Posted on 11/16/2020 1:07:42 PM PST by Signalman
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed that Democrats lost the House majority during virtual town hall Thursday evening.
A constituent asked Ocasio-Cortez about her thoughts on Democrats shrinking their majority in the House and expressed her frustration.
“Why did we lose so many seats, and what needs to be done to get them back next term?” the moderator asked on behalf on the constituent.
“So, you know, of course, the loss of the House majority is just extraordinarily upsetting to all of us. It’s upsetting to all of us who are invested in having a Democratic majority so that we can expand health care, so that we can raise wages, so that we can protect working people,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
While the Democrats are still going to retain a narrow majority, her anger is no surprise.
According to the Associated Press, Republicans have gained 7 seats and counting and Democrats have lost 6.
This went against earlier predictions from Cook Political Report, which expected Democrats to gain over 10 seats.
FiveThirtyEight and others are now projecting that Republicans will win the majority in the 2022 midterms, especially with a Biden administration in the White House.
House Democrats in competitive districts are also fuming about the losses, as Republicans used Ocasio-Cortez and the “Squad” in campaign messaging as poster children for the far-left.
Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin criticized her own party for catering to people like Ocasio-Cortez, and recently called for more moderate, Midwestern leadership.
“For me, I’m a Midwesterner so I want to see more Midwesterners in leadership. I think part of the reason why when I’m out in my swing district trying to convince people that they should consider the Democratic Party they look around and they don’t know who are the representatives at the senior level? Are they from my part of the country?” Slotkin said in an interview last week.
Slotkin is not the only moderate Democrat with hard feelings towards coastal Democrats in safe Democratic districts.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a deeply Republican state, raised his concern about radical solutions being promoted in the Democratic Party.
“I’m a West Virginia Democrat. And it’s all about, do you have an opportunity to take care of yourself and your family in the best fashion?” Manchin expressed in a MSNBC interview Saturday.
His comments come just days after Ocasio-Cortez went viral for posting a photo of her glaring at Manchin at the State of the Union. It was intended to show her disagreement about Manchin’s views about socialism and defunding the police.
lotkin, Manchin, and many others are worried that their party has been hijacked by radicals who are at no risk of losing their seats in the near future. They recognize that Republicans took advantage of the up-and-coming leftist faction and used it against them.
The only saving grace for Democrats is to stop giving a voice to those pushing an unrealistic agenda and start working with those across the aisle to achieve solutions with broad appeal.
Math is hard. So is logic.
Cry me a river bitch.
Yep, I’d take her advice seriously.
Last time I checked the Democrats still had the House, unless there are Democrats In Name Only that vote with the Republicans.
I would say she cracked a long time ago
Manchin, show your constituents you really care about them and become a Republican. Maybe he’s waiting until after the run off election.
Leave, and watch the numbers shoot back up. Joni Ernst won Iowa by showing an ad with a picture of her opponent next to AOC and Pelosi.
Don’t the democrats have a four seat majority?
5.56mm
According to the Associated Press, Republicans have gained 7 seats and counting and Democrats have lost 6.
This went against earlier predictions from Cook Political Report, which expected Democrats to gain over 10 seats.
This is in line with how liberals do budget cut accounting.
If a school budget is $100 million dollars and the Superintendent proposes a $110 million budget, but the school board decides to pass a $105 million school budget, liberal will call that a cut in the budget. It has taken me years, but I have persuaded the school department and school board here in Portland Maine to refer to it as a reduction of the increase. We have three new liberal school board member to educate.
“Math is hard. So is logic.”
would you believe this retard GRADUATED with a degree in economics from Boston College? Yet the best job she could find was being a barista...and stole from the tip jar.
IIRC, she tried twice in a TV interview to name the main branches of the Federal Government, and failed both times.
Math is hard. So is logic.
Wasn’t she a finance major?
Maybe AOC knows something the rest of us don’t.
I know that’s a stretch, but...
Someone...anyone...put a feedbag on this leftist loser.
If she wants to concede the House to the Republicans, that’s fine by me.
A part-time barmaid, at that.
Well, to be fair, we just elected a (GOP) Senator here in Alabama who can’t answer that question, either.
Maybe it wasn’t Economics, maybe it was Eggo-nomics. She might be smart enough to handle a toaster if she was supervised.
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