Important point by @AOC: "It’s a physical impossibility to lift yourself up by a bootstrap."
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 5, 2020
She's right. 60% of all wealth in America is inherited.
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a cruel joke. pic.twitter.com/UNmo0ttHwu
Here's her response...
I see that the right is worked up that we pointed out the myth of bootstrapping when 60% of the wealth in this country is *inherited.*
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 6, 2020
But hey, if you think I’m hopelessly dumb, try listening to MLK talk about “bootstrapping” & the racial wealth gap, too: pic.twitter.com/RHdSfzaJzH
I cannot begin to tell you the amount of internet memes portraying her as being stupid. She's anything but. I'm willing to bet conservatives are trying to get out in front of her over fears in a few years from now she will become age eligible to take a run for president. She already has a lot of supporters. Imagine how many more if she continues gaining momentum. I think this is why they constantly go after her viciously. I really truly wish AOC could face off with Donald Trump in a debate. Now that would be worth watching!
.@AOC: 40 million Americans live in what the government recognizes as poverty. That’s one in ten. pic.twitter.com/d3wrAuzIJW
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) February 5, 2020
The way I see it there are those in Washington who don't want to face things she forces them to. I also feel, if it weren't for her age, she'd stand a better chance then the current crop of Democrats in beating Donald Trump come the 2020 elections. She's just the kind of firebrand it takes to defeat Trump's outspoken fact-free mouth.
One last point.
Conservatives not only smear her with accusations of being stupid but label her as having communistic ideologies. No, she believes in something far different having little to nothing to do with what her opponents would rather have you think.
Although AOC is only 30 years old she speaks more intelligently and maturely then half of these old badgers I constantly see on TV currently holding office in Washington. Want to drain the swamp? To me she's the very definition of the person most capable of taking it head-on. Is it any wonder why then some of these swamp lizards speak so ill of her.
I really can’t picture someone with such a lean list of meaningful experience negotiating against foreign dictators, commanding our troops, etc. But, she has a wonderful future after she leaves Washington.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you blind?
DeleteNeither did Trump!
Ah, she was a neighborhood bartender. Likely didn’t negotiate any large financial contracts, opposite ruthless bulldogs, design international supply chain improvements, manage thousands of employees, nor participate in high level financial strategies leading to better taxpayer ROI.
ReplyDeleteSenator Sanders better dump A.O.C. soon if he wants to win the nomination
ReplyDeleteI disagree. Her campaigning before the Iowa caucus helped him to be the most favored with voters within a fraction of points next Pete. Currently in the New Hampshire polls he's only 1% behind Pete (13% ahead of Biden). ACCORDING TO REAL CLEAR POLITICS in the leading 5 national polls Sanders remains 5.2 points behind Biden and 7.4 points ahead of 3rd place Warren.
DeleteIf she were so damaging these would not be the results you'd expect to see.
Now we are dealing with hard-core progressives in the primaries. In the general election we will be seeing constant commercials showing Congresswomen Omar and Ortiz's greatest performances. Should be entertaining
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