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In reply to the discussion: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rockets Into Social Media Stardom [View all]Cuthbert Allgood
(5,339 posts)And, nope, the time for "it's just hyperbole" would be when I said it was bold claim and asked again if the claim was that she didn't have one single original idea.
Because the post I responded to (which isn't yours, I know, but you seem to feel the need to be the champion of that person) said, "as if they were the FIRST to say this or that or think of this or that, and they have NO original ideas, by the way. They push good ideas but none of them are original."
Add to that, AOC has never claimed that the ideas she is advocating for are her own. Though she does put some new spin on some of them as well as doing a fantastic job of giving them visibility that others have not been able to do.
And she has actually been sworn in for, what, a couple weeks? Let's give her some time before we judge her as unimaginative and unable to come up with any original ideas.
Oh, how about the "War. What is it good for?" video in response to those that hated her dance. That was pretty damn original and slammed those critical of her pretty well.
I still don't get what isn't to like about this fantastic young Democrat. She's smart, she's passionate, she's progressive, and she brings a lot of people that aren't always active politically into the mix.