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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says some members of Congress are 'not smarter than a bartender'
Business Insider via MSN ^ | 2/07/20 | Eliza Relman

Posted on 02/08/2020 2:13:17 PM PST by Libloather

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at critics who deride her experience as a bartender during an appearance on an episode of Showtime's "Desus & Mero" released Thursday.

The congresswoman mixed a few drinks for her fellow Bronx natives, show hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, on a tour of their home borough.

When Desus asked Ocasio-Cortez how she takes criticism of her service industry background, she suggested that some members of Congress think they're "smarter" than their working class constituents and colleagues.

"I feel like people are always clowning themselves when they say that because it's like, okay so you think every person you represent that's a bartender, a waitress, a working person, that they can't do this job?" she said. "Because let me tell you, I work with some of these people and they are not smarter than a bartender."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; bartender; congress; cortez; ocasiocortez; rentfree; rentfreeonfr; socialist
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With only 10.95 years left to exist, you would think that the bartender would be focused on other things. She is not.
1 posted on 02/08/2020 2:13:17 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

We can still agree on some things.


2 posted on 02/08/2020 2:14:07 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Libloather

3 posted on 02/08/2020 2:16:19 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Libloather

And all of them are in HER Party. LOL


4 posted on 02/08/2020 2:17:11 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Fiddlstix

Of course she’s right I could name 100 Democrats that she smarter than but zero Republicans


5 posted on 02/08/2020 2:17:32 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Affirmative bump


6 posted on 02/08/2020 2:18:10 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather

Broken clock is right twice a day.


7 posted on 02/08/2020 2:18:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

"My voters don't need jobs from Amazon or any other company.
With bars on every corner, someone in every family can fall
and can sue the rich landowners."

8 posted on 02/08/2020 2:18:13 PM PST by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: Libloather

This particular bartender is dumber than a box of rocks. She is no politician, she is just an idiot that got voted in. She will be voted out in 2020.


9 posted on 02/08/2020 2:20:46 PM PST by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: Libloather

Well.... She isn’t wrong.


10 posted on 02/08/2020 2:22:10 PM PST by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian.)
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To: Libloather

Here is the latest from AOC ..........

Milton Keynes? And she has a degree in economics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a-Pzqs-gqg&feature=emb_title

She keeps opening her mouth and removing all doubt.


11 posted on 02/08/2020 2:22:34 PM PST by boycott
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To: Libloather

Well, I dunno, AOC, there are some pretty perceptive people out there tending bar.

But you were never one of them. :D


12 posted on 02/08/2020 2:24:02 PM PST by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: Libloather
America’s first congressional microcephalic lectures congress about intelligence.

Kind of like a Ficus claiming intellectual supiority over Enrico Fermi.
13 posted on 02/08/2020 2:26:27 PM PST by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept)
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To: Diogenesis
Ding! Ding! Ding!

Click The Pic
BEST POST!

"My voters don't need jobs from Amazon or any other company. With bars on every corner, someone in every family can fall and can sue the rich landowners."

14 posted on 02/08/2020 2:27:33 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Libloather

A broken clock, well you know.


15 posted on 02/08/2020 2:31:01 PM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Libloather

Actually, I agree with her. I’ve encountered several bartenders over the years. MOST of them are indeed hard working people and fairly bright. They have to be able to converse with people of various backgrounds and social status. That doesn’t mean she’s one of them. I’ve also encountered bartenders who are complete ignoramuses. She’s one of those.


16 posted on 02/08/2020 2:31:09 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Libloather

For once, AOC is right: Waters, Green, Tlaib, AOC herself, and many other Dem congress-people are not smarter than bartenders.


17 posted on 02/08/2020 2:31:10 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Libloather; All

As my lady says, “Blonds tell AOC jokes.” & “There are common rocks that are smarter than AOC is.”

There thousands of bartenders are at least TWICE as intelligent as AOC is, as she is well-known as a DUMB-bunny.

Yours, TMN78247


18 posted on 02/08/2020 2:32:35 PM PST by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
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To: Fiddlstix
If Tinker Bell here thinks barmaids are smart NYC cabbies are complete geniuses.
19 posted on 02/08/2020 2:34:30 PM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: simpson96

We have more than a few dimbulbs on our side, too. In this statement, she’s right.


20 posted on 02/08/2020 2:34:50 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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