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In reply to the discussion: AOC chief of Staff attacks Sharice Davids [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,850 posts)98. It's almost impossible to keep track of.
I live in BK and had been following the Amazon stuff closely, which is the only reason I had an inkling it wasn't in AOC's district. She has Astoria, which is right there, so it would make sense to think she's LIC, too. It's so confusing.
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Not sure if this is still the burr under the saddle, aoc and sanders campaigned against Sherice
Thekaspervote
Jul 2019
#4
Yes, they campaigned for a white male running against Sharice Davids, a Native American woman.
George II
Jul 2019
#41
Thank you.. very informative. Had no idea. Seems he has boat loads of money as well.
Thekaspervote
Jul 2019
#28
You can interpret it any way you want, but Chakrabarti is on a Member of Congress' staff, but....
George II
Jul 2019
#44
They already have a candidate set up to run against Lacy Clay (a POC) next year. It's the same....
George II
Jul 2019
#43
I think that her constituents wanted the 25,000 jobs that Amazon would have brought to her district.
TexasTowelie
Jul 2019
#60
The additional facility and jobs Amazon is adding is in Manhattan, not Queens or the Bronx.
George II
Jul 2019
#75
Yes, the original huge facility was going to be in LIC, this new office space will be....
George II
Jul 2019
#88
Hah! I just checked that, it WAS going to be in the 12th District. Thanks....
George II
Jul 2019
#90
I was born in Brooklyn (Bed Stuy) and lived in Bushwick until nine years old...
George II
Jul 2019
#100
I've been seeing more and more attacks on liberal democrats from certain segments of the left
Sapient Donkey
Jul 2019
#53
It's starting to look like we have our version of the tea party here. nt
UniteFightBack
Jul 2019
#39
The candidate they supported against her was a white male. So Chak, let's STOP these....
George II
Jul 2019
#76
if only he worked as hard to support the democratic candidate for Governor in his own state
JI7
Jul 2019
#74
Beginning to see shades of a wanna be bannon....aoc what are you thinking!
Thekaspervote
Jul 2019
#38
Spot on. This "I don't think ------ is a racist, but..." is kind of getting to be a thing, isn't it?
cwydro
Jul 2019
#63
Which votes and what is the reasoning that leads him to believe they are enabling?
Sapient Donkey
Jul 2019
#99