Maybe. I have my doubts that she is that deliberate about what she is doing.
But the author is correct that this is a new model in politics.
I don't think it works for AOC all that well, because she is in a safe district.
I do not see her as a serious national candidate.. but Idiocracy was not supposed to be a documentary.
This level of twitter followers allows national figures to avoid being controlled by the Media.
And that is a good thing.
Idiocracy came 500 years early.
“She already has more Twitter followers than the other 60 incoming freshman Democrats combined.”
Only an ass like Jonah would think that twitter followers equals brilliance.
She’s way more fun to mock than every other freshman Democrat combined and I follow her in order to play that game.