AOC: It's a hustle. We need to move now.

[kpete]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) warns on Twitter:

During the Obama administration, folks thought we’d have a 60 Democrat majority for a while. It lasted 4 months.

Democrats are burning precious time and impact negotiating with the GOP who won’t even vote for a Jan 6 commission. McConnell’s plan is to run out the clock.

It’s a hustle. We need to move now.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Me.]

1. Maybe She Could Tweet Some Criticisms Of The Cons

that really would be helpful

[tableturner]

2. Maybe so, but she is correct in my opinion.

[calimary]

4. She's ABSOLUTELY correct.

They’re doing the same shit they did to President Obama. We CANNOT afford to fall for it again!!!

Go it ALONE, Dems! Get it DONE!!! Without them!

They’re just in the way. DO NOT waste another second on them!

FUCK ‘em.

[Texin]

31. And how do you propose they do that? Without 100% Dem support of of killing the filibuster

they can't accomplish those goals. It's not clear they have 100% of the Democratic senate to do it.

[calimary]

55. There are some possibilities, depending on how hardball you wanna play.

What does HE want for his state in particular?

Anything really focused on some part of his state? Something he wants BADLY? WHATEVER IT IS, hold it hostage if he won’t give on S1.

Identify the carrots AND the sticks. And work both like there’s no tomorrow.

Also maybe something in oppositional research might be useful to convince him that he better rethink his opposition. Anything in his background - OR involving a friend or family member - that he’d rather keep a lid on? This is unfortunately not the time to go easy OR be nice OR pull punches.

What can we use? BOTH in a positive AND a negative way? Now is NOT the time for business as usual. Mainly because we do not have the time, PERIOD.

Does he have a favorite celebrity? Somebody his kid would be dying to meet and get a photo with, or hang out with? Maybe get a small walk-on part on a BIGTIME favorite TV show - or movie???

Lots of push-and-pull ideas that should be examined and potentially made use of.

Know the enemy. Get inside his head and find where the buttons are that we can - and should start pushing. Sweeten things for a yes, and present quite the opposite for a no.

AND start looking for an ace in the back pocket. Who do we know among West Virginia Dems who might make an appealing replacement?

And there’s also the funding thing. How can we work THAT to our advantage? S-1 for the GREATER GOOD.

[calimary]

85. And that's just one approach. There's also the ol' workaround.

How to cut Joe Manchin down to size? Go around him and over his head.

Get statehood for Washington DC! Maybe also for Puerto Rico. They’ve proven their worth and they’ve certainly waited long enough.

Sneak it into some minor bill the GOP really wants, if you have to. Buried down in the lower middle of the text, and all the quibbling is over, and preferably as close as possible to the last minute.

WHATEVER MIGHT WORK.

BY HOOK OR BY CROOK.

[krawhitham]

91. Digitizing bills and the searching killed this plan long ago

Any bill that we can pass with without the filibuster has to initiate in the House, because all budget bills must start in the House for some reason.

The house will send the bill to the senate in paper and digital form

Members have staffers search the PDFs for key words

If the Senate change anything or add anything, it will be put in digital form for [link:the https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/conference_committee.htm|conference committee]


Adding a state to the union would have a lot of key words that would hit

[krawhitham]

87. That's how Bush lost control of the Senate, pressured Jim Jeffords on a vote and he switched parties

[calimary]

125. Point taken. So what else/what more can we do?

Time to put on the ol’ thinking cap and generate even more ideas.

Much better to ask “well, what CAN we do about it?” and start figuring out some strategies and approaches that might be workable.

Or I guess we could just sit on the sidelines and wring our hands and bemoan how bad Problem X, Y, or Z is…

I always find myself wondering what I could have done or might have done or done better about some problem that came up - especially if I blew an opportunity to maybe, just maybe make (or help toward) a positive change.

It’s that old saw about one little candle or cursing the darkness.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

140. Do you really not care about confirming Democratic Judges?

Link to tweet

[JudyM]

96. We can be certain the Rs and their handlers are waist deep in this.

[orangecrush]

100. THIS

[LetMyPeopleVote]

139. All of the above are really bad ideas and risk losing the ability to confirm judges

Link to tweet

[Me.]

6. Yes She Is But Do You Think The Dems Don't Already Know This?

If I had a guess I'd say it's why PJB has cut off talks with Capito

[Budi]

7. So is everyone else that's repeated the same thing for months.

Well, except for the DEMOCRATS swipe.

Expected & predictable.

Nothing new or profound as usual, in that pre-script.

Chirps on the Repukes & the burn-it-all-downers that threw us into this shitshow.

Just:
Biden
Democrats
Harris
....etc

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. More productive to pressure Dem holdouts

than to dunk on brainless trumpanzees at this point.

[Budi]

15. Or any other time as well, apparantly.

Chirps on the repubs. Always..😴

[ChrisF1961]

17. Not true

Read her feed

[Budi]

23. Waleed's feed? Why. It says the same thing over & over.

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

Walleed's been repeating that DEMOCRATS script since 2016

[ChrisF1961]

28. No AOC's feed

She criticizes republicans all the time.

[Mariana]

120. I guess if Waleed writes a thing, it's AOC's fault. Somehow.

Whoever the hell Waleed is.

There's some really weird shit going on in this thread.

[ChrisF1961]

123. What is amazing to me is

that Chris Van Hollen said almost the exact same thing on CNN yesterday, yet there isn't a single negative comment criticizing him for it on that thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215512654

[FoxNewsSucks]

32. Who is Waleed?

or Walleed, however it's spelled

[Budi]

35. LOL. Ask google

He writes the scripts ~

Later!

[FoxNewsSucks]

38. I did search for both spellings.

[Autumn]

102. You are implying AOC twitter feed is Waleed's mouth piece?

[wellst0nev0ter]

19. What are you talking about? Ted Cruz is her favorite dunking target

In any case, it's stupid to focus too much attention on the goops because they are incapable of shame. We're better off convincing certain democrats to stop obstructing Biden.

[Budi]

20. Sure thing. Like every day.

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

Biden
Harris
DEMOCRATS

We get it 🙄

[wellst0nev0ter]

24. Like it should be

Unlike the goops, Democrats are not mindless cheerleaders.

[Budi]

25. Really? Tell her & Walleed that.

He's been pumping out those swipes on a 24/7 loop.

[George II]

112. Anyone that follows them on Twitter or subscribes to their emails can see the same language....

...in each of them.

[Bettie]

65. They just love seeing her name

in a thread title, then they know that they can bash her till the cows come home...no one will stop them and they get to high five each other about how they burned her good...

[wellst0nev0ter]

66. Of course, but we can't bash fellow Democrats, don'tcha know?

[Bettie]

68. Well, we can bash SOME specific ones

strangely enough, the ones that are fair game are young, female, and progressive. Weird, right?

[wellst0nev0ter]

70. Though I notice that Katie Porter gets a pass

She must be more polite

[Bettie]

71. Yeah, she does, but

recently, she endorsed someone for a primary and now she's dead to a bunch of people. DEAD!

[wellst0nev0ter]

73. Ah, forgot about that

[FoxNewsSucks]

86. I still think she's tremendous.

But then, I'm not in "that" bunch

[Hassin Bin Sober]

90. .

[Evolve Dammit]

133. I would not mess with that trio. Nuh uh.

[onecaliberal]

72. The country elected Democrats to do the things they ran on, not the burn it all downers.

[qazplm135]

12. not really

without Manchin and Sinema, you can stop right now and nothing happens.

[The Mouth]

21. BUT .... PURITY!

[bdamomma]

69. Sinema

is a troll.

[Budi]

3. K & R

😴

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. "GOP who won't even vote for a Jan 6 commission"

That's not a compliment.

[Me.]

40. Of Course It Isn't

but do you think the Dems don't know that, ask Nancy Pelosi for starters. Far too much of this aimed at the Dems these days not just by her but also by those so called smarty strategists. What they should be doing is rolling up their sleeves and going after the 'enemy' with a vengeance.

[FoxNewsSucks]

43. Because Moscow Mitch cares what they think?

Our criticism of republiqons is plentiful, and falls on deaf ears. They don't give a shit what we, or anyone really, thinks or says.

And yes, elected Democrats should know that. That's why so many are thinking 'what the hell are you waiting for? we've seen this over and over'. If they know it, why not act like it?

[Me.]

45. Of Course THey Don't

but guess what...according to recent polls the American public does and all this criticism is discouraging in a 'why should I bother' way.

[FoxNewsSucks]

48. Maybe,

but it's nowhere near as discouraging as the inaction (perceived or otherwise) that leads to the criticism and the 'why bother' feeling.

No one could say "Democrats did nothing but COVID" if it were clearly a brazen lie. Posters here are aware of what is going on. Most of the public pays little or no attention . That's why that kind of lie can work. And it's why Moscow Mitch blocks everything. Democratic policies are good for the average person instead of corporations and the rich. So he has to keep blocking everything. And a lot of people will fall for the lie, because they don't know the reason so many things didn't get done was that republiqons stopped it, not that Democrats didn't try.

[questionseverything]

79. Post a link to that poll

N/t

[Me.]

82. You'd Have To Be Watching MSNBC

but google is your friend so do your own research

[Cuthbert Allgood]

126. That's not how making a claim works.

[Cha]

135. Hear Hear! TY Me.. I've beyond had it with

the Bashing of the Dems doing their jobs except for a notable few.

Stop the Damn Broadbrushing!

[Me.]

136. Aloha Miss Cha

and thank you.

[Cha]

154. Here's my Sen Hirono.. Taking to the magats where

it belongs!

Link to tweet

Aloha hoa

[iemanja]

37. This is criticism of the Republicans.

[KG]

41. I lulz'd

[femmedem]

52. She did criticize Republicans in this tweet as well as how to respond to their obstructionism.

She is talking primarily to Democrats, though, as they are the people she has a chance of influencing.

[questionseverything]

64. Duh she is criticizing the repubs

Why do you hate this young democratic woman of color?

[Me.]

75. Stop!

What is the reason you introduced "woman of color" into the conversation when it has nothing to do with it? Or is it du riguer that we must see her as perfect and agree with everything she says?

[questionseverything]

76. You stop

Aoc is bashing repubs

You are bashing a young democratic representative who happens to be a woman of color

[Me.]

77. And What

does her color have to do with this conversation. THat's twice now you've made this point. So if you have something to say. say it plain.

And I suggest you take a look at post #62.

[questionseverything]

78. Again

Aoc is bashing repubs

Why does that bother you so much you had to be the first response

And why did you use that response to bash her?

[Me.]

138. So Nonsensical

[betsuni]

92. Thank you. It's obvious what the insinuation is.

Ridiculous.

[George II]

157. These aren't republicans, but the fact that she's a woman of color means that she can....

....say anything she wants without criticism?

Link to tweet

[George II]

113. What do her race and gender have to do with it?

[betsuni]

118. That's what I'd like to know.

[George II]

132. I may not agree with you all the time, indeed may not like everything you say, But it is NOT....

....because you're a woman. It's because I simply don't agree.

[ChrisF1961]

98. Chris Van Hollen said the same thing on CNN yesterday

It’s interesting that no one criticized him for it the same way they have AOC. But he’s a white man, not a woman of color, so I guess he is allowed to speak.

[betsuni]

99. What does that mean? No holding feet to the fire because of gender and ethnicity?

Bernie Sanders would not approve:

"We have got to look at candidates, you know, not by the color of their skin, not by their sexual orientation or their gender and not by their age. I mean, I think we have got to try to move toward a non discriminating society which looks at people based on their abilities, based on what they stand for."

[Me.]

128. Great Quote

[Act_of_Reparation]

103. Yeah, preaching to the choir is always a productive use of one's time.

[Oneironaut]

153. A counter-point to that is,

Republicans in Congress are soulless, and criticizing them is pointless. They don't care.

[ruet]

5. Nailed It! -NT-

[Operaweeble]

8. Absolutely!!!

BUT..... unless the Democrats get their asses in gear, knock some sense into the two DINO's, and go MTG nasty, we won't get one more damn thing done.

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. Yep. Business as usual.

That’s the way it always goes. If we lose, we lose. If we win, we lose.

I’m so tired of all of this.

[ananda]

10. Thank you, AOC. That is exactly right!

Speak up and fight back Dems!

[Hekate]

11. AOC is correct in this observation. There is NO TIME.

[Jay25]

22. +1

[lagomorph777]

14. Biden should have learned about squandering the advantage.

Step 1: reign in Manchin. Use threats, bribes, mass organizing, whatever it takes.
Step 2: kill the filibuster.
Step 3: Give the finger to McConnell and get shit done.

[Budi]

16. Its all Biden's fault!! Glad he has her to tell him how to run the show!

Geezus.

[FoxNewsSucks]

26. Who said it's all Biden's fault?

[Budi]

30. When has Waleed's scripts NOT said it's all Biden's & DEMOCRATS fault?

#14

[FoxNewsSucks]

34. I have no idea who Waleed is and seen no scripts

[Autumn]

61. All I found googling Waleed is that it is an Arabic word meaning newborn or child.

Unless it's the name of some not well known person.

[FoxNewsSucks]

88. Same here.

And anyone could already correctly assume it's an Arabic male name.

Apparently, it's an Arabic-named male who lives comfortably in the head of that poster. The rest of us are just supposed to magically know who it is.

[Autumn]

101. You are right. Someone that lives in their head.

Some people are implying that AOC tweets what Waleed tells her to do. So her twitter feed is his. Because obviously a strong woman can't say what she thinks without being someones puppet.

[betsuni]

105. "Because obviously a strong woman can't say what she thinks without being

someone's puppet."



Hillary Clinton: Wall Street corporatist Satan warmonger "Clinton Machine" corrupt puppet of the donor class, lobbyists, special interests, PACS, etc. That fictional character that lives in some people's heads. And Obama and Biden fictional centrists that lives in some people's heads.

[Autumn]

106. She might live in yours but I haven't thought of our former First Lady for some time

until you brought her up.

[betsuni]

108. She's a strong woman who lives in a lot of people's minds as a fictional character.

A strong woman who cares more about Democratic values and a Democratic president's agenda than those obsessed with a "pooly" thought out movement about slogans.

[Autumn]

109. Yeah I see that. I don't dwell on the past or on people that have no impact on my life.

[betsuni]

111. "I don't dwell on the past or on people that have no impact on my life."

Like Trump and Republicans! No impact at all! Lesser of two evils! Vote one's conscience!

[Autumn]

114. Biden is president and the Dems have control. If Trump and the pukes aren't on the news

they aren't in my thoughts. YMMV. Here. let me give you an example betsuni

dwell on/upon phrasal verb

dwelled on/upon or dwelt on/upon; dwelling on/upon; dwells on/upon

Definition of dwell on/upon

to think or talk about (something) for a long time
There is no need to dwell on the past.
Don't dwell upon your mistakes.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dwell%20on%2Fupon

[betsuni]

115. I dwell on the past when it's damaging to the present and future, those who

lie about Democrats and blame them for what Republicans do, want to discourage people from voting by telling them both sides are the same and corrupt. YMMV.

[Autumn]

116. Whatever floats your boat betsuni nt

[betsuni]

117. I don't have a boat, Autumn.

I didn't write a best-selling book so I'm not a millionaire.

[Autumn]

119. If you don't understand that idiom just try doing whatever brings you joy. nt

[betsuni]

121. Oh, now idioms like "the lesser of two evils" have their original meanings. OK.

No more black or white literal thinking, good!

[mcar]

144. You mean a former Senator, Secretary of State, and

Democratic nominee for president, right?

[Autumn]

145. Yeah. I adored her as First Lady so to me that's what she will always be.

Do we have to use ALL her titles?

[mcar]

147. Maybe use the titles that she was elected/appointed to

rather than as someone's spouse. I loved her as First Lady too, but she had an amazing career after that. One doesn't usually tag someone with a title they married into when they've had their own impressive titles after that.

[Autumn]

148. How bout I use the title I want to use and you use the one you want to use. nt

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[mcar]

149. OK

[betsuni]

93. Waleed Shahid, communications director for the PAC Justice Democrats.

[FoxNewsSucks]

95. OK, so?

[betsuni]

97. You asked who he was and I told you. Communications director for the PAC Justice Democrats.

Writes fundraising emails using the same words all the time. A script. Their supporters like it:

Their big enemy are corrupt "corporate Democrats" (who will stop at nothing to prevent progress because they're complicit with and paid off by corporations, billionaires, special interests, lobbyists, corporate PACS, Wall Street, Big Pharma, the oil and gas industries, the ruling class, the donor class, the 1% -- the list is really endless). Naturally there's no evidence of this supposed corruption. Democrats are also called the liberal elite, coastal elites, wealthy elites, any flavor of elite. They only pretend to want progressive legislation but are same as Republicans (Republicans rarely make an appearance in the emails, they are irrelevant).

Democratic Establishment (the word "progressive" means anti-establishment with Democrats being the establishment they are fighting against, "taking on" and so forth because the establishment will stop at nothing to prevent Justice Democrats' success). Any Democratic organization like the DNC or DCC (Third Way, it goes without saying) are enemies who will stop at nothing to prevent, etc.

The goal is to transform the Democratic Party, purge it of corporate Democrats and the Democratic Establishment, elect Justice Democrats (the movement, revolution). Transformative policies. FDR transformative. Transform is an important word.

Status quo. Neoliberals.

Working class. Progressive are the only ones fighting for the working class. Working class, working class, working class. These are really the most important words.

Grassroots.

Justice.

Solidarity.

[LiberalLovinLug]

130. Sounds pretty good to me

Transformative

Working Class

Grassroots

Justice

Solidarity


If there is no undue corporate lobbyist influence within the Democratic party, even with those that have been there for decades already, then what is the harm of denouncing that undue influence on Washington in general, including for Republicans? Folks that are against that undue influence, are not against the Democratic party, they are against the unfair quid pro quo system that has existed for many decades. It is non-partisan. And to be fair, does not exist exclusively in the USA.

[Me.]

137. Well Done

[FoxNewsSucks]

151. I mass delete all the emails

from pretty much all of them. They're all fundraisers and I can't afford to send money every time I get one. And whatever group sends out the hysterical hair-on-fire "msnbc DESTROYED!!!!!!!" "rachel maddow GOING DOWN!!!!!!" type email completely turned me off of ever reading them.

I'm sure they're repetitive. Another poster put up a twitter from your favorite comm director, and I don't see anything wrong with it. How far back do I need to look at it to find something you think is bad? I'm not on the twitter or the facebook things, so they do not get to live rent-free in my head. Just sayin'.

I agree completely with the other post answering you. Corporations and billionaires own the corrupt Republican party lock stock and barrel. They hedge their bets by bribing, uh I mean "donating to", Democrats as well. Do you want to see the Democratic Party become totally beholden to them the way republicons are? I don't. That's the direction of "third way" or corporatist Democrats. Go ahead and deride that all you want, it won't change the underlying truth. I'll always support Democrats, liberals, and liberal Democrats who are on the side of people who work for a living. Why the hell would anyone do otherwise???

And finally, regarding the bleating about not bashing republicons enough - obviously you aren't paying attention. They do call out and condemn republicons sufficiently. After all, we already KNOW republicons are the enemy. It doesn't need to be said every time someone opens their mouth. Do we need to be told the sun rises in the east, or that bears shit in the woods every time someone sends an email or types a twit? NO!!!!!!! We don't. We know that.

What we do need to be reminded of is the insidious attempts to control OUR side. Anyone who doesn't like that, should maybe be doing some serious self-examination to determine why.

[betsuni]

152. "The Democratic establishment is simply unwilling to take action on transformative policies the

working people of this country need. They're unwilling to take on the fight because so many politicians take money from the corporate PACs and Wall Street CEOs that benefit from inaction."

"Nancy Pellosi's campaign and PAC donated more than 3 million dollars to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCC) this year ... to protect corporate-backed incumbents ... .The Democratic establishment sometimes seems like one big bucket of Wall Street and corporate PAC money, all going toward protecting the broken status quo."

Who are all these corrupt corporate Democrats who don't want to do anything for the people? Where is the proof that Democrats "take" money and then refuse to do anything progressive? They should give examples if they know who all these corrupt Democrats are. Or is it a faith-based thing like religion. Is Joe Biden corrupt? Kamala Harris? Bernie Sanders? Nancy Pelosi? They're the establishment. They've been bribed to stop progress? Since when have Democrats had large majorities in Congress to pass their policies easily?

The audience for the Justice Democrats' message have to be woefully ignorant of how government works and history. They fall for conspiracy theories about everyone being bribed and immoral, rigging, plotting, enemies everywhere. Then are asked to donate money, of course. Small amounts, please, because that's "grassroots." Anything larger is a bribe. All it does is encourage hate for the Democratic Party and that helps Republicans. Enough is enough.

[Me.]

155. +1

[FoxNewsSucks]

158. " Who are all these corrupt corporate Democrats who don't want to do anything for the people?"

The people of WV by huge margins support 3 key parts of Biden's agenda. The Koch Empire opposes them. Their Democratic Senator previously was on board for the voting reform, now he's not and he's given no coherent reason for his obstruction.

You do the math.

I see nothing wrong with those quotes. If Democrats are influenced by money, the problem is NOT that they are being called out, the problem is the money in the first place. If you don't understand that, there is nothing more to be said. It's getting like arguing with a MAGAt down at the Y. Facts seem not to matter.

Bottom line is, I don't want corporate or billionaire-funded Democrats. THis country already suffers for having a political party owned by them, we can't afford for them to control both parties. I can't imagine why anyone would want that.

[betsuni]

159. So "all Democrats" really means one guy?

Every politician uses money. You don the math.

And, of course, there's the personal insult instead of proof of anything. I'm like a MAGA?

[FoxNewsSucks]

160. He's a good example, in the news and ongoing right now.

And that's why I support public-financed elections. Eliminate the money. I'd also like to see campaign "season" shortened to a few weeks. They should be spending their time on the job, instead of fundraising for the next election.

Probably won't happen, but I'm sure not gonna be a cheerleader for the current crappy system we have.

[George II]

142. https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid

[FoxNewsSucks]

150. I went down a few pages,

What's wrong with it? What I saw in that part was perfectly fine.

[George II]

156. Check out this guy's tweets, he has the receipts. I won't post any of them here.

@JusticeDemWatch

[DENVERPOPS]

44. Yes!

This is the time the Dems must go for broke............there is no downside.........

[calimary]

57. THIS.

Especially the first one.

[mcar]

143. And how do you suppose Biden can do those three things?

Be specific.

[Auggie]

18. K&R

[padah513]

29. I'd like to know how.

How do we get it done when Manchin won't budge unless he's convinced that all avenues to reach out to the repubs are exhausted, and he still won't budge.

[johnthewoodworker]

33. Democrats will do the same old thing, talk smart and fall behind.

[Me.]

42. Well That's Certainly Hopeful

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. If only we had a reliable majority in the senate ...

... and not a Neville Chamberlain or Vidkun Quisling

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

39. How much do we have to pay Manchin to vote to get rid of the filibuster?

Clearly, it will have to be more than he's getting (or will get once he leaves office) from the GQP or its masters for his recalcitrance.

[speaknow]

46. Yep AOC right Dems have been jerked

around. Know what Turtle Face can do
with his clock, stick it where the sun don't
shine!

[jmbar2]

47. McConnell knows that if he can get Manchin to bail on the Dem party, he takes control again.

The more Manchin gets isolated, the closer he gets pushed to bail. You can bet that the Dems are gaming this out, but it's a tough spot to be in.

If he bails, we lose the Senate majority. Then we are ill-situated in case of a Supreme Court vacancy, among other things.

[liberalla]

49. HUSTLE is the perfect word! They're gaming us.

[Alpeduez21]

50. Manchin keeps claiming to be following the will of his constituents

What he fails to understand is polling of West Virginia citizenry shows they highly favor everything he says he is against. They want the infrastructure passed. They want the voting rights act past.

[AllaN01Bear]

51. time to quit negotiating with them and just move on. we have been

negotiating with them for 30 years or more and lost a lot . time to cut them loose .

[bdamomma]

74. +1000000

nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

53. This is probably the AOC statement that I connect with the most.

She has it exactly right. There's no Miss Congeniality trophy at this pageant.

[BGBD]

54. Hard to call out republicans

For not voting for a 1/6 commission that she voted no on.

Or at least the actual capitol security bill.

[murielm99]

56. +1,000,000

[ChubbyStar]

63. I saw a yes vote HR3233 and a not present vote HR3237

What bill did she vote no on? Thanks.

[BGBD]

80. Present

Is as good as no.

It passed by one vote and she didn't add hers to it.

How do you call out Repiblicans who won't pass a commission ok 1/6 when you won't vote to fund better security to keep it from happening again?

[ChubbyStar]

83. So she didn't vote no but you said she did

In your mind not voting is a no but that is not accurate. Tells me all I need to know. Goodbye.

[BGBD]

84. Sounds like

You just want to split hairs. She didn't vote yes and eas going to vote no until some measure of sense was talked into her.

Again, if you can't support a bill to improve capitol security, including the police who were getting the shit kicked out of them, then how can you criticize anyone for votes on 1/6?

She might shoupd think about that anti police hardliners stance considering some of those people literally gave their lives to keep her from getting killed.

[betsuni]

89. +1

[Jon King]

58. Okay AOC, you change Manchin and Sinema's mind....

If she can change Manchin's mind, she should do it already. There is literally nothing any Dem can do without Manchin and Sinema agreeing to a changing of the filibuster.

[Act_of_Reparation]

104. How do you not understand that is exactly what she's attempting to do here?

She's trying to sway them with the only real leverage she has: public opinion.

[George II]

129. She's trying to sway them by speaking out on Chris Hayes' show? She can always give them...

...a call, walk across the hallway and actually speak to them.

After all, they work in the same building every day.

[ChrisF1961]

131. How do you know that she's not?

Plus Chris Van Hollen said almost the same thing on CNN. Yet there is not a single negative comment on that thread criticizing him for it. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215512654

[mcar]

146. That's ridiculous

How about she talk to them?

[OnDoutside]

59. She is 100% correct, but what is her solution ?

[bdamomma]

60. I think so too.

we need to ditch the "bipartisanship" crap. Repigs are not interested. Also the infrastructure bill has moved on to another "moderate" Dems. Watering things down then the repigs will vote against, isn't this what they do? I hate those repigs.

[LanternWaste]

62. This afternoon she alleged Pres. Biden is playing patty-cake with GOP.

I'm guessing she has some long-play going on here that will supersede this, like Midway Island indicating they're low on fresh water. I hope so.

"President Biden and Senate Dems should take a step back and ask themselves if playing patty-cake w GOP Senators is really worth..."

https://www.facebook.com/OcasioCortez/

[George II]

141. Don't know what time she put that on Facebook, but it's considered off-limits....

....to criticize the President when he's out of the country.

I guess even that doesn't matter anymore.

[budkin]

67. 💯

Nailed it

[hadEnuf]

81. AOC is absolutely correct.

We really aren't going to play the Charlie Brown / Lucy and the football game again, are we?

If we haven't learned what the GOP is all about by now we never will.

[smirkymonkey]

94. +1000

[Joinfortmill]

107. Couldn't agree more.

[Mr. Sparkle]

110. So true! The exact same playbook from the Obama years. Fool me once shame on you ..

fool me, cant get fooled again

[George II]

122. I looked around, I didn't see anything she's doing other than tweeting to get us to "move now".....

Did I miss it?

[BasicallyComplicated]

124. Yeah you missed it.....

[Cuthbert Allgood]

127. Seems like it.

[Maxheader]

134. We were lucky to have just enough..

Lib votes to get obama care passed...and then it was teaparty time...