US "The Squad" Megathread - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib Derangement Syndrome

I honestly only know about American politics from what I read on the Internet but since we all love shitting on leftists I figured we'd get a kick out of this. Also it's trending on Twitter so you know it's important.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...irect=on&noredirect=on&utm_term=.960552c9ba53

NEW YORK — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old political novice running on a low budget and an unabashedly liberal platform, upset longtime U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley on Tuesday in the Democratic congressional primary in New York.

The surprise victory by the community organizer in a district that includes parts of the Bronx and Queens came after an energetic, grassroots campaign that mustered more than enough support in a low-turnout race that many had expected to be an easy win for Crowley, a member of the Democratic House leadership.

“The community is ready for a movement of economic and social justice. That is what we tried to deliver,” said Ocasio-Cortez, who has never held elected office and whose candidacy attracted only modest media attention.

She told The Associated Press after her victory that she didn’t have enough money to do polling in the race, but felt in her gut that her message had a chance to connect.

“I live in this community. I organized in this community. I felt the absence of the incumbent. I knew he didn’t have a strong presence,” she said.

Crowley has been in Congress since 1999 and hadn’t faced an opponent in a primary election since 2004, when Ocasio-Cortez was just a teenager. He was considered a candidate to become the next House speaker if Democrats win the majority.

“It’s not about me,” Crowley, 56, told his supporters at a campaign party following his loss. “It’s about America. I want nothing but the best for Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. I want her to be victorious.”

He later played guitar with a band at the election night gathering, and dedicated the first song, Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run,” to Ocasio-Cortez.

Crowley represents New York’s 14th Congressional District, where he is also the leader of the Queens Democratic party.

Ocasio-Cortez was outspent by an 18-1 margin during her race but won the endorsement of some influential groups on the party’s far left, including MoveOn, as well as the actress Cynthia Nixon, who is running for governor. She defeated Crowley by 15 percentage points.

Born in the Bronx to a mother from Puerto Rico and a father who died in 2008, Ocasio-Cortez said she decided to challenge Crowley to push a more progressive stance on economic and other issues.

She attended Boston University, where she earned degrees in economics and international relations, and also spent time working in the office of the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.

After graduating, she returned to the Bronx where she became a community organizer. In the 2016 presidential campaign she worked for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Among her issues is expanding the Medicare program to people of all ages and abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. She recently went to Tornillo, Texas, to protest against policies that have separated parents from their children at the southern U.S. border.

Ocasio-Cortez gained some internet attention for a campaign video called “The Courage to Change,” a two-minute spot for which she wrote the script and featured footage from her own home.

Crowley is chair of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth-highest ranking position in Democratic leadership in that chamber of Congress.

His loss drew the attention of President Donald Trump.

“Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi’s place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he’s out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening. Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!” he tweeted.

The Republican candidate for the office, Anthony Pappas, is running unopposed and had no primary. Pappas teaches economics at St. John’s University.

She was a Bernie campaigner, is supported by BLM, and wants to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Also this was in a solid-blue Congressional District so you know she's a shoo-in for next Congress.

But hey, we did get to see Trump laugh at Crowley on Twitter.

 

[Compositesludge]

She tweeted her explanation for her vote

Weirdly enough, despite all the words she wrote, it doesn't seem like she actually does this. She goes at length about how the vote was rushed, how terrible it was, that she wept at how dreadful it was, that she understands if people are disappointed in her... But doesn't explain why she ultimately changed her vote to "present." Perhaps she's trying to distinguish this as being the choice of her as a politician versus her as a person. And perhaps the creation of that distinction for politicians is everything she originally ran against, and a betrayal of everything she meant to be.

Or maybe it's really bad indigestion. Who knows!

 

[Alter Ego]

Weirdly enough, despite all the words she wrote, it doesn't seem like she actually does this. She goes at length about how the vote was rushed, how terrible it was, that she wept at how dreadful it was, that she understands if people are disappointed in her... But doesn't explain why she ultimately changed her vote to "present." Perhaps she's trying to distinguish this as being the choice of her as a politician versus her as a person. And perhaps the creation of that distinction for politicians is everything she originally ran against, and a betrayal of everything she meant to be.

Or maybe it's really bad indigestion. Who knows!

As amusing that it is that her seven paragraphs of sorrowful apology explain nothing about why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez changed her vote while even her main tangent about wanting to delay the vote by a day for the safety of "our community" smells like bullshit, I really wonder what the real, unspoken reasoning was. Note that she's the only member of the Squad who did not vote "no" while the rest had no qualms with sticking to their radical guns.

The best theory I've heard is that she has political ambition that the others lack, particularly an eventual desire to run for US Senate from New York. In this case, voting "no" on such an uncontroversial bill would become ammunition against her run, especially with New York apparently having the biggest concentration of Jews outside of Israel. I've heard that even her US Representative seat may be threatened with census-based redistricting putting more Jews into her constituency, though I believe she'll be secure in that position for a long time thanks to her celebrity status.

It was pointed out that prior to change her vote, AOC can barely be seen talking to Nancy Pelosi in the corner of the official video feed

And then there's her highly-publicized sobbing moment. I've seen it suggested that even this was a calculated move on her part, to come right into the tight camera view and turn to face while somebody else was speaking, but it appears to me that she was simply stopped unexpectedly by sympathizing Representative Jayapal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus leader who voice opposition to the Iron Dome bill but ultimately voted "yes".

Popular political cartoonist George Alexopoulos made a comic for this moment.

 

[Spiteful Crow]

Another great video by Walk Don't Run
I didn't even realize that she was down there flapping her arms at Pelosi before changing her vote and bursting into tears

Weirdly enough, despite all the words she wrote, it doesn't seem like she actually does this. She goes at length about how the vote was rushed, how terrible it was, that she wept at how dreadful it was, that she understands if people are disappointed in her... But doesn't explain why she ultimately changed her vote to "present." Perhaps she's trying to distinguish this as being the choice of her as a politician versus her as a person. And perhaps the creation of that distinction for politicians is everything she originally ran against, and a betrayal of everything she meant to be.

Or maybe it's really bad indigestion. Who knows!

I'll break it down and make it really simple:

The bitch is retarded.

 

[SBG]

Apparently she changed her vote after getting a scolding from Pelosi.

I wonder how many of AOC's decisions and opinions are her own.

It's rumored that the Democrats are wanting to redistrict her area to include Riverdale, a neighborhood that has a bunch of Jews. Which would mean she'd need to adjust to avoid pissing off the very pro-Israel Jews whose votes she may need in the future.

 

[Compositesludge]

The best theory I've heard is that she has political ambition that the others lack, particularly an eventual desire to run for US Senate from New York. In this case, voting "no" on such an uncontroversial bill would become ammunition against her run, especially with New York apparently having the biggest concentration of Jews outside of Israel. I've heard that even her US Representative seat may be threatened with census-based redistricting putting more Jews into her constituency, though I believe she'll be secure in that position for a long time thanks to her celebrity status.

I think this is either the truth or the closest thing to it. I think the big problem is that, well, we're all courageous until the chips start coming down. It's easy to say that you can make ten years worth of change in a term if you have courage when you're riding the highs of an unexpected crushing victory, and very difficult when it comes time to write that check with nothing but your body and future against a crushing tide.

I'll break it down and make it really simple:

The bitch is retarded.

Eh, I don't want to leave anything like this at "they're stupid" and then walk away. If nothing else, she has decent enough political instincts to know what'll be best for her future. There's some calculation involved with all this effort, and even if the end result is stupid, I want to do my best to understand it. I was fortunate(ha) enough to see the progressive movement Representative Ocasio-Cortez is attached to grow and develop from a vantage point, and it's a weirdly fascinating and tragic thing to see. Especially considering that it once meant the world to me! How fast we grow.

 

[Spiteful Crow]

. I was fortunate(ha) enough to see the progressive movement Representative Ocasio-Cortez is attached to grow and develop from a vantage point, and it's a weirdly fascinating and tragic thing to see. Especially considering that it once meant the world to me! How fast we grow.

I was there to see it grow too! How funny. Unfortunately while Alexandria got wealth and fame, I got stuck with a city full of violent transsexuals who call themselves "Anarcho-Communists" as if that name even makes sense.

 

[Compositesludge]

I was there to see it grow too! How funny. Unfortunately while Alexandria got wealth and fame, I got stuck with a city full of violent transsexuals who call themselves "Anarcho-Communists" as if that name even makes sense.

Awesome stuff! Which district/senate seat? And I'm fond of thinking of them as archno communists myself. Makes about as much sense and it's funnier.

 

[Spiteful Crow]

Awesome stuff! Which district/senate seat? And I'm fond of thinking of them as archno communists myself. Makes about as much sense and it's funnier.

My seat? It's in the bathroom and it's made of porcelain!

I was very proud of my election to that lofty position.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

 

[XYZpdq]

especially with New York apparently having the biggest concentration of Jews outside of Israel

iirc I've heard back-of-the-napkin figures that claim South Florida has more old New York Jews than New York

 

[anti SJW]

 

[Salubrious]

It's rumored that the Democrats are wanting to redistrict her area to include Riverdale, a neighborhood that has a bunch of Jews. Which would mean she'd need to adjust to avoid pissing off the very pro-Israel Jews whose votes she may need in the future.

I think this is either the truth or the closest thing to it. I think the big problem is that, well, we're all courageous until the chips start coming down. It's easy to say that you can make ten years worth of change in a term if you have courage when you're riding the highs of an unexpected crushing victory, and very difficult when it comes time to write that check with nothing but your body and future against a crushing tide.

Eh, I don't want to leave anything like this at "they're stupid" and then walk away. If nothing else, she has decent enough political instincts to know what'll be best for her future. There's some calculation involved with all this effort, and even if the end result is stupid, I want to do my best to understand it. I was fortunate(ha) enough to see the progressive movement Representative Ocasio-Cortez is attached to grow and develop from a vantage point, and it's a weirdly fascinating and tragic thing to see. Especially considering that it once meant the world to me! How fast we grow.

Also, there has to be some level of resentment from the establishment Dems. AOC primaried out Joe Crowley, the Chair of the House Democratic Causus, and who Pelosi was grooming to be her replacement.

 

[Compositesludge]

Also, there has to be some level of resentment from the establishment Dems. AOC primaried out Joe Crowley, the Chair of the House Democratic Causus, and who Pelosi was grooming to be her replacement.

Her relationship with Speaker Pelosi definitely one of those things where Representative Ocasio-Cortez's silence says a lot. She actually had an interview recently where she went into some detail about her social media presence and how it was 100% her. Suddenly, with this Iron Dome vote, she's tearfully needing to be consoled on the floor of the House and delegates the duty of explaining the choice she made to her staff. I really do think she's just realizing that it's not really possible to be a lone firebrand who, with no support from the establishment but plenty of support from the American public and the will to never stop, single-handedly alters the American political landscape to the point that the establishment can't stop talking about you and formulating policy around you even after you're no longer President anymore.

That takes courage. And with enough courage, even one term can lead to ten years worth of change.

 

[Flaming Insignias]

Cori Bush counts, right?

 

[Beautiful Loser]

Peckerwoods rightfully shot dead, blacx folx most affected.

 

[Tanner Glass]

Cori Bush counts, right?
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"Standing up for Black lives" by creating a riot and showing up in an armed mob to literally burn and loot several places - what's a poetic take on it.

 

[BubbleButt]

Cori Bush counts, right?
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Maybe don't make martyrs out of kiddie diddlers.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Cori Bush counts, right?
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Even the way how she’s calling a 17 year old these insults harkens back to the way how they treat Nick Sandmann for just smiling and not falling for the bait by a very crotchety old man with a beating drum

 

[Karl der Grosse]

Does she even realize that none of the people Rittenhouse shot were Original Black Men?

 

[AirdropShitposts]

She also said that fossil fuels are white supremacy:

For years you promoted fossil fuels despite knowing it is environmental racism and violence in black and brown communities.

You are still promoting and selling fossil fuels that are killing millions of people. This is a striking example of white supremacy.

Your profit-driven choices threaten my life, the lives of my family and my neighbors and our community every single day.

Your companies for decades have been misrepresenting information. You know to be false and that's continuing even in this hearing, but I thank you for speaking up and saying what you said. We appreciate that.

We're at a tipping point developing fossil fuels now, given the escalation of the climate crisis and it's harm to black and brown communities, it is unconscionable. Given each of your roles in these attacks on humanity, you all should resign. Thank you and I yield back.

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lmao at this


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