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WE ARE SC13

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Reply to Shumi (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 07:05 PM

Aug 2018

If you can not deal with media, get the hell of politics.

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Ocasio-Cortez Communications Director: We will not exclude the Press from future events [View all] Shumi Aug 2018 OP

Good that they're willing to learn. nolabear Aug 2018 #1

I'm afraid it's too late TheCowsCameHome Aug 2018 #2

why didn't they just plan a private event ? JI7 Aug 2018 #3

Townhalls aren't private fallout87 Aug 2018 #4

It was a question of learning anything. It was an event where they explained many times that they Nanjeanne Aug 2018 #5

Hello? frazzled Aug 2018 #6

Exactly. Perfectly stated. Can't believe so many here are defending banning the press. brush Aug 2018 #7

+1. Sounds like AOC's DU interns are engaging in "alternative facts" which makes me uncomfortable. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2018 #8

Funny how we have a president working to change policies in order to jail the press Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #10

Yes, AOC is the bad guy here. BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN TRUMP! Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #11

Because banning reporters from a single event is equivalent to wanting to jail them how, exactly? Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #12

Dismissing valid criticism is stupid & short-sighted. Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #13

You know what's stupid? Implying a candidate is against the free press when we have a president Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #14

And now what you're doing is called "whataboutism". Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #16

AOC is a general election Democrat and we need her to win back congress. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #17

Yes, the Dems need to win back Congress & start the country on a better path. Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #19

Read my above comment. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #20

It was 2 out of the only 3 local events that she's held in the last 5 weeks. N/T lapucelle Aug 2018 #31

If her goal is to mimic the worst traits of this "president" and his ilk, she's off to an... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2018 #15

Almost like you're talking to a brick wall, isn't it? Older Than I Look Aug 2018 #21

Yep. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #22

Two events several days apart, never should have happened in the first place. George II Aug 2018 #25

Agreed things happen and it was a mistake Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #27

Maybe her campaign manager needs to rethink his strategy lapucelle Aug 2018 #32

And the local press should not have been shut out of lapucelle Aug 2018 #33

Her campaign only held 3 local events with the candidate in the last 5 weeks. lapucelle Aug 2018 #30

Good WE ARE SC13 Aug 2018 #9

Good decision. MineralMan Aug 2018 #18

Young politicians are going to make mistakes. Yavin4 Aug 2018 #23

+10,000 Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #24

This wasn't the first "mistake". George II Aug 2018 #26

That's why I said "mistakes" (plural of "mistake") Yavin4 Aug 2018 #28

Growing pains RandySF Aug 2018 #29