It's almost as if the centrist and center-right democrats noticed what happened to centrist and center-right republicans when the hard right started to primary them out of existence and they see AOC as the first harbinger of a similar dynamic in the Democratic Party that will eventually kick them out of their cushy jobs. For reps like that, AOC is not a smart, talented, likeable woman who can take the party to new popularity and the nation to a better more equable future, but America's Most Dangerous Woman who'll take away their perks and paychecks.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 18 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
god willing.
― DJI, Friday, 18 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
Who?
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 December 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
MIKE JONES
― huge rant (sic), Friday, 18 December 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
JASON DERULO
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 December 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
The least surprising news so far is that one of them stole AOC's shoes.— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 11, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure a fake tweet is what started this.
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
ben give back AOC’s shoes— Faine Greenwood (@faineg) January 11, 2021
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
unfortunately this is just what happens when you're online enough
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
First occurrence of this joke as far as I can tell:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ToiletPaperUSA/comments/kuccfo/aoc_lets_us_in_on_one_of_the_more_bizarre_crimes/
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
Someone is walking a mile in them as we speak.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
is it ben shapiro? i keep hearing rumors
― Karl Malone, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Where are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Flats?
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
worth your time
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ-OkgNAO1N/
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
62 minutes of my time?
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
of any politician i can think of, she probably is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
i said through gritted teeth bc i reflexively hate all politicians
I'm only halfway through at the moment but imo: yes
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
I'd prefer to hear 20 different podcasts excerpt and analyze it for me
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
if it helps she wraps up her "rant" (her term) at 40mins and starts taking questions
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
There goes my presidetn:
Thank you to @AOC for showing up at the #HuntsPointStrike to show us that solidarity is a verb. @nycDSA will be there until @TeamstersJC16 Local 202 wins their demand for a fair wage! pic.twitter.com/D8H1duqP86— Honda Wang 🌹 (@HondaWang) January 21, 2021
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 21 January 2021 03:40 (three years ago) link
OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/HeldBn7hf6— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 28, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 January 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
the fact that she's willing to be this accusatory publicly makes me wonder a couple things
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
"I had a pretty traumatizing event happen to me," Ocasio-Cortez explained. "And I do not know if I can even disclose the full details of that event due to security concerns but I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/ocasio-cortez-ted-cruz-capitol-attack/index.html
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
being around Ted Cruz would make me want to die
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
GOD i hope they're gonna be able to indict the fuckers that clearly aided and abetted the capital coup
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 05:45 (three years ago) link
ha!
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:48 (three years ago) link
yeah, i remember dark tweets a week or two ago suggesting there was a lot of unsettling stuff to come out from the insurgency at the Capitol, I wonder when it will surface?
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link
Nothing is going to happen to any sitting member of congress. Several of them openly committed "insider" trading this time last year and nothing came of it (though one lost an election partially because of it).
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:36 (three years ago) link
I find it a little weird that she is being so vague about something so serious, especially given how angry she remains. If Cruz or someone else truly, directly put her life at risk, then why not say exactly how? Did he tell people where her office is? Did he tell people to go there? It's unclear to me why an ongoing investigation would prevent her from making a specific accusation. If he's a danger, or did something criminal, what is she waiting for?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
I think she said in one of her streams she'd been advised/requested to keep information back for security reasons.
― new variant (onimo), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
she says that right in Leee's post upthread too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
reading the tea leaves here I would guess that a sitting member of Congress did inform one of the attackers where her office was. 2 weeks ago there some chatter about who gave tours of the Capitol the day before the attack and I think it was implied that a Republican, who is probably under an active investigation right now, pointed out to some of them where exactly their targets could be found
I don't think this was Cruz, but he was spreading all the voter fraud BS and directly encouraging people to "stand up and fight"
― frogbs, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
xpost I know what she was advised, I just don't see why she would necessarily decide to take that advice. Let's say someone specifically did send people after AOC. Let's say that person is under investigation. How would accusing that person of doing such a thing affect the investigation? Is the worry it could scare off others (non congress) involved? Are they waiting for more communications between parties under investigation? I guess these things are all possible, it's just weird that AOC would say anything at all, more than once, but not say anything more than that.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
...and also tell ted cruz he tried to get her killed, which is pretty specific, but not be more specific about whatever’s *out there*
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
i'm guessing the FBI told her to stay quiet while they're investigating members of Congress to not move the needle / embolden others to try again, but she's legit pissed off and had to slip something
― Nhex, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
lol what the fuck is this
INBOX: Rep. Chip Roy letter to Pelosi on AOC accusing Sen. Cruz of attempted murder: “If Representative Ocasio-Cortez does not apologize immediately, we will be forced to find alternative means to condemn this regrettable statement...” pic.twitter.com/YIHNrZBYRS— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) January 29, 2021
could Republicans spare an ounce of this anger for the insurrectionists who literally tried to murder the VP
― frogbs, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
I'm telling your mom!
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
I'm not inclined to fretting generally but I have some uneasy feelings about all this
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 29 January 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
There was an armed insurrection that stormed the Capitol 3 weeks ago, it would be odd if you didn’t feel uneasy about that
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Friday, 29 January 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
It's not that, if I have time / inclination I'll elaborate later.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 29 January 2021 16:09 (three years ago) link
You have to love (not) the threat veiled as an apology request.
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
I suspect she didn’t write it and will probably fix or clarify
Big AOC fan but whoever wrote this second paragraph has no idea what they’re talking about? This is verging on misinformation tbh. pic.twitter.com/zNu7piyJl4— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) January 30, 2021
― “Big” Don Abernathy, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/01/aoc-instagram-capitol-riot/
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 12:03 (three years ago) link
^^ Ocasio-Cortez reveals she’s a sexual assault survivor, recounts ‘trauma’ of Capitol riots: ‘I thought everything was over’
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
can we fucking gulag michael tracey now
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
Tracey is maybe the most grating person on Twitter
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
xpost I know what she was advised, I just don't see why she would necessarily decide to take that advice.
Really? You are surprised that a sitting member of Congress would just ignore the legal/security advice given to her about an outstanding investigation for an event that didn't even happen a month ago and for which most people implicated are still walking free and openly intimidating her? I think what she's already said is brave enough as it is.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
Yes, I am/was a little surprised, because as the live thing yesterday showed, her scary story lines up very much with similar scary stories I've read about that day (like, for example, Pressley revealing the panic buttons in her office had apparently been ripped out; any more details on that?). AOC and others should absolutely keep safe rooms, maps, escape routes and other security stuff secret, and she has, but she implied that fellow sitting members of congress were actively trying to get her killed. That doesn't seem like the sort of thing you just put out there, let alone something she would be advised was OK to say. I trust AOC, but maybe as adept as she is her inexperience is showing just a little; if there's an ongoing investigation, I'm not sure what's gained by cryptic tweets or livestreams. After all, Pelosi and others were and is directly threatened, too. Hell, Pence was directly threatened that day. The FBI seems to be doing a pretty good job tracking down everyone implicated, at least so far. AOC's outrage is absolutely justified, but if there's more that needs to be done right now than what is already being done I wish she would say what that should be.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
I genuinely think AOC is torn between wanting to be as crystal clear and forthcoming as she usually is, but knowing there are just some elements she can't feel free to divulge just yet. Maybe it's because I generally like her and want her to stick around, but I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt that she knows what she's doing.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link