When The Times asked Ocasio-Cortez why she considered getting out of politics, she said there is a ‘lack of support’ from Democrats and that she has been labeled the ‘enemy.’
‘It’s the stress. It’s the violence. It’s the lack of support from your own party. It’s your own party thinking you’re the enemy,’ the New York City representative said. ‘When your own colleagues talk anonymously in the press and then turn around and say you’re bad because you actually append your name to your opinion.’
‘I chose to run for re-election because I felt like I had to prove that this is real,’ she said. ‘That this movement was real. That I wasn’t a fluke. That people really want guaranteed health care and that people really want the Democratic Party to fight for them.’
‘But I’m serious when I tell people the odds of me running for higher office and the odds of me just going off trying to start a homestead somewhere — they’re probably the same.’
My goodness, what a thin skin she has!
I predict the psycho ward for AOC soon.
She’s gotten bored with this game. She’s no longer the unopposed star sensation she was in her own party, she has suddenly understood that professional politics is a pretty complex game, and she’s lost interest in it. I honestly can see her moving on to something else.
“...me just going off trying to start a homestead somewhere —”
Now that would make great “Reality” TV!
AOC is definitely set at “burn-out” level. She has been doing a real number on Nancy Pelosi, and I hope they both flame out before 2022.