Posted on 11/04/2018 2:08:52 AM PST by Libloather
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"I am like, 'hey, we are fighting for universal care, for tuition-free public college, we are fighting for a living wage,' and you see that kind of defense mechanism kind of come down."
But in America at large, such politics are pretty radical. She is a Democratic Socialist in the vein of failed 2016 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, on whose campaign she worked.
Ocasio-Cortez has compared the fight against climate change to the fight against Nazi Germany in World War II, calling it a "major existential threat" and has likened electing Democrats to ending slavery.
The right has branded her politics "dangerous" and she has also taken hits from centrist stalwarts, former senator Joe Lieberman saying her primary win seemed "likely to hurt Congress, America and the Democratic Party."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Cusp of power? A freshman Representative of a one house majority or worse, a freshman Representative of the minority party? That cusp of power? You know if she were a potential freshman Republican, it would be all about how she will be given the worst committees, no perks, terrible staff, blah blah blah, but because Ocasio-Cortez is a RAT media darling, she’s about to step into a major role in the country’s history.
It’s spelled ‘truly’ not ‘truely’ ignoramus.
Ocasio-Cortez: 78%
Pappas (R) - 14%
Crowley (3rd party) - 7%
Elizabeth Perri (Conservative) - less than 2%
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