Ocasio-Cortez bans press from town hall.

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220. She is a Democrat. She is the Democratic candidate for an upcoming election....

...There don't get to be any "But, but...." to the rules. Either they apply across the board or they do not. There have been plenty of Dems who criticize other Dems and the party from the right and we are told this is o.k. and we need to be o.k. with it because they are Dems and we need all of them and we are a big tent party.

Either the rules apply or they don't. I'm tired of the goalposts being moved as it suits people's needs.

We've spent 2 years hearing about how Bernie is not allowed to criticize the Democratic party (despite his vote being just as necessary to and loyal to Dems as anyone else) because he is not a registered Dem and that if he wants to he should join the party. So now we have Democrats running from the left and trying to have their say and to influence the direction of the party and we're told "No, no...this is different." And making it more craven, it's couched in the same "Now is not the time!!!" rhetoric that the gun nuts use to dissuade any change in that area as well.

If it's a big tent party where Joe Manchin or blue dogs or whoever else is allowed to distance themselves from or criticize the party and it's direction because "That's what his constituents want" or "It's what he needs to say to win and he'll support other Democrats!" then more liberal Democrats should be allowed the same.

We're told that "The primary process is where we get to duke it out and have our say as to the direction we want that race to go in." and that if people want change then they need to support their candidates in the primary. But now that we have Democrats doing that from a left of center ben, the same people want to complain that a Democratic candidate is endorsing other Democratic candidates in a Democratic primary.......just because it's not the Democrat they want.

I honestly don't even particular care one way or another about AOC, but it is painfully obvious that she has exposed a lot of the bullshit that's been spewed on this particular site and within the party in general that was used as excuses over the past 2 years or so.