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Voltaire2
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December 10, 2020
Some constituents of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually got something out of politics this year beside a barrage of campaign advertisements: With a sliver of the almost $19 million that she raised on her glide to re-election, AOC bought and gave away 200 Thanksgiving turkeys.
Turkeys are reminiscent of New Yorks Tammany Hall, which used to deliver birds, along with coal and other useful things, to Democratic constituents. Much of AOCs New York City district is poor. If government is hobbled, and mediating institutions like political parties and unions (another traditional source of holiday turkeys) are diminished, constituent needs go unmet. Thats both challenge and opportunity.
The Congresswoman believes that when a larger federal response fails, as it has with Covid-19, we have a responsibility to think creatively about what we can do with others in our community to meet the needs of our constituents, said Ocasio-Cortez campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt in an email. Hitt said AOC campaign volunteers and donors made 200,000 community check-in calls, delivered 80,000 meals, distributed 100,000 masks and recruited more than 11,000 tutors for students in remote learning.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-09/aoc-engages-in-old-fashioned-machine-politics?fbclid=IwAR3MjY7SRxOc1IzYwZGw6y3YAn4N1C97caJdF9Dya1s7Hagdv1N1ye4qo9I
AOC's Old-Fashioned Machine Politics
Democrats could learn not only from her social-media skills but also from her constituent services.Some constituents of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually got something out of politics this year beside a barrage of campaign advertisements: With a sliver of the almost $19 million that she raised on her glide to re-election, AOC bought and gave away 200 Thanksgiving turkeys.
Turkeys are reminiscent of New Yorks Tammany Hall, which used to deliver birds, along with coal and other useful things, to Democratic constituents. Much of AOCs New York City district is poor. If government is hobbled, and mediating institutions like political parties and unions (another traditional source of holiday turkeys) are diminished, constituent needs go unmet. Thats both challenge and opportunity.
The Congresswoman believes that when a larger federal response fails, as it has with Covid-19, we have a responsibility to think creatively about what we can do with others in our community to meet the needs of our constituents, said Ocasio-Cortez campaign spokesperson Lauren Hitt in an email. Hitt said AOC campaign volunteers and donors made 200,000 community check-in calls, delivered 80,000 meals, distributed 100,000 masks and recruited more than 11,000 tutors for students in remote learning.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-09/aoc-engages-in-old-fashioned-machine-politics?fbclid=IwAR3MjY7SRxOc1IzYwZGw6y3YAn4N1C97caJdF9Dya1s7Hagdv1N1ye4qo9I
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