Posted on 07/11/2019 2:48:50 PM PDT by Hadean
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that media attention over her racial complaints about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is unwarranted as she’s “just pointing out a pattern.” The New York Democrat told CNN’s Manu Raju that claims of “persistent singling out … out of newly elected women of color” by Mrs. Pelosi should be interpreted through a broader context.
At issue, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday, were cultural issues that are bigger than intraparty disputes.
“Well I think it’s really just pointing out a pattern, right?” she asked Mr. Raju. “We’re not talking just about progressives, it’s singling out four individuals and knowing the media environment we’re operating in … knowing the amount of death threats we get, knowing the amount of concentration of attention, I think it’s worth asking why.”
Mrs. Pelosi has attempted to navigate a political minefield since the freshman representative – described this week as “the hero of the left wing of the Democrats” by the New Yorker Radio hour — was elected.
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But it works. As far as that goes, If she was a decent individual, she would not be a Democrat.
It’s time for Pelosi to get in line with Speaker AOC, no Democrat can survive being labeled a racist...
Isn’t this the direction the French Revolution went. And that ended so well for everyone.
Live by identity politics, die by identity politics.
When idiots full of racist hate and gross ignorance are lauded and given power because of their skin color and/or genitalia we are in grave straits.
Don’t discount the number of people in this country that essentially agree with these wannabe despots.
Pelosi put freshman Omar on the Foreign Affairs Committee
Nancy, welcome to the Republican’s world during BHO.
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