AOC Blowing up the DNC

[MGW]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc...gues-opponents

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already topped the fundraising charts in her short time in Congress, but the liberal darling won’t donate a cent of her millions to Democrats' House campaign organization -- a position that has rankled some of her colleagues, Fox News has learned.

Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is building her own fundraising operation for fellow progressive candidates to bypass the official Democratic Party infrastructure. Already, she's actively funding primary challengers to oust certain Democratic colleagues.

1. There is no way AOC is smart enough to pull this off on her own or to even think of this on her own. Who is pulling the strings?
2. On the surface, this seems really bad for the DNC. I don't care if the DNC tanks but the progressive (socialist, communist) movement sounds like it's going to get a bump in representation in congress.

[JodyH]

Good.
A full blown American Socialist/Communist Party breaking away from the DNC would not only weaken the DNC but would unmask the true intentions of the hard left.
No matter what Twitter says the US is still a long, long ways away from embracing Progressive Socialism/Communism.

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Ni un centavo más

[Shoresy]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc...gues-opponents




1. There is no way AOC is smart enough to pull this off on her own or to even think of this on her own. Who is pulling the strings?
2. On the surface, this seems really bad for the DNC. I don't care if the DNC tanks but the progressive (socialist, communist) movement sounds like it's going to get a bump in representation in congress.

My guess would be the same far-left PAC that got her elected in the first place.

[Borderland]

Good.
A full blown American Socialist/Communist Party breaking away from the DNC would not only weaken the DNC but would unmask the true intentions of the hard left.
No matter what Twitter says the US is still a long, long ways away from embracing Progressive Socialism/Communism.

I wouldn't bet on that.

The DNC is screwed no matter what. The last election should be all the evidence anyone needs. Progressives are in search of a new direction just like conservatives were when Trump came along. There really wasn't much difference in the two parties going into the last election. Trump was an outsider and the GOP tried to stop him initially. Dems also derailed Sanders and they will try to do the same to AOC.

The problem is billionaire elitists running the country and the shrinking middle class. AOC addresses that (70% marginal tax rate for incomes above $10 million) just like Trump addressed immigration and trade. That had a lot of resonance for a lot of people. Everyone thought Trump wasn't a contender.

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[Greg]

Toothy McBigTits is a gift.

I bet she drive Pelosi batshit.

[BobLoblaw]

Toothy McBigTits is a gift.

I bet she drive Pelosi batshit.

Come on, man. She doesn't even look Irish.

[Greg]

Come on, man. She doesn't even look Irish.

And for that, we can all be thankful.

[vcdgrips]

"1. There is no way AOC is smart enough to pull this off on her own or to even think of this on her own. Who is pulling the strings?"


How smart does she have to be to think-I am riding a wave right now, we should fund raise and keep the money for ourselves since the Dem Machine tried to squash me the first go round and dismissed me as a lightweight. Noting to herself that she was outspent 18+ to 1 (195k v. 3.6 million) and managed to beat her longtime Irish Catholic male opponent by 15% despite his endorsements from all the sitting DEM pols in NY.

I find it moderately intriguing how quick many are to denigrate (re intellectual prowess and otherwise) those public figures ( it goes beyond politics imho) whose stated beliefs do not comport with our world view yet how tolerant we are of those public figures whose stated beliefs DO comport with our own.


I think your premise is flawed-both she and the "Justice Democrats" with whom she associates are smart enough to do this and more.