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In reply to the discussion: AOC Endorses Joe Biden: 'Absolutely' Must 'Rally Behind Our Democratic Nominee' [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)statements acceptable to Democrats as delivery systems for subversive themes.
Remember, she belonged to and was assisted by a subversive anti-Democratic group when she almost accidentally got elected by 5% who voted in a majority Democratic (not dissident!) district. And then in a sign of our weird times, her dissident creds caught fire with a lot of young people who've spent their entire lives marinating in anti-Democratic propaganda and she suddenly became a national figure.
And liked it. Of course.
Of course she wanted to keep both her rather spectacular leap in socioeconomic status as a congressman AND the national political following her dissidence drew.
The major realignment of Sanders with Biden to defeat Trump and rescue our nation didn't include her, though it could have.
But INSTEAD she chose to try to draw Sanders' angry, left-behind dissident followers by feeding their antagonism to Democrats AND officially endorse Biden in order to stay acceptable enough to get reelected back home.
Get it? Talking out both sides of her mouth, and both sides untrustworthy. It may be understandable, but it's far from admirable. She needs to choose a side or get a lot better at deceiving her DEMOCRATIC constituents. They're not kids.