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AOC urges Dems to ‘move now,’ hints a death could cost party Senate majority
California Sun ^ | 06 10 2021 | Staff

Posted on 06/10/2021 10:11:48 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Time is precious, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Wednesday, reminding fellow Democrats that the majorities they enjoy in the House and Senate might not last.

In a series of Twitter messages, the lawmaker from New York suggested that an untimely death among Democrats could cost the party its slim Senate advantage even sooner than the 2022 midterm elections.

“During the Obama admin,” she wrote, “folks thought we’d have a 60 Dem majority for a while. It lasted 4 months.”

The reference was to the death of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in August 2009, the Washington Examiner noted. The stalwart Democrat’s Senate seat was filled by another Democrat temporarily – but then Republican Scott Brown won a special election to complete Kennedy’s term.

Kennedy’s death and Brown’s win prematurely ended a filibuster-proof super-majority that Democrats had at the time because it dropped them to 59 seats instead of the needed 60, the Examiner noted.

The newspaper also noted that the Senate started 2021 with the oldest average age in its history, at 64.3 years. It noted the advancing age of three Democrats: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will turn 88 on June 22; Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is 81; and Sen. Bernie Sanders will turn 80 later this year.

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KEYWORDS: aoc; democrats; majority; senate
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1 posted on 06/10/2021 10:11:48 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

There are a lot of geriatric Senators on borrowed time......


2 posted on 06/10/2021 10:13:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’d really like a job at the Congressional pharmacy..or the senate.


3 posted on 06/10/2021 10:14:41 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: yesthatjallen

Maybe AOC could do the kamikaze thing and reduce the house 1 member early.


4 posted on 06/10/2021 10:16:03 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: yesthatjallen

88 is too old to be in office.


5 posted on 06/10/2021 10:22:17 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

Feinstein. Or any other signatory to the “phony soldier” letter that still sits in the Senate. Or two or three. Not picky.


6 posted on 06/10/2021 10:27:03 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: yesthatjallen

“folks thought we’d have a 60 Dem majority for a while”

60 ??? Ocasio obviously has a problem with grade school math.


7 posted on 06/10/2021 10:38:13 PM PDT by cpdiii ( )
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s Biden. If he dies, Ds lose their tie-breaking vote.


8 posted on 06/10/2021 10:43:14 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: yesthatjallen

“Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will turn 88 on June 22; Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is 81; and Sen. Bernie Sanders will turn 80 later this year.”

No worries. It’s California and Vermont. Their replacements would all be Democrats.


9 posted on 06/10/2021 10:51:27 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: yesthatjallen

So who is she killing?


10 posted on 06/10/2021 11:05:21 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont all have Democrats in both Senate seats and Republican goernors. (Some may be RINOs, but they’re still people with R after their names.)


11 posted on 06/10/2021 11:10:55 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Vermont, as I pointed out, has a nominally Republican governor.


12 posted on 06/10/2021 11:11:54 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: TBP

I stand corrected.


13 posted on 06/10/2021 11:13:18 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

I think he’s likely a RINO, but he’s a member of the Republican Party and likely would appoint at least a nominal Republican to the seat.


14 posted on 06/10/2021 11:16:04 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Perhaps she has been tuning in to some prophetic words that have indicated instant death for some in Washington.


15 posted on 06/10/2021 11:16:21 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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To: yesthatjallen

Some barista fix her a “polonium cocktail” and put her out of her misery.


16 posted on 06/10/2021 11:41:28 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

Wtf is it with “folks” all the time with the demonrats


17 posted on 06/10/2021 11:57:11 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

I don’t believe she comes up with any of this stuff. She’s far too dumb to string a coherent sentence together.


18 posted on 06/11/2021 12:57:25 AM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: markman46

Obama got the ball rolling on “folks.” It was part of his schtick, except he’d make it even more annoying by doing his trademark whistled ‘s’ on the end.


19 posted on 06/11/2021 1:12:07 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“There are a lot of geriatric Senators on borrowed time......”

Yet strangely none died from COVID 19.


20 posted on 06/11/2021 1:49:20 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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