Posted on 06/27/2018 11:57:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who was viewed as the successor to Rep. Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ocasio-Cortez belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America and is a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent who ran as a Democrat in the 2016 presidential primaries. New York’s 14th District, which comprises parts of Queens and the Bronx, is overwhelmingly Democrat.
She tweeted on May 14, the day more than 60 Palestinian protesters participating in the “March of Return” were killed on the border with Gaza: “This is a massacre. I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such. No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else. Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore.” …
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From Breitbart:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proud of her roots — but don’t call her a Latina: she prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “Latinx.”
“Latinx,” as HuffPost explained in 2016, is the new, progressive way to refer to people of Latin American descent, replacing the traditional -o or -a for male or female, respectively”
Latinx is the gender-neutral alternative to Latino, Latina and even Latin@. Used by scholars, activists and an increasing number of journalists, Latinx is quickly gaining popularity among the general public. It’s part of a “linguistic revolution” that aims to move beyond gender binaries and is inclusive of the intersecting identities of Latin American descendants. In addition to men and women from all racial backgrounds, Latinx also makes room for people who are trans, queer, agender, non-binary, gender non-conforming or gender fluid.
Wonderful, this is a turnoff to normal people.
Nothing like making up words...like 2 year olds do.
The one little minor teeny weeny tiny little flaw in the Democrats’ plan to use minorities to turn America blue is that before minorities come to comprise a majority of America they will first come to comprise a majority of the Democratic Party. That means that a whole lot of white Democrats will be out of jobs.
And that's a good thing. Let White people see a rat party with no White faces in it.
Love your dead white rat pic!
How ‘bout we use the term “Stalinix.”
I lived in this district for 20 years before coming down to NC. The Bronx part of the district is purely Pro Trump, which surprised me. As people get fed up with the politics being played (pay for play), they move out and a lower class of people move in. Some want to stay and fight but others see the big picture and are hitting the road. It’s sad to see my neighborhood go down hill so fast. I belong to local Community Boards on FB and some of the new faces and comments that come out of their mouths are so foreign to anything I’ve ever heard are so unbelievable. I would say 90 percent of newcomers are latin women with big mouths who are indeed bullies. My girlfriend and former nextdoor neighbor is on the local police precint board of directors. She fights hard but admits it is an uphill battle. Just wanted to give my perspective on my part of the district. Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay and City Island. I’ve even lived in Morris Park for a few years.
That works. Douche bag works even better.
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