Posted on 10/25/2020 8:36:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that she believes it's "extremely important" that Joe Biden offer Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressive leaders Cabinet positions if he's elected president.
The big picture: Ocasio-Cortez was pressed repeatedly on policy differences between her and the more moderate Biden, including her opposition to fracking and support for Medicare for All. She responded that it would be a "privilege" and a "luxury" to be able to lobby a Biden administration on progressive issues, insisting that the focus right now should be on winning the White House.
What she's saying: "I think what a lot of people misunderstand about the progressive movement is that it wasn't a slogan when Bernie ran on saying, 'Not me, us.' And so it's not just about where Bernie Sanders is next term or what role that Sen. Sanders is playing, but it's really about who the Biden administration is choosing to lead agencies across the board," Ocasio-Cortez said.
"The fact of the matter is, this isn't just about the progressive movement. This is about making sure that we're not just going back to how things were and rewinding the tape before the Trump administration," she continued.
"This is about making sure, how are we going to not just make up for lost time, but leap into the future and actually ensure we are making the investments and policy decisions that will create an advanced American society. And, frankly, conservative appointments will not get us there."
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Only reason she is in Congress is that it has a bigger tip jar.
Right...Sec. Of the Outhouse. AOC as his assistant in charge of inspecting the “Holes “. 🤮
lock him in the cabinet in Joe’s basement and make him listen to Joe and Joe Jr molest children.
She has an economics degree and doesn’t ‘get’ the law of supply and demand...
So who’s gonna break the news to Occasional Cortex that slow-Joe probably isn’t gonna be the Big Guy on November 4th?
> offer Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressive leaders Cabinet positions <
My sources in the Sanders camp tell me Bernie will accept a Cabinet position only if he is called “Commissar Sanders”, and not “Secretary Sanders”. Biden has agreed to this.
Onward the Revolution!
The RATS pulled the rug from under Bernie to get a “safer” alternative with Slow Joe. The reality is the only person that would have brought some sense of excitement to Democrat voters is Comrade Sanders. I think if he had been the nominee it would have been a tougher race for Trump, but there is no way in hell the RAT establishment would of let Bernie be the nominee.
The turd, known as AOC, is counting her chickens before they hatch. Bernie will soon be looking to be a dog catcher in Vt.
Bernie would have do something useful as a cabinet secretary.
That’s not socialist.
With a 5-4 SCOTUS, every Republican lawsuit that hits the bench will overturn the rats move. It will be 4 years of nothing.
How about right next to the soup ladel.
“Working class” means people who work. That’s something Sanders didn’t do much of, ever.
The term ‘working class’ only has meaning in the context of those people who were part of the nobility or the gentry, and were wealthy enough to never have to work. Trump works, probably a lot harder than many of those who voted for AOC.
Bernie and AOC can be in charge of the liquor cabinet.
He belongs in a cabinet all right a locked one.
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