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Ocasio-Cortez: I give 'zero' f---s about pushback from other Democrats
The Hill ^ | 01/22/2019 | Aris Folley

Posted on 01/22/2019 8:12:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) in an interview late Monday said she gives "zero" f---s about criticism she’s received from members of her own party.

“Now, congresswoman, for you and other freshmen members of Congress, you're getting a fair amount of pushback from even members of your own party saying ‘wait your turn, go slow, don't ask for so much so fast right now, you're new, wait your turn for everything and don't make waves,'" late-night host Stephen Colbert said to the rising progressive star on CBS's "The Late Show."

“I want to ask this question in a respectful manner, knowing also that you're from Queens, so you will understand this question,” he continued.

“And the BX,” Ocasio-Cortez, who is also from the Bronx, laughingly injected.

“On a scale from zero to some, how many f---s do you give?”

After taking a moment to deliberate, Ocasio-Cortez reached into her side and pulled out her hand to make a circle, saying: “I think it’s zero.”

“That’s my thought!” Colbert exclaimed.

When pressed further about her response to lawmakers who say her actions show a “divided front” for the Democratic Party, Ocasio-Cortez responded: “It’s how we choose to interpret items and how we choose to interpret events and things like activism and advocacy.”

“If you think activism is inherently divisive — I mean, today is Martin Luther King Day,” she continued. “People called Martin Luther King divisive in his time. We forget he was wildly unpopular when advocating for the Civil Rights Act. I think that what we really need to realize is that social movements are the moral compass and should be the moral compass for our politics.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; democrats; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; mediawingofthednc; newyork; ocasiocortez; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; stephencolbert; vermont
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To: central_va

Sade (as in Marquis de) or Sadie?


101 posted on 01/22/2019 9:37:57 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“... how many f-—s do you give?””

I’m just an old guy. But, what on earth does that term really mean?? Is that whore house talk??


102 posted on 01/22/2019 9:39:22 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

It’s a vulgar synonym for “cares”


103 posted on 01/22/2019 9:41:01 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (May Jesus Christ be praised.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Sade.

104 posted on 01/22/2019 9:47:29 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Spok

All I can say is...NY Senators better watch their ‘6’, because Occasional Kotex plans to be the next US Senator of NY.


105 posted on 01/22/2019 9:57:09 AM PST by Beagle8U (Beto went to Liz Warren's genealogist to prove that he was 1/1000 Hispanic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like I tell others: She’s the greatest gift the GOP could get.


106 posted on 01/22/2019 10:04:18 AM PST by struggle
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To: OpusatFR

>>>Someone needs her mouth washed out with soap

What is inappropriate about her response “I think it’s zero”?
It was Colbert and the headline writer that used f——s.


107 posted on 01/22/2019 10:40:07 AM PST by oincobx
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To: oincobx

She needs to be taken down. She is a leftist and that is all I need to know about her.


108 posted on 01/22/2019 10:57:39 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: OpusatFR

The bigger problem is the idiots that vote for the likes of her. She’s just a symptom of the disease.


109 posted on 01/22/2019 10:58:37 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

You can’t converse with the devil nor deal with Marxists.

It is time for the right to realize there is no compromise.


110 posted on 01/22/2019 11:01:04 AM PST by OpusatFR
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