Ocasio-Cortez shreds Mike Huckabee: 'Leave the false statements' to your daughter

[DonViejo]

BY BRETT SAMUELS - 12/03/18 08:00 AM EST

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday over his criticism of her election and policies.

The incoming lawmaker responded to Huckabee, who had shared a Daily Mail article noting that she appeared to liken her primary victory over heavily favored Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) to the moon landing or the expansion of voting rights.

"A Green New Deal will take a level of ambition + innovation on the scale of the moon landing. We’ve been done it before, and can do it again," she wrote.

"Leave the false statements to Sarah Huckabee. She’s much better at it," she added, referencing the former governor's daughter, who currently serves as White House press secretary.

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[NewJeffCT]

1. She's pretty damn good on Twitter

Hopefully, she can legislate effectively as well.

[Hortensis]

6. She's changed her aim to shoot right, not right into

the great Democratic alliance. I'm cautiously hopeful we're seeing Alexandra grow as she gains knowledge and experience and that it'll last beyond the committee assignment stage.

If so, she should eventually part ways with her newly named chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti. He's cleaned up his tweets a whole bunch over the past several days, filling the void with calls for climate action and planetary wellbeing, but he's a hostile radical and will be swinging back like a compass needle to his main target. He a much smarter Sarandon type for whom the Democrats may actually be more of a problem than the Republicans given our gross hypocrisy combined with corruption. No chance he's interested in supporting the work of our 116th Democratic house caucus for the next two years.

[NewJeffCT]

7. What do you mean by

"cleaned up his tweets"?

Has he tweeted some controversial stuff in the past?

[Hortensis]

8. :) You have to go back, and I don't know if he's deleted

any of the worst. He was tweeting his usual hostility to Democrats even after she was elected as a Democrat to congress, which at first was harsher but didn't actually conflict with her public statements. But after she arrived, met some colleagues, discussed what they wanted to accomplish, and changed her tone, Chakrabarti did not change his, and on skimming I saw a couple of statements that actually directly contradicted hers.

The real eyebrow-raiser for me, though, referred to the controversy some of the statements she made after being elected had stirred up among Democrats. He approved, of course, and suggested that Ocasio's new position in congress (which he and his buddies helped her win) could be a chip Justice Democrats might need to sacrifice to the cause. This from a man who'd accompanied her to DC to be her new chief of staff!

It was right after that one that his tweets went relatively benign. I'm hoping, and pretty much expecting, that it made her realize she had to get control. He's now her employee, after all, and she is a member of congress.

[lunatica]

23. I always read your posts

You’re not only informed but you share the knowledge. Thanks!

[Hortensis]

24. Big part of why I'm here too. Find out what others

are picking up, so thanks right back.

[Me.]

13. The Funny Thing Is I Think He Helps Her With Her Tweets

THey're smart and way too fast for one person alone, especially if they're really busy

[Hortensis]

17. Guessing in past she consulted with the honchos at

Justice Dems a great deal, after all she brought one to DC with her, and we may have been seeing their ambitions for themselves, not just hers, in her campaign behaviors.

But her life was already very busy after winning the primary and others must have been scheduling travel, speaking engagements, meetings, doing office support and, I'm guessing, handling social media and drafting messages for approval, though whose?

Now in DC all these newcomers have to set up offices and hire permanent staff. The question is, of course, how much influence does he still have over her policy thoughts.

Cautiously hopeful. Once she's busy on committees with her colleagues that will hopefully be part of yet another weakening of his influence. But his focus on IT is on using it to influence voter behavior on large scales, not send out constituent mailers. Her little district is far too small for him.

[calimary]

2. Gee, every time she goes off on some pompous blowhard...

...I like her just a little bit MORE!

[mitch96]

5. "some pompous blowhard"

Meh... between the congress and senate she has a "target rich environment"....
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[lunatica]

25. She's in the perfect place to hone those skills!

In some ways I think she’ll mellow and in some ways she’s going to sharpen her responses. She’s a real scrapper who seems to be fearless. I know she’s intelligent but I hope she’s a smart player too.

She reminds me of Pelosi.

[mitch96]

27. "I think she'll mellow"

We will see once she gets in the trenches and try's to get things done for her constituents..
I've seen it with new doctors and to some extent new lawyers.. Just out of school with high aspirations of making a change and a difference. Problem is dealing with the "old guard" and their bullshit/rat fucking ways.. The old "you do for me, I'll do for you" trap.. Quid pro quo...

And then there is the money.. People in congress are always complaining about having to work the phones half the time to get money to get re elected...Can't get anything done.
With all the noise about repukes taking money from the Russians that would take a huge weight off their shoulders. No phone calls!! Thank you товарищ. I vil do anting you vant..
comrade ...

m

[lunatica]

29. Yes. There's that too.

[DetlefK]

3. Daily Mail? He f**king linked to the Daily Mail?

The trashy tabloid with cheap outrage, cute clickbait-animals and celebrity-gossip? THAT Daily Mail?

[Hortensis]

9. Lol. Truly amazing bunch, isn't it? We don't even

need underwater cameras to observe how these creatures behave in what has become their own environment.

[malaise]

4. I love young, unafraid, brilliant,

minds who can zing responses. Go my girl Alexandria! You are refreshing.

[watoos]

20. I like her because she has the ability to change the narrative.

This is why Republicans are afraid of her, and from what I've seen, even a few Democrats are afraid of her.

I have no problem with her enthusiasm to save our planet.

[Power 2 the People]

26. +1000

[PeeJ52]

10. These old geezers don't stand a chance...

against 30something sarcasm. They were taught by the best and took it to another level.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Damn, here I agree with her 100%

Something is wrong with Huckabee and his daughter is an idiot

[not fooled]

12. Yeah, clearly

there's the son and that poor dog, too.

[sarah FAILIN]

14. Her poor Grammer doesn't help her cause.

This is one of the things that bugs me about her and they use it.

[Tarc]

15. Her poor "grammer"...

[sarah FAILIN]

33. How did that get in there?

I totally blame my stupid smart phone. I know the correct spelling, but I typed the wrong one once and have had to watch everything since. Luckily I was only looking stupid here and not to Republicans.

[LovingA2andMI]

18. Speaking of Grammar...

It is spelled Grammar.

[watoos]

21. Why?

[melman]

28. lol

lol

[Cuthbert Allgood]

30. You mean her typo?

Yeah, what kind of a doof would do that?

for the impaired (response 14 has a typo)

[sarah FAILIN]

34. It wasn't a typo

And yes I see my own mistake. Luckily I'm not on display for Republicans to make fun of.

[TheBlackAdder]

31. Dang! I do the same thing. Whenever I post a critique of someone's grammar, I imbed typos too.

[malaise]

35. But she can spell

That said she should work on her grammar.

[sarah FAILIN]

36. And I already pointed out that I thought I used the right letter

No need in fixing it since I'm only a peon.

I proofed this post or I would have said "poo eon". Sometimes I add numbers to words and a b or v where I hit a space bar. Luckily I'm just a nobody with a stupid phone.

[Tarc]

16. The right-wingnuts are petrified of AO-C

There is such vitriol aimed at an incoming member of Congress who is not even 30 years old. It is amazing.

[watoos]

22. Bingo! She has the ability to change the narrative.

[TNNurse]

19. Her comment on his using "Gov" reminds me

that my husband and I disagree on this. I think only a few titles are for life. President, General and Reverend come to mind. I think there should be limits on some. He does not mind them carrying the title forward. I can handle it a little better if "Former" precedes the title. I actually prefer "Failed Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee" for him.

[TheBlackAdder]

32. She's reminds me of my favorite politician, Shirley Chisholm... Unbought and unbossed!

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Young, driven and not putting up with shit from anybody.

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