Democratic (Party) Direction

sandy 😍

the aurora is rising behind you

It's from this video, and it's absolutely insane that people are thinking this will reflect negatively on AOC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2Xald7NYQ

I was listening to Slow Burn today and a guy said about Bill Clinton, that a lot of people who were just slightly older than him absolutely hated that him and his generation had gotten to have fun and do drugs and have free sex in the late sixties. It's just generational resentment. I feel like it must be the same thing with them and AOC. I don't get how you can hate on anyone for dancing to Phoenix?

Lol, sorry, it's been posted on the other thread. Come to think of it, I even think that's where I found it...

Anyone who thinks that fun video reflects badly on AOC is an evil person.

yeah, it's like a campaign ad for her. i think there's probably an overreaction to the video because it's just some dumbass q anonymous account posting it

"I take no joy in this work, but as a conservative commentator it is my duty to find and publicize any and all videos or images of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looking happy and doing things young people do. Especially any bathing suit ones, if you know of any."

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) January 3, 2019

https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/e85/fa/Pasted_Image_3_10_16__2_52_PM.jpg

it's like a campaign ad for her.

I honestly have suspicions that the video was actually leaked by an AOC supporter, if not someone at her office.

Oh, video was already known, hm.

lmao that this was timed for her Senate debut. maximum damage!!

"commie know-it-all" is totally something my dad would call me .

I kinda am that

HOLY GOD WHY IS TED CRUZ SO WEIRD.

"OH, AND TED? LEAVE THE FIG LEAF AT HOME."

Only way that could've been any weirder would be if it had been a silent production of The Passion Play.

uh aoc is doing some disney high school musical bullshit, ted cruz is meanwhile on some divine-high pure art tip. maybe y'all were like super normcore in high school but i know which one i'm buying a ticket to.

- "Oh! You've put white makeup on. I guess you could play Adam in mime."

- "Yes, a mime. Yes, that was my plan all along."

oh man, you guys do not watch Sam Bee. She often plays a clip of Cruz from his drama class or whatever. Here it is for over 10 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJrem2w6oo

I'm not really comfortable with government by theater kids tbh

there it is

im not an aoc superfan but i respect anyone who makes dumbasses this mad

— 💊 W E L L D U D E 💊 (@muhmentions) January 3, 2019

lol that AOC video has 9 million views

tough to think of an attack line that's backfired this spectacularly, at least in recent memory

also

https://twitter.com/aoc_dances

ha! proper stuff

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sandy-nickname-conservative-mocking.html

I'm having trouble figuring out why Alexandria is more of Bronx-sounding name than Sandy.

It shows that before she thought she could exploit it politically, she turned her back on her Egyptian heritage.

Although Egypt is kinda sandy...

it is extremely funny to have an actual living Vanderbilt represent the "objective" and apolitical side in an interview with an avowed socialist https://t.co/zHzPpU0bj5

— Italian Alex Pareene (@pareene) January 4, 2019

I love that she made sure to explain too that taxing millionaires at 70% doesn't mean we're taxing every penny they make at that rate, just everything above a certain threshold. I would wager the vast majority of Americans don't grasp that concept.

I gotta pin the tweet that is making everyone horny for my nemesis. reasons unclear pic.twitter.com/gsGFJz6M92

— Lazarus Online (@tilyouregone) January 3, 2019

Pelosi’s wording here seems smart

JUST IN: Exclusive: Speaker Pelosi addresses Rep. Tlaib's "impeach the motherf---er" comment:

"I probably have a generational reaction to it, but in any event, I'm not in the censorship business." https://t.co/0Nt1hvRgyt

More with @JoyAnnReid tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @MSNBC.

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2019

imo

yah agreed

From "born in Kenya, secret Muslim" to "schooled in Yorktown, dances in video." Boy, the GOP truthers have really fallen.

this thread seems correct to me

My take on Rashida Tlaib is that while the Democratic Party is being pushed to the left on policy, it's not really being pushed left at all on political temperament. And the policy doesn't really have a prayer unless people make the second push happen as well.

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) January 4, 2019

Sorry everyone, my bad. I'll talk her up to 90. https://t.co/gl3VuiGISE

— Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure (@DanRiffle) January 4, 2019

I’m glad irony-poisoned extremely online millennials like me are now coming into power, what a relief

Helpful thread:

okay so a lot of (rich, white) folks are freaking out about what a 70% tax rate on the wealthy would look like and they’re scared about it and shit (even though it’s literally what rich baby boomers already dealt with).

SO LET’S DO THE MATH.

— Dianna E. Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 (@diannaeanderson) January 5, 2019

First Q in Sioux City for Elizabeth Warren from audience: "Why did you undergo the DNA testing and give Donald Trump more fodder to be a bully?"

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) January 5, 2019

medicare / social security for all -- birth to the earth

I think it means pundits like Osita don't want to give up saying harsh things about the Democrats just yet, despite having a lot of Dems in office the cosplay left claims to like.

— Allosaurus Golden (@immortal_sea) January 4, 2019

Democrats have been acting in a way canonical memes didn’t anticipate, and that means a lot of people are gonna have to make shit up to stay on brand.

— Santa is a cop (@agraybee) January 4, 2019

what are canonical memes

How have you found the only twitter accounts worse than dennis perrin

very carefully

yeah the accounts you choose to highlight are pretty bizarre

No not at all.

ok