Posted on 11/08/2020 5:59:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Just hours after the mainstream media has anointed Joe Biden as President-Elect, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems to be having some type of meltdown. With Trump on his way out of office, AOC has turned her ire against a new cause: Democrats that aren't moving far enough to the left.
Perhaps indifferent about the fact that the Presidential election seems to have swung in her favor since there was no "blue wave", AOC said this weekend that Democrats who lost House seats "relied too heavily on outdated Democratic National Committee campaign tactics," according to Fox News.
She called those who lost seats "sitting ducks" and refuted the claim that some Democrats thought the ideas of defunding the police and the Green New Deal cost moderates their seats; and made the Presidential race extremely close.
AOC told the New York Times in an interview: Our party isnt even online, not in a real way that exhibits competence. And so, yeah, they were vulnerable to these messages, because they werent even on the mediums where these messages were most potent. Sure, you can point to the message, but they were also sitting ducks. They were sitting ducks.
She continued: Theres a reason Barack Obama built an entire national campaign apparatus outside of the Democratic National Committee. And theres a reason that when he didnt activate or continue that, we lost House majorities. Because the party in and of itself does not have the core competencies, and no amount of money is going to fix that.
She also lashed out at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: If you are the DCCC, and youre hemorrhaging incumbent candidates to progressive insurgents, you would think that you may want to use some of those firms. But instead, we banned them. So the DCCC banned every single firm that is the best in the country at digital organizing.
And she also took at shot at the leadership of her party: The leadership and elements of the party frankly, people in some of the most important decision-making positions in the party are becoming so blinded to this anti-activist sentiment that they are blinding themselves to the very assets that they offer.
I need my colleagues to understand that we are not the enemy. And that their base is not the enemy. That the Movement for Black Lives is not the enemy, that "Medicare-for-all" is not the enemy. This isnt even just about winning an argument. Its that if they keep going after the wrong thing, I mean, theyre just setting up their own obsolescence, she said.
OCASIO-CORTEZ: SEES `DEEP DIVISIONS' AMONG HOUSE DEMOCRATS
Here we go. Joe hasn't even been inaugurated yet and he's already not socialist enough Quoth the Raven (@QTRResearch) November 8, 2020
AOC also told the New York Times she could consider quitting politics if Democrats continue to be "hostile" toward progressive causes. And, by that, we're sure she means Marxist causes.
She also "might quit politics," according to The Independent. She stated: I genuinely dont know. I dont even know if I want to be in politics. You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didnt even know if I was going to run for re-election this year.
But, ultimately, we all know she did: I chose to run for re-election because I felt like I had to prove that this is real. That this movement was real. That I wasnt a fluke.
Externally, theres been a ton of support, but internally, its been extremely hostile to anything that even smells progressive, concluded, apparently bereft of the idea that perhaps even establishment Democrats don't find full-on socialism appealing.
goodbye
I believe this is all designed to make Biden look like a centrist, middle of the road, non-threatening Democrat. That is what DC radio news is emphasizing: Uncle Joe is a moderate. *sure*
Channeling her inner Olbermann?
Give her a shove
drama queen who can earn a minimum wage elsewhere. Go for it!
She’s a legend in her own mind. She will never quit politics, IMHO. It’s taken her from behind a bar to luxury and fame because she has great camera presence.
AOC. Start a new political party. Take minorities and environmentalists with you.
AOC is making Nancy Pelosi earn her paycheck.
Rats fighting Rats. Its a wonderful thang to behold.
Shes an ideologue AND a spoiled brat.
She’s a fascist Bolshevik, Jim.
AOC may give Nancy occasional heartburn, but I still wouldn't use the words "Nancy" and "earn" together in a sentence.
“for real”
Such impressive dialogue.
How can we miss you when you won’t leave?
Decisions, decisions.
I really wish Sandy would get back to slinging drinks... I hear she made a mean pina colada.
Most Excellent.
Is St. Cortez being denied her canonization?
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