Gorka: John F. Kennedy wouldn't be allowed in Democratic Party

The Hill ^ | 11/18/18 07:01 AM EST | JOHN BOWDEN

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka took aim at Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and progressive members of the Democratic Party in a new interview, asserting that former President Kennedy would not be welcome in the modern-day incarnation of his party.

In an interview airing Sunday on AM 970 in New York, Gorka tells "The Answer" host John Catsimatidis that a "hardcore, pro-nationalist" such as Kennedy would be unwelcome in the party.

ADVERTISEMENT "Today, a hardcore, pro-nationalist politician like John F. Kennedy would not be allowed in the Democrat party. That’s how bad it is," Gorka says, adding: “The lunatics are taking over the asylum ... Bill Clinton and his ilk would at least rein in the loonies."

"When you’ve got Kamala Harris comparing [the Department of Homeland Security] and [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to the [Ku Klux Klan] ... When you’ve got Ocasio-Cortez, who’s publicly calling for a socialist revolution ... you understand that the Democrat party has been taken over by radicals," Gorka adds in the interview.

Kennedy was frequently attacked during his 1960 campaign for president by Republicans for policies called socialist at the time, including a plan for government grants for students to attend medical schools and federal funding for programs aimed at helping the poor.

Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won election to Congress last week after defeating incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) in her district's primary election earlier this year by double-digits.

Earlier this week, the congresswoman-elect joined protesters in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office to demand the formation of a congressional committee on climate change.

[fieldmarshaldj]

The Slimes is such banal vomitus.

Irish Boob is such a beta soiboi cuck. He’s like the guy in “Animal House” who starts to play his guitar and sing ‘I Gave My Love a Cherry’, and Bluto yanks it from his hands and smashes it against the wall.

[BillyBoy]

The sad thing is, had LBJ actually been assassinated, a bunch of useful idiots on "our side" WOULD be trying to co-opt his failed "legacy" and touting how "conservative" LBJ was and how he "would be a Republican today". They'd do the same thing they're doing with JFK, and cherry pick one or two comments he made during his presidency to "prove" what an outstanding Tea Party-like figure he was.

For example, here's an actual LBJ quote:

"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's. The conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. -- Lyndon Baines Johnson

See?! Whatta guy!! TODAY'S Democrats have CHANGED. They are now godless atheists and wouldn't allow a great patriotic pro-life Christian like LBJ in their party today!! Look how they booed God at their convention, there's no way LBJ would have been allowed there! Why, I bet ol' Lyndon was MORE CONSERVATIVE than Ronald Reagan!! < / sarcasm>

Heck, even one comment earlier in this thread was extolling the virtues how "honorable and patriotic" ROBERT Kennedy was. Yes, the guy ran to the LEFT of LBJ in 1968 on a Cindy Sheehan type platform.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I know, really. How ‘bout folks extol the virtues of REAL Conservative Presidents, like Warren Harding ? Y’know, the guy who resolved a recession (Wilson’s) in record time by cutting taxes and government.

I’m sure we’ve got some FDR worshippers here, too, the guy who undid everything Harding and Andrew Mellon (greatest Treasury Secretary ever who should’ve been President instead of ex-Wilson Democrat Hoover) did and helped put the country on the road to Socialist-Marxist dependence and massive big gubmint/Derp State and Soviet undermining of our institutions.