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."
On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.
you said it.
Why does NO ONE ask him that?
Which ain't never gonna happen!
The last organizer in chief didn’t fare so well. They called him the Messiah.
How about Kommisar Bernie? More fitting for a traitorous red.
“...progressive grassroots movement in America. ...”
She means “communist insurgency” movement...
“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.”
You see folks? Organizing illegal aliens to illegally vote for you pays off!
Yep. I blame the media for this, why we have cockroaches like this not only running for POTUS, but incredibly polling high. Why doesn’t the media tell the truth about Sanders? About communism? Why are they protecting him? If Sanders wore a Nazi uniform and ran as a Nazi, would they protect that as well? Well communism has killed 4 times as many people as the Nazis and counting. Whereas the Nazis targeted Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, communists target EVERYBODY, even American citizens as we have seen by the death of Otto Warmbeir. If the media promoted the truth, these two bums would be tarred and feathered and sent out of town on a rail. Her, I’m not too rough on because she is stupid and has the mind of a child, but he is 78 and damn well knows the hell of communism. The media is disgusting in the USA, it really is. I find Sanders incredibly offensive, it’s like running on the “child rape” ticket and nobody is made aware of just how sick and disgusting it is.
Had to look that up but now I agree.
Too bad we can't convince Bernie to travel to an alternate timewarped Earth where he can pal around with Stalin and Lenin. And leave us alone on ours.
It won’t get that far.
He’s delusional
There’s a name for that. It’s called Comissar.
The correct spelling is “Commissar”, not Comissar
I think a more appropriate prop would be an acoustic guitar and Woody Guthrie’s sign.
Bernie Sanders is a married man. He married Deborah Shilling in 1964 and bought a summer home in Vermont. The pair had no children and they divorced in 1966. Levi Sanders, his son was born in 1969 to girlfriend Susan Campbell Mott. In 1988, Sanders married Jane O’Meara Driscoll. She later became president of Burlington College, in Burlington, Vermont.
Three ‘wives’ three homes He likes threesomes?
Oh yeh..his latest is the gal who bankrupted that college no?
Daffy Duck & Goofy-—
With apologies to the cartoon creators.
wow thank God, what is absolutely frightening is that this democrat scary clown show will not go away, We get a 4 year reprieve from Trump, but imagine if these globalist communists were to succeed in overthrowing our nation
Obama and Holder will never surrender OFA.
Bernie has no idea what is going on behind the curtain of VJ The Impaler.
What does that mean Bernie, you’re going to organize your sock drawer?
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