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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says people on Capitol Hill keep mistaking her for an intern
See BS ^ | 11/15/18 | CHRISTOPHER BRITO

Posted on 11/16/2018 4:42:13 AM PST by Libloather

At 29 years old, U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the youngest woman ever in Congress, but her first few days as an elected official have come with challenges — some of which have nothing to do with politics. As Capitol Hill holds orientation meetings this week, the incoming congresswoman said on Twitter that people keep mistaking her for an intern or someone's spouse.

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"People keep giving me directions to the spouse and intern events instead of the ones for members of Congress," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Wednesday.

When a critic pointed out there were no scheduled intern events that day, she offered a sharp response.

"Last night I was stopped bc it was assumed I was an intern/staffer," she tweeted back. "Next time try believing women + people of color when they talk about their experiences being a woman or person of color."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bartender; berniesanders; cortez; intern; joecrowley; newyork; ocasiocortez; rookie
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To: Libloather

So they think more highly of her than I do.

I wouldn’t call her an intern, another word comes to mind.


21 posted on 11/16/2018 4:55:07 AM PST by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Libloather
"Next time try believing women + people of color when they talk about their experiences being a woman or person of color."

All of the interns are women and minority??

22 posted on 11/16/2018 4:56:40 AM PST by ealgeone (SCRIPTURE DOES NOT CHANGE!)
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To: FlipWilson

She does have a pretty sturdy set of chompers on her. I’ll give her that.


23 posted on 11/16/2018 4:56:56 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: null and void
I've seen that look before:


24 posted on 11/16/2018 4:57:27 AM PST by null and void (Those who make change through the vote impossible make changes by force inevitable)
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To: Libloather

You weren’t stopped b/c u were a woman+person of color. You were stopped because you’re a goofy looking kid who seems lost. That, you can believe.


25 posted on 11/16/2018 4:59:18 AM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: grayboots

When it finally gets down to having to actually DO the job I suspect she is gonna get exposed for what she really is and is gonna get her butt kicked.


26 posted on 11/16/2018 5:00:12 AM PST by V_TWIN (Contrary to popular belief Height does not = superiority.....physical OR mental.)
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To: Libloather
Looks like that big rock in my yard has been out IQed by that little socialist...(snort)
27 posted on 11/16/2018 5:00:20 AM PST by crazyhorse691 (Who knew that an elected official is a demi-god waiting to happen?)
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To: Hieronymus

LOL, of course.

That aspect of men, whether subjugated and repressed as normal, responsible men would do, or embraced and indulged in, and men like Bill Clinton would do, certainly does exist.

Of course, they have probably don’t give much moral or critical thought to their indulgence, and have never watched (or absorbed) movies like “Fatal Attraction” or “Disclosure”, and THOSE are the guys who “get their tires slashed, a bunny in the pot, or end up in jail”!

Eventually...


28 posted on 11/16/2018 5:00:54 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: ealgeone

All of the interns are women and minority??

If they’re RATS, yes.

The RAT party has no use for the gender or skin color of the people who founded the country, produced 99% of the world’s music and art and invented virtually everything they use on a daily basis.


29 posted on 11/16/2018 5:01:06 AM PST by Pravious
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Like the Kardashians, famous for being famous.

But a far more refined sense of entitlement.


30 posted on 11/16/2018 5:02:37 AM PST by alloysteel (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Libloather

It’s easier to get elected than to get hired.

I would never mistake her for an intern. Most interns are pretty smart.


31 posted on 11/16/2018 5:02:38 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Libloather

One week and Already with this discrimination shyte??

Nuke her from orbit, it is the only way that you can be sure lol...


32 posted on 11/16/2018 5:04:15 AM PST by SteveH
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To: Libloather

Airhead...


33 posted on 11/16/2018 5:04:24 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: rlmorel

What I think about, every time I see a headline with her name in it, is these two things:

1. She will be comedy gold for two years.
2. She will serve one term. Not because of the republicans, but because of the democrats.

And to be honest, I would not be surprised if the democrats offed her, as they are known to do quite a bit. They will only suffer her lunacy for so long. Either she will suddenly and oddly “shut up”, or something will probably happen to her. Mark my words.


34 posted on 11/16/2018 5:04:46 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: Libloather

I find it a little hard to believe. The media won’t stop talking about her and a town like DC is glued to the media.


35 posted on 11/16/2018 5:06:37 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather

“Next time try believing women + people of color when they talk about their experiences being a woman or person of color”

The GOP should vote for her to be speaker.


36 posted on 11/16/2018 5:07:39 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Libloather
"Last night I was stopped bc it was assumed I was an intern/staffer,"

You can already see it ... implicit in her comment is that interns and staffers are nobodies, and she's a somebody.

Among 4 billion other reasons, this is why socialism and other forms the people's tyranny and mankind are incompatible. Mankind is and always will be made up of about 25% scammers like this one, and when given power, they will self hypnotize into exactly what they claimed they hated in about 3 seconds, because they really always wanted to be exactly what they claimed to hate.

37 posted on 11/16/2018 5:08:09 AM PST by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: cuban leaf

I hope you are wrong. I want her in office forever. I am gonna get so much free stuff now and if I need something I can’t afford I will like just like pay for it, you know??


38 posted on 11/16/2018 5:08:59 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Libloather

Poor baby.


39 posted on 11/16/2018 5:10:42 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: shelterguy

I hope you are wrong. I want her in office forever.


I sort of agree. The problem is that what I see in her is a young Maxine Waters.


40 posted on 11/16/2018 5:12:21 AM PST by cuban leaf
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