6 posted on 01/02/2020 4:42:15 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Libloather

AOC would really be a democrat donkey for president.


7 posted on 01/02/2020 4:44:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Libloather

. “We have the support of the majority of the public for the policies that we advocate for. And so we have to speak from a place of authority and power,”

No, they don’t, and no, you won’t.


8 posted on 01/02/2020 4:49:39 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Libloather

Centrists?

These bitches are crazy.


9 posted on 01/02/2020 4:51:38 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm triggered by liberals and other assorted moonbats.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Well, she has the teeth for it.


10 posted on 01/02/2020 4:58:25 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Libloather
Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are rigorously anti-American. Their hatred of who we are seeps out of every pore of their nasty skin.

BOO! HISS!

11 posted on 01/02/2020 5:00:38 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Don’t forget Rashida Tlaib.


12 posted on 01/02/2020 5:02:32 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Libloather

‘Authority and power’

The Democrat Party platform, its credo, its raison d’etre.


13 posted on 01/02/2020 5:07:04 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Libloather

Heh, Mao and Stalin would be Left of Center to these loons ... and not just the Justice Democrats.


14 posted on 01/02/2020 5:07:32 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Don’t forget Rashida Tlaib.

BOO! HISS!

15 posted on 01/02/2020 5:07:40 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: Libloather

16 posted on 01/02/2020 5:26:30 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: Libloather
"...CENTRIST..." ?

Since when, exactly is SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM "centrist" ?

17 posted on 01/02/2020 5:26:56 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Libloather

Ignorance is no bar to certitude in the progressive dreamworld.


18 posted on 01/03/2020 5:44:04 AM PST by Ford4000
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