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Ocasio-Cortez: I give 'zero' f---s about pushback from other Democrats
The Hill ^ | 01/22/2019 | Aris Folley

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; democrats; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; mediawingofthednc; newyork; ocasiocortez; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; stephencolbert; vermont
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To: butlerweave

I think she’s having a nervous breakdown


She’s not stricken with pearl-clutching.
But she is a carrier.


41 posted on 01/22/2019 8:41:02 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: sparklite2

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.................


42 posted on 01/22/2019 8:41:11 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


43 posted on 01/22/2019 8:41:18 AM PST by kempster
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To: windsorknot
She’s the female version of Renfeld.

Please don't assume they gender.

5 demerits, Gryffindor.

44 posted on 01/22/2019 8:41:24 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: mewzilla

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3721907/posts


45 posted on 01/22/2019 8:42:57 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: sparklite2
Seeing as to how it was Colbert who used the F word,

But to know that, you'd have to read more than the headline. What are you, some kind of egghead wonk?

46 posted on 01/22/2019 8:44:26 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Democrats hate too much

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


47 posted on 01/22/2019 8:44:33 AM PST by wardaddy (I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
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To: SeekAndFind

We need to get this woman on the set!


48 posted on 01/22/2019 8:45:59 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Vote your bible.)
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To: Red Badger

Red, she’s talking income, not wealth. And she’s doing that deliberately.


49 posted on 01/22/2019 8:46:08 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: NobleFree

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


50 posted on 01/22/2019 8:46:27 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: SeekAndFind

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..


51 posted on 01/22/2019 8:46:35 AM PST by Thank You Rush ("")
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To: mewzilla

It’s only a hop-skip-and-a-jump to confiscation of wealth...................


52 posted on 01/22/2019 8:49:48 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: SeekAndFind

“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.”

Matthew 15:18


53 posted on 01/22/2019 8:50:55 AM PST by Spruce
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


54 posted on 01/22/2019 8:51:34 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Such language from this holier than thou.


55 posted on 01/22/2019 8:51:42 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Red Badger

You’ll be getting a bill from the Acme Goal Post movers. ;)


56 posted on 01/22/2019 8:51:46 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Red Badger

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.


57 posted on 01/22/2019 8:52:09 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Socon-Econ
Typical young entitled know-it-all.

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.

58 posted on 01/22/2019 8:52:22 AM PST by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government.)
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To: Don Corleone

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.


59 posted on 01/22/2019 8:53:29 AM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: mewzilla

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.................


60 posted on 01/22/2019 8:54:42 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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