Saturday, January 11, 2020

Some Tweets from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez


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    Reminder of what people are calling the “radical, extreme-left agenda”: ✅ Medicare for All ✅ A Living Wage & Labor Rights ✅ K-16 schooling, aka Public Colleges ✅ 100% Renewable Energy ✅ Fixing the pipes in Flint ✅ Not Hurting Immigrants ✅ Holding Wall Street Accountable
  • Trump’s “imminent threat” is the new “WMD”: there’s no evidence given for either.
  • Today’s the deadline to apply for , a professional development program founded by fellow organizers to teach progressives how to win elections.
  • I’m also not the only one. Expanding a House majority is critical, which is why I regularly (and happily) fundraise sizeable amounts for fellow members. I also believe that a Dem majority should be transformative, which is why I give strategically. Seems fair, no?
  • I give quite a bit to fellow Dems - we’ve fundraised over $300,000 for others (more than my “dues”), w/ over 50% going to swing seats. DCCC made clear that they will blacklist any org that helps progressive candidates like me. I can choose not to fund that kind of exclusion.
  • La representante demΓ³crata asegura que quienes dicen que Estados Unidos "tiene dinero para una guerra" pero no para el cuidado de salud o matrΓ­culas gratuitas, "estΓ‘n jugando juegos contigo".
  • The people who tell you we DO have war money but DON’T have healthcare money, tuition-free money, infrastructure money, or Green New Deal money are playing games with you.
  • Sarah Sanders can’t think of anything dumber than the Constitution.
  • How about “I am a Republican and will be voting Democrat because Trump is an authoritarian threat to our collective wellbeing.”
  • Hi Jim, I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder—much like many who have served or lived through war. It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors.
  • 8 yrs old. That’s how old was when she fled for her life as her home was decimated by war I know you think war’s a for profit video game but you’d be wise to take a seat and take your cues from folks like Ilhan who actually know what they’re talking about
  • I find it highly amusing that my coworkers angrily yell stuff like this and then clutch their pearls and cry when they are called out for their racism
  • Are people actually upset over discussing multiparty systems? The conversation is helpful for understanding difference among Dems. People are acting like a Dem didn’t just join the GOP a few wks ago. Other safe Dems actually fundraise for Republicans. That’s not “moderate.”
  • Please keep your thoughts today w/ Puerto Rico. Earthquakes began to hit last night, tearing down schools & buildings. Island-wide blackouts reported. My abuela relies on oxygen, and the power outage means she’s not breathing as she should - just one of many such stories. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·
  • “If a state like Tennessee or West Virginia can go from blue to red in our lifetime, I think it can go back.” - πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
  • In our current primary field, some people treat healthcare as a right, and others don’t. Doesn’t make you enemies, it makes you different. Abroad, being in diff parties doesn’t mean you dislike each other. It means you acknowledge your differences and come together in coalition.