What are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Flaws?

didn't see it, but McCain apparently tried to "gotcha" her by pointing out many BernieBros are toxic on twitter and hoping to bait her into either denying BernieBro toxicity existed (which she sidestepped), or suggest that perhaps Bernie was ok with this kind of supporter, making AOC complicit being that she supports Bernie.

from what I read, she did a nice job of basically saying "it's very difficult to control what's on Twitter" but stating we should never condone toxic, abusive behavior, wherever we see it.

i don't know if she actually drew attention to the fact that Bernie himself decries this behavior, but from the quotes I read it seemed like she gave the best possible responses to disingenuous, bullshit lines of inquiry from McCain.

I mean if we're gonna guilt by association, your father pointed to a Black presidential candidate and called him "That one"

Isn't McCain only there to make the audience feel good about themselves? Its the others that are more of a threat than McCain, though I presume/hope she swatted them away easily enough?

I would expect Joy Behar and Whoopi to be AOC fans really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrvr89Z6fEw

xp to a point

Big announcement coming tomorrow 😌

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2020

She's getting engaged... to Hunter Biden

I found AOC's flaw, it's trying to Gabbo us over whatever her big announcement is.

Brockman in trouble

That'll hold all those little AOCs...

aoc bout to drop a str8 🔥 mixtape

Revealing that she's actually 35 and running for President. Total heel turn on the Berniebros.

she's launching a PAC, is the news

Today @CouragetoChange is announcing its first endorsements of newcomers to Congress:

SENATE
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (TX)

HOUSE
Teresa Fernandez (NM)
Kara Eastman (NE)
Georgette Gomez (CA)
Marie Newman (IL)
Jessica Cisneros (TX)
Samelys Lopez (NY)https://t.co/sbSKTipijm

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 21, 2020

hell yeah that's the stuff

fuck yeah marie newman! she's almost took out dan fucking lipinski in 2018, hopefully this will help put her over the finish line in 2020

https://miro.medium.com/max/1500/0*gO-kAFuxQ990ZGJo.gif

everyone in the replies is mad about the senate endorsement

just voted for Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez the other day! and bernie ofc

Seems hard to take that AOC's followers would not trust her judgment about what's the best political move for promoting the progressive agenda. Do they really think she'd be knowingly weakening or undercutting her own position?

It's people who don't think AOC is left enough yelling at her about not endorsing Sema Hernandez (DSA member but Seth Rich truther). MJ Hegar is probably going to get the nomination and lose badly to Cornyn so whatever.

DSA member but Seth Rich truther

Yiiiiikes

Looooooooool

people who don't think AOC is left enough yelling at her

so, the usual tribalism

i had the realization the other night that i will probably live to see a day when AOC is widely criticized for being too moderate

Depends on your definition of widespread but that started the minute she didn't shank Pelosi on the House floor.

oh yeah, i don't think it's anywhere close to widespread. i just mean, in 20 years or so she'll be left-center

Because the center is going to finally move? Optimistically. If you ever want to go down a rabbit hole, read about the initial membership and evolution of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. It's still a good thing, yet...

Times xword clue today was “AOC, eg”
Answer turned out to be “Latina”

That’s both rude and bad crossword-ese bc the answer isn’t an abbreviation

TBF she was the only one they could think of (i.e. they couldn't remember Chachi's real name).

LOL, I meant Ponch.

Tbf,they gave her full name, i am abbreviating because i am on a phone

Gosh forks don’t mislead us like that!

Seems hard to take that AOC's followers would not trust her judgment about what's the best political move for promoting the progressive agenda. Do they really think she'd be knowingly weakening or undercutting her own position?

― A is for (Aimless), Friday, February 21, 2020 2:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Tbf, irrespective of this particular situation, I think the last thing AOC would want people to do is sit back and “trust her judgment.” She’s all about constituents holding politicians accountable.

also, you know, she's not infallible

she's a very bright 29yo dealing with a sclerotic centuries-old shitshow; sometimes she may not have the right answer

silby: i figured you were also doing the times crossword if it bugged you like that!

I went through a jag of doing them but not recently

one single NY Post reporter has published 11 "AOC SAYS" exposes so far today by watching Facebook videos she posted in 2016 and writing an article for each one

revelations range from "she says Thomas Jefferson was progressive" to "a friend of hers has never eaten a Flamin' Hot Cheeto"

dangerous levels of horny

next level reply guy

If you've got a free hour, there are worse ways you could spend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCwhaXHqxoc

that was great

this was indeed outstanding. i certainly never bought any of the "AOC is a dummy" bullshit from RW ghouls but she was (very understandably) a little shaky and imprecise in her "early" days but wow, she is just so absolutely poised and polished now, it's truly phenomenal to watch.

Her answer as to why starting with a public option instead of fighting for M4A itself is dodgy and potentially disastrous should become the standard.

Sen. Cruz, while I understand you judge people’s intelligence by the lowest income they’ve had, I hold awards from MIT Lincoln Lab &others for accomplishments in microbiology.

Secondly, I’m surprised you’re asking about chromosomes given that you don’t even believe in evolution. https://t.co/vOIwJhpl7q

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 28, 2020

I don't like this thread title, every time it's bumped I assume she fucked up

well, it's a play on the title "What are Barack Obama's flaws?" which we all know was ironic, since he has none.

karl malone is one of the great posters and thread-starters but i agree this title is a dud. should be replaced with like... "The AOC Thread" or maybe "AOC'S USA: Rolling Thread of Badass North American Progressive Politicians," like a clearing-house for every time they kill it on mic or on twitter and you can go there when you need a pick-me-up, idk.

thanks doctor casino, that's very nice! i don't mind at all if the title needs to be changed. i agree that it's probably very confusing to everyone who is not deeply embedded (trapped?) in ilx-lingo