Posted on 03/04/2019 2:03:47 PM PST by EdnaMode
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York believes that the stream of attacks that GOP lawmakers and the conservative media spew her way stem from her gender.
“I am as powerful as a man, and it drives them crazy,” the freshman congresswoman told David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, after she emerged as the Republican Party’s bête noire over the course of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference that ended on Saturday.
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to comments made by a writer for the feminist news outlet Jezebel, who said women in politics are characterized as either “hideous harpies,” such as Hillary Clinton, or "pretty idiots." "To her critics, Ocasio-Cortez is firmly in the pretty idiot category,” Jezebel writer Ashley Reese said.
In The New Yorker interview, Ocasio-Cortez said she agreed with the comments. "I feel like I predicted it from day one,” she said. “The idea that a woman can be as powerful as a man is something that our society can’t deal with.”
Ocasio-Cortez, who worked as a bartender and waitress at a taco restaurant before leading an upstart campaign to win the race for New York’s 14th Congressional District against a 10-term incumbent, said that virtually every aspect of her background was offensive not only to the GOP establishment but also to President Donald Trump.
“I can see Trump being enormously upset that a 29-year-old Latina, who is the daughter of a domestic worker, is helping to build the case to get his financial records. I think that adds insult to injury to him,” she said.
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And 7 Dem Presidential candidates as well (last time I checked).
She is a cancer on the body politic.
“I am as powerful as a man...”
And Daffy as a duck... don’t forget that one!
Yeah. Her name is too long to say.
I'd follow their lead in almost any endeavor... because of their IDEAS, not their gender... Miss Cortez.
Chaquita is losing it. I knew it wouldn’t take long.
Hey ASS......you are a TWIT!! An IDIOT TWIT who speaks a LOT! Maybe you are as powerful as Jussie Smollett!
You are NOT serious!! She will make a BILLION DOLLARS at a salary of $175,000.00 a year!! NO SWEAT...ALL THE DEMOCRATS DO THIS!
It has been said that she smells like cabbage.
Thanks, Newbie!
Congressional salaries are only their couch cushion money. Bryce Harper would be envious of the amount of money she’ll be able to graft in. Hillary never made more than $200K a year in her salaries...but she has access to hundreds of millions, far beyond even what her paper net worth is...she got it the old-fashioned way: by selling us all out. This horse-face will make her look like small potatoes soon enough.
The term is also applied to someone or something one truly dislikes. Check the dictionary. I'm pretty sure the author knows the literal translation as well.
AOC dates a white make. What’s up what th that???
Well.. Duhh…!
Congressmen and Congresswomen have equal power.
Only a misogynist (or a misandrist, MAN HATER in this case) would make that comment.
Her true bigoted colors are showing.
Those with little power, think they are a ruler...
A MANDATORY 10 rounds in the ring (bare knuckle) would be more fun to watch.
"To her critics, Ocasio-Cortez is firmly in the pretty idiot category,” Jezebel writer Ashley Reese said.
Is there a category for commie dupes? That's where I'd put my money.
If she hangs on for a few years...she will HAVE MANY MILLIONS IN THE BANK!!!
Hate to break it to you, Cortez: You’re not all that.
Narcissism in the extreme.
JoMa
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