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.
BU economics major who can’t count.
If she wants to concede the House to the Republicans, that’s fine by me.
She should demand we impeach Biden
SO - you know - anything that is upsetting to you is a joy to us and we will try harder!
Is this the problem FR was having over the weekend? Whatever those weird letters are called - it still needs fixing...Haven’t seen anything that appears to be concerning about it still being there!!
“”âSo, you know, of course, the loss of the House majority is just extraordinarily upsetting to all of us.””
If there are any Christian Democrats left, they would do well to vote with the Republicans. Murdering babies is not on God’s agenda.
Yeah, but when it comes didn’t down to it, how often do these moderate-claiming Dems vote differently from the squad? If the answer is not very often, then it’s a distinction without a difference, and her complaint then boils down to a branding issue. She wants them to keep quiet about what they’re going to do.
praying its true!
Any day that AOC is upset...is a good day for everyone else.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find that this Bolshevik Barbie did Kamala-like stuff to get where she is now.
Not Boston College - Boston U.
But even so, BU should rescind her degree.
Stop spreading this lie. AOC did NOT graduate Boston University with a degree in Economics. Her major was in International Relations. She did also take some Economics courses. It was NOT her major. International Relations is akin to “Women’s Studies” or other degrees in various BA degrees.
Marry me, Lexi. I can fix you.
tough ti**ies.
Oh, wait...
She graduated from Boston University, not Boston College.
A coattail election without a coat. Trump gets 10 million more votes in 2020 that he did in 2016 yet in conservative battleground states he my stupidly loses the day after the election by mail in ballots? I suspect that the members of the DP/GOPe had a deal to only target election fraud against President Trump and to let the GOP to win the House and keep the Senate.
I want to hear more from AOC. I love seeing her face on the news. Anyway we can get her more airtime?
”would you believe this retard GRADUATED with a degree in economics from Boston College?”
AOC the retard BLEW and/or carpet munched her way into B.A. in economics from Boston College..... No intellect required.
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