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In reply to the discussion: What is your opinion of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? [View all]Calista241
(5,586 posts)She says a lot of the right things, things I agree with, but she says them in such a way as to turn non-millennials off I think.
I also think she's going to step in a giant hole at some point and make everyone realize she is under-qualified. I like my politicians at the highest level to have some experience in state government. Bernie was a mayor and Obama was a State Senator, just to name a couple.
Real governing is about more than your pet projects and what you strongly believe in / campaign on. We need to fund stuff, some stuff we don't like or is not high on our list. In short order she's going to be casting votes for military spending, prison maintenance, drug interdictions, law enforcement and everything else. Each vote she casts is going to change voters view of her. Is she going to vote for military funding? Is she going to vote for our prison industrial complex?
I was just in NYC, and the Bronx is changing. Gentrification has expanded there from other parts of NYC. Will she change her platform to reflect a changing electorate? Will the future electorate want the Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez that won a lightly attended primary vote in 2018?