Posted on 10/20/2019 1:57:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
Before progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) officially endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president on Saturday, the duo sat down with The Intercept to discuss the need for a progressive grassroots movement in America.
According to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most influential people in Congress and she has made great strides over the last year.
"It's hard to believe that a year ago today you were waiting tables, is that correct?" Sanders asked AOC. "I cannot recall any political in modern history of this country who, in the course of one year – and she's the youngest woman ever elected to Congress – I cannot recall one person who has played a more transformative role in American politics than Alexandria has. It really has been extraordinary."
Sanders said Ocasio-Cortez has inspired millions of young people and has a "strong legislative record."
"When we talk about the Green New Deal and combatting climate change, and transforming our energy system, this freshman member of Congress, that was her idea. That's pretty extraordinary," he said.
The freshman congresswoman defended grassroots activism, saying continual pressure is a good thing.
"So long as we remain principled and focused in our activism, so long as we remain committed to Kingian principles of nonviolence then I don't think that civic engagement and activism can be too much," AOC said. "I think that it is too much for people who are protecting the interests of the very few. It can be too much to those who want to prioritize the needs of billionaires over the needs of working people. But that's because once it gets to being to the point of too much, then you overwhelm the system with positive change."
The presidential contender said the Democratic Party needs a bigger grassroots movement, similar to what Ocasio-Cortez has inspired across the country.
"The essence of my politics and I think Alexandria's as well, is that we need an ongoing grassroots movement of millions of people to pressure Congress, to pressure the corporate establishment so that we can bring about the changes that this country desperately needs," Sanders explained.
"I have said that I will not only be commander in chief but I will be organizer in chief," he said with a smile. "So that's what that means."
Azrael, do your thing
Vote for a 78 year-old who recently had a heart attack?
Who does that?
What he’s trying to say “DICTATOR AND CHIEF”!
Antifa, anyone?
The only thing he’ll be organizing is the Majong Club at his assisted living facility.
Great!
We recently had a demoncrat communist foreigner who was the Activist Watermelon-Picker in Chief...
Now the CPUSA has a socialist/communist campaigning to impose himself as "Organizer in Chief"...
Organizer-in-chief? More like regimenter-in-chief.
Hell froze???
He shall be elected and rule over the Fraggles.
Get the trains running on time ...
... and a few reeducation camps for differing opinions.
Sith Lord and apprentice.
We had one of those. We don’t really need another.
Sure Bernie, when hammers and sickles fly out your butt.
I’ve never felt so much like slapping an old fool in my life.
Bernie’s not smart enough to learn Majong. Besides. he would cheat.
Now you know he was way too lazy to pick watermelons. I think the most work he ever did was pick the cherries out of his Shirley Temple or the olive out of his Martini.
He was so low energy; the best he could do was put his feet up on the nice expensive Resolute desk in the Oval Office. That was a full day for that douche. His minions however were tireless in their efforts to destroy America as fast as they possibly could. He was, as he was fond of saying, all about the pen and the phone.
He’ll try to tax it somehow.
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Bernie, you’re a has-been that never was!!!
You’re nothing but a perpetually angry old man; your crazy hair, shouting, and arm-waving are silly and boring. Your socialist ideas truly suck.
The only question now is: Which geezer is going to go down in flames first—you or Plugs Biden?
We already had one of those Bernie. that didn’t work very well!
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