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GOP Pollster Tells Fox News Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Would Be Democrats' Best Hope of Beating Trump
Newsweek ^ | May 15, 2019 | Jason Lemon

Posted on 05/16/2019 1:36:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Republican pollster Frank Luntz has suggested that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would be the Democratic party’s best candidate to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 if she were legally able to run.

“The key is authenticity,” Luntz told Fox News host Laura Ingraham Tuesday evening. “You want to say what you mean, mean what you say,” he continued. “You want to be able to look straight at the camera and be yourself. And at least half of them [the 2020 Democratic candidates] are trying to be something that they’re not,” he argued.

Ingraham then pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez, despite her disagreements with the congresswoman’s policy ideas, “seems very genuine. And she looks like she’s having fun.”

Luntz agreed wholeheartedly, suggesting she’d be the best option to take on Trump. “No one is having a better time at politics than Donald Trump and AOC,” the pollster asserted. “They should run against each other, even though legally she can’t,” he added, as Ingraham laughed.

Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive from New York, has shot into the national spotlight as one of the country’s most well-known politicians, but she is ineligible to run for president because she is too young. The Constitution specifies that the president must be 35 years old when they take office, and Ocasio-Cortez is only 29.

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TOPICS: Delaware; Massachusetts; New York; Vermont; Campaign News; Parties; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; berniesanders; clowncar; cortez; delaware; elizabethwarren; fauxahontas; frankluntz; joebiden; lauraingraham; massachusetts; newyork; ocasiocortez; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; slingingbull; trump; vermont
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In a way, there is a lot to what he says.

Not that AOC would stand a chance...but that she is the only Dem challenger who is authentic (except for Bernie, who was on Noah's Ark).

Warren (fake Squaw), Beto (fake Mexican), Booker (fake Spartacus), Biden (fake smile), Kamala (just plain fake)...

21 posted on 05/16/2019 3:15:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: octex

This guy got drunk with Karl Rove last night. Man, they really hung one on.


22 posted on 05/16/2019 3:17:30 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Colt1851Navy

The next thing you know he’ll be hitting on Cameltoe telling her how gorgeous and what a dream candidate she really is. Sheesh!


23 posted on 05/16/2019 3:22:04 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What about rising Democrat star Stacey Abrams? What are her chances? She’s a star.


24 posted on 05/16/2019 3:40:32 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: eaglestar

Unrelated but speaking of Stacey Abrams I think I saw her the other day laughing loudly in a new Apple commercial.


25 posted on 05/16/2019 3:42:25 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What drugs is he taking?


26 posted on 05/16/2019 3:52:47 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Singapore? It is a pleasant well-run country but nowhere big enough to hold us all.


27 posted on 05/16/2019 3:55:38 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: octex

I’ve had that too, too many times. As the song says: “There ain’t nothin’ you can do...” Maybe sour cream or hot sauce? Heh.


28 posted on 05/16/2019 4:09:38 AM PDT by W. (NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Both Luntz and aoc are nut cases.


29 posted on 05/16/2019 4:28:00 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His TOUPE must be too tight!!


30 posted on 05/16/2019 4:56:41 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cortez just informed us that her whole meme about global warming disasters was a joke. How do we tell when she is being seriously stupid and when is she having us on? Authenticity indeed. Lunz must be making a funny too. Next up: the Republicans’ best nominate would be Maxine Waters.


31 posted on 05/16/2019 5:05:53 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She is a bartender turned politician who is as dumb as they come. The problem is not her but the MILLIONS who WOULD vote for her. Those on the left are so brainwashed that she could serve dishwater in shot glasses and say it’s tequila and they would in turn say it’s the best they ever had.


32 posted on 05/16/2019 5:09:15 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Sacajaweau

My take on these Pres candidates is that a newcomer doesn’t have the voting record of an established Senator or Gov and that voting record and time in the public eye creates inevitable Flip-Flops Obama was a rookie Senator, so not surprising that AOC polls well


33 posted on 05/16/2019 5:25:06 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe with the help of St. Jude...?


34 posted on 05/16/2019 5:56:04 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The Mueller Report: Donald Trump is the most uncorrupted President in US history!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Luntz agreed wholeheartedly, suggesting she’d be the best option to take on Trump.

She'd get her a$$ kicked in the debates. Besides that, she's only 29 and not eligible. Next?

35 posted on 05/16/2019 6:00:55 AM PDT by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

never trust a fat sweaty hyperactive guy


36 posted on 05/16/2019 6:11:15 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: rrrod

Even using some of the most mind altering drugs no one can believe this . I am sure the pollster is trying to sucker the Democrats into backing a complete radical.


37 posted on 05/16/2019 6:15:22 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hahaha! The DIMWits are a barrel of laughs.


38 posted on 05/16/2019 7:16:45 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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When has ineligibility and law ever been a deterrent to a demonrat?.....ever?


39 posted on 05/16/2019 7:35:33 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: okie 54

40 posted on 05/16/2019 9:45:28 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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