Posted on 01/22/2019 8:12:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) in an interview late Monday said she gives "zero" f---s about criticism she’s received from members of her own party.
“Now, congresswoman, for you and other freshmen members of Congress, you're getting a fair amount of pushback from even members of your own party saying ‘wait your turn, go slow, don't ask for so much so fast right now, you're new, wait your turn for everything and don't make waves,'" late-night host Stephen Colbert said to the rising progressive star on CBS's "The Late Show."
“I want to ask this question in a respectful manner, knowing also that you're from Queens, so you will understand this question,” he continued.
“And the BX,” Ocasio-Cortez, who is also from the Bronx, laughingly injected.
“On a scale from zero to some, how many f---s do you give?”
After taking a moment to deliberate, Ocasio-Cortez reached into her side and pulled out her hand to make a circle, saying: “I think it’s zero.”
“That’s my thought!” Colbert exclaimed.
When pressed further about her response to lawmakers who say her actions show a “divided front” for the Democratic Party, Ocasio-Cortez responded: “It’s how we choose to interpret items and how we choose to interpret events and things like activism and advocacy.”
“If you think activism is inherently divisive — I mean, today is Martin Luther King Day,” she continued. “People called Martin Luther King divisive in his time. We forget he was wildly unpopular when advocating for the Civil Rights Act. I think that what we really need to realize is that social movements are the moral compass and should be the moral compass for our politics.”
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I think she’s having a nervous breakdown
She must be giving Pelosi fits.
I keep wondering when Pelosi or her lieutenants will take Ms. Occasionally-Cogent to the woodshed.
Pelosi is probably scared of her base.................
I find it interesting that this little twerp has totally captivated both the Democratic Party and the news media. Now I see that the world leaders in Davos are also concerned about her.
This is actually becoming hilarious. Someone needs to pay her way to Caracas, Venezuela for a nice information vacation.
Please don't assume they gender.
5 demerits, Gryffindor.
But to know that, you'd have to read more than the headline. What are you, some kind of egghead wonk?
Nervous horse eyes.....the way a horse looks at you as you walk around you if the horse is a bit hot
My ex had that too
Crazy eyes is right
We need to get this woman on the set!
Red, she’s talking income, not wealth. And she’s doing that deliberately.
I confess to NOT being the cowboy who rushed out of the bunkhouse, leaped on his horse, and rode off in all directions at once. But I know of few... LOL
Why the devil does she always speak of “we”? She wasn’t even born when MLK, Jr. fought for civil rights. With her, it’s always “we”...like the other dingbats elected from MI and WI speak of “our country.” In a pig’s eye... They had one reason and one reason only to run for congress - destroy the country while getting rid of OUR president! And never forget also “to get whitey.” obozo promised to be transparent and he was but not in a manner he was thinking of - these twerps really are transparent..
It’s only a hop-skip-and-a-jump to confiscation of wealth...................
“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.”
Matthew 15:18
Her previous ‘pull a train’ comment, on the public record, was her basically screaming that ‘I am a pig with absolutely no sense of shame.’
Colbert was the one who actually said the ‘f’ bomb but she would’ve if he didn’t.
Such language from this holier than thou.
You’ll be getting a bill from the Acme Goal Post movers. ;)
The wealthy will likely be eaten last cuz, well, they’re wealthy. They can afford to bribe 535 legislators. The middle class can’t. We’ll all be screwed by AOC long before they will.
The Swamp has seen many like her come in full of themselves.
They will handle her just like they handle the rest.
Once they have used her for their purposes.
Nah, this bitch will go down on a Bribery or intimidation charge.
She’s in charge in her own mind. No one can touch her...until the cuffs get slapped on her.
The wealthy will be fooled as well. She preaches ‘tax on income’, but you know she means ‘confiscation’. That’s what they do. Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, they all fell for the spiel.................
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