AOC Reveals Darker Intentions Behind MTG Hearing Chaos

[Nevilledog]

https://newrepublic.com/post/181718/aoc-darker-intentions-mtg-hearing-chaos?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter

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The following day, Ocasio-Cortez took to X (formerly Twitter) to break down how Greene’s outburst overshadowed—and aided—what Ocasio-Cortez describes as a “microcosm of what authoritarians do on a larger scale.”

“AFTER the Republican Chair and GOP members broke official House protocol to allow MTG’s horrific opening silo of rhetoric, they THEN made another change to dispense with the legislative process,” Ocasio-Cortez said on X (formerly Twitter). “THAT part is not getting enough attention.”

In a move Ocasio-Cortez described as “highly unusual and still unclear to me how legitimate it was,” the GOP-led committee vacated both the typical amendment process and legislative debate that follows, moving directly to vote on their own text without allowing for amendments or objections to be heard.

“That’s why this stuff isn’t just all-sides chaos, or mere distraction, or a pox on everyone’s house,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “They WANT you to think this was some random devolution of conduct instead of a structured GOP outcome. We must understand who and what actions created the situation. It matters.”

Thanks to MTG’s meltdown, the vote to initiate contempt proceedings against Garland was successful.

[Think. Again.]

1. K&R

[Captain Zero]

2. That makes their referral ILLEGITMATE

Does it not?

[Irish_Dem]

3. So it was all a GOP staged stunt to prevent Dem objections or amendments.

Dirty tricks.

[red dog 1]

4. K&R

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Thanks for posting, Nevilledog.

(AOC Rocks!)

[niyad]

5. silo? or salvo? But, shaking my head, those rwnj's are dangerous, and I

am thankful to Rep. AOC for explaining their latest bs to us.

[jaxexpat]

25. Our cruel world of "auto-correct" strikes again, leaving confusion, frustration and.......

grammaricky carnage in its wake. Oh mis-communication, do you, at long last, have no shame?

[Mister Ed]

6. AOC has fully earned my admiration.

She's smart and savvy and conscientious. When her positions differ from mine, I take the time to re-evaluate my own position.

[Volaris]

10. Yep and i hope people like Pelosi and Jeffries are teaching her how both process and power are wielded.

[Hekate]

12. I think a lot of the teaching is by observation & willingness to learn...

… and I’ve kept my fingers crossed for her development into a savvy politician who knows how the give and take works on our own side.

Every time I read what AOC is doing these days I am just so pleased. She has the fire we need. And did I mention she’s smart?

[niyad]

7. Some idiot/bot that posts in KO's Countdown podcast on youtube, has been

posting, repeatedly, that Biden is not needed, that the ticket should be cheney/AOC 2024. It cracks me up, and everybody ignores it.

[Traurigkeit]

8. The House in the late 1700s, a Rep. would of called Duel with MTG and shuffed it

ah the olde days [that never existed]

[red dog 1]

9. Here's video from "The View" (ABC)

[efhmc]

14. The eyelash rebuttal on the View was great.

[Hekate]

15. Love Jasmine Crockett

[H2O Man]

11. Way recommended.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. this . rec. kick it out of the park.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. There was indication that the cult was drinking prior to the session. Would seem to fit. nt

[Dave Bowman]

23. "the cult was drinking prior to the session"

Was it Kool-Aid?

[dchill]

17. Fascism is not a process.

It's the vacation of one.

[malaise]

18. Very important

Rec

[lame54]

19. Dems outsmarted by MTG?...

That can NEVER happen again?

[Torchlight]

20. I'll admit, I originally thought she was elected to her office by the charisma factor alone.

But I'll be damned, she seems to know the form better than a lot of the career politicians, and to date, I've seen three and only three bills her vote and my opinion stood apart on. If I ever go to her district for any reason, I'm going to drop off an "I'm sorry I was so shallow" card at her office.

[markodochartaigh]

21. At the cirkkkus when the kkklowns

are engaged in the kkkraziest behavior and have everyone's attention, that's when the pickpockets move through the crowd.

[AnrothElf]

22. AOC is someone I want to see stay in congress.

She could be a senator. She's a sober voice from the American left.

[jaxexpat]

24. If I wanted the opinion of one with a talent for "reading the room",...........

I'd choose a NYC bartender over just about anybody.

[TheJillMill]

26. More Than Bartending

From womenshistory.org: "After graduating high school in 2007, Ocasio-Cortez attended Boston University and graduated cum laude with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and International Relations. She attended on the John F. Lopez Fellowship, which was an experience-based learning opportunity sponsored by the National Hispanic Institute." Not that there's anything wrong with bartending, which put her among real people.

[RandiFan1290]

27. This is why their slimy little minions have attacked AOC from the beginning!

She is smart and effective!

[sellitman]

28. AOC & Jasmine Crocket are next level great

I hope they will run for President some day

I'd be thrilled to pull that lever!

[John Shaft]

29. I've always been wary of

self-professed Democrats who sling right-wing smears and criticisms against this woman.