Donald Trump would sell US "for a dollar," AOC warns at the DNC
Donald Trump would sell US "for a dollar," AOC warns at the DNC
The New York congresswoman bashed the former president during her speech before the Democratic National Convention.
Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bashed former President Donald Trump throughout her speech at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention Monday, while highlighting Vice President Kamala Harris' promises to working class Americans.
The most dangerous thing (for republicans) about AOC is that she has never been simply a member of the squad. That is simply how they wanted to define her. She is leaving her junior House experience and growing into a senior operative. It's been fun watching her grow. Both Senators from NY are not that far away from retirement and running state wide might be in AOC's future.
77running state wide might be in AOC's future.
Might? I'm pretty sure that the general consensus is that, given her intelligence, political talent, and enormous popularity in spite of all the smear campaigns from both parties, it's a question of WHEN she will, not IF she might..
45The fact that the Democratic establishment gave her a speech at the convention proves this. I was waiting if they'd come around to her instead of kind of distancing themselves from her for a while.
When Bernie ran he didn't have the Democratic establishment's blessing; nor a fair media presence especially in 2015. But like Obama, AOC is going to have the trifecta of a) Grassroots energy, b) DNC support, and c) Solid media coverage.
15Some Congress Critters like living in the House, so the first question is, does she want to? Perhaps her bucket list doesn't have a state wide race in it. The second question has more nuance. In order to run statewide, there are compromises to be made with the party and the electorate. Will she make those compromises? Then there's the side element of money.
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Gillibrand is only 57, she's got at least 40 good years left.
14She is leaving her junior House experience and growing into a senior operative.
Ugh, I hope not. The whole reason Joe Crowley got run out of his seat was due to his fixation on national issues above and beyond the local concerns. Some of the biggest criticisms I've seen leveled at AOC amount to her national ambition running contrary to the demands of her local constituents. Some of her biggest defeats involved backing down and submitting to the demands of Dem leadership.
Both Senators from NY are not that far away from retirement
Christ, Schumer's old af, but its Gillibrand who really needs to GTFO. After getting caught with her hand in the FTX cookie jar, she should have been tossed out with the rest of the congressional trash. Its so gross to see Senators from an ostensibly blue state like New York practically living in the pocket of the worst finance-bros you can think of.
Would love to see an AOC-style candidate replace her. But there's no chance Wall Street lets anyone like that near the position.
4Some of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen leveled at AOC amount to her national ambition running contrary to the demands of her local constituents. Some of her biggest defeats involved backing down and submitting to the demands of Dem leadership.
i mean being a congressional representative in washington has always been about representing your district on national issues.
being a state representative is about representing your district on local issues.
8Ugh, I hope not. The whole reason Joe Crowley got run out of his seat was due to his fixation on national issues above and beyond the local concerns.
Not what I intended. Congressmen must first learn to the internal politics of the House, who to see to get things done, which committee is important, etc. AOC has already been assigned to some important committees and as she goes on will gain more power if Democrats get a majority.
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He’d sell us for a flirtatious wink from any whore or dictator.
60Only the young ones that remind him of his daughter... barf.
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He'd sell it for the promise of a dollar.
53And then called him a two bit union buster. She was on fire 🔥🔥🔥
34i love how much pragmatic, inspirational, and a future democratic leader aoc turned out to be...
meanwhile republicans are stuck with mtg, who is ACTUALLY to the GOP everything that the GOP tried to make AOC to the dems.
27AOC's not wrong.
21Russians: I'd buy that for a dollar!
10pssst....wanna buy a pee tape...?
8Hes already sold us many times
8A dollar?
Seems overpriced.
8Inflation is everywhere :-)
7Yes! Look at these 2 sizes of tic-tacs!
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"I'd sell that for a dollar!"
6When they have Kompromat on him, he'll pay them to take it
6He done already sold it, if the empty classified documents folders they found at Mar-a-Lago are any indication.
6I'd recommend watching the full speech, AOC did very well. Just a warning though, HRC follows her. Big tent and all that...
4The version on her Youtube channel is mixed well and has baked-in subtitles
E: I thought Sec. Clinton's Speech was quite good also. Even if you don't like listening to her voice, the moment where she relishes in the crowd's "Lock Him Up!" is one she has long deserved and worth watching.
8Omg HRC isn't the fucking devil, get over it. She had one of the best speeches of the night
1HRC and the DNC of the time gave us president trump.
2I don't think she's the devil. I didn't watch all of them, but Shawn Fain and AOC did the best speeches I've ever heard from their careers. Hillary's reminded me partially of why I didn't like her. To each their own, I just dislike platitudes too much to support her. Her inference about progress also rang hollow to me, seeing how she was always almost the last in line from her party to support civil rights, famously gay rights. Big tent in this instance is a good thing, but I wouldn't show up to watch her give a speech if the heavy hitters weren't there.
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Tell us something we don't already know please.
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-6I love how Democrats have been in power for how long now? And everything is STILL Trump's fault? lol...
-8It is pretty insane how outsized Trump's influence is.
- He sank a bipartisan immigration bill developed, in part, by some of the most conservative members of Congress, with the sole purpose of denying a victory to the Whitehouse.
- He and his most fervent cultists still refuse to concede that he lost the 2020 election.
- Politics of fear and spite, afflicting large swaths of the electorate with such.
- Democrats have been "in power" for... almost 4 years. It's not a mystery, it's simple arithmetic!
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Wow, the country sucks so bad that it's literally worth a toothbrush. The difference here is that you can't clean your teeth with the United States.
-15That’s what it’s worth to Trump. You and I aren’t worth any more to him, but that’s got nothing to do with our actual value.
11Got it.
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