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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Oct 25, 2020, 02:23 PM Oct 2020

If A.O.C. Is So Heavily Favored, Why Has Her Race Drawn $30 Million? [View all]

All the money in the world is not likely to influence the outcome of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s re-election bid in November.

But that has not stopped people from trying: The contest has improbably become the second most expensive House race in the country.

Money has been pouring in from all sides. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, has raised $17.3 million, much of it from small donors attracted to her star power, progressive policies and outsize social media presence.

Her Republican challenger, John Cummings, a 60-year-old former schoolteacher at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx and a former officer for the New York Police Department, has collected $9.6 million in his first bid for office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/if-aoc-is-so-heavily-favored-why-has-her-race-drawn-dollar30-million/ar-BB1alJZF?li=BBnb7Kz

The right uses her as a boogieman. She's a bit brash at times but I don't see her being defeated by Republican.

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Not going to happen bottomofthehill Oct 2020 #1
Any opportunity to bash AOC. Voltaire2 Oct 2020 #5
Simple reality bottomofthehill Oct 2020 #9
So much money is being spent because this is a pricey market, I would suspect (NYC)... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #2
People aren't always rational when it comes to donating their money. Mariana Oct 2020 #3
I give money to candidates that are similar to my ideology JonLP24 Oct 2020 #7
Consider it a downpayment... dutch777 Oct 2020 #4
She's got my vote, for any and all of the above. nt Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #6
Hopefully the wasting of Dem money ifsoffset by using up/wasting 'con money empedocles Oct 2020 #8
She's "a bit brash?" Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #10
I said at times she is Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #14
She was speaking to young climate change activists JonLP24 Oct 2020 #16
Speaking to those who helped get her elected seems pragmatic to me Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #18
Taking over the office of your party's leader before you've taken office is not really productive Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #19
She didn't "take over" Pelosi's office Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #20
Yet she still voted for Pelosi for speaker Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #22
Her style is typical New Yorker. No-nonsense, tell it like it is, don't dodge or soften it. unblock Oct 2020 #15
Well said n/t Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #17
I would love to see AOC run Karma13612 Oct 2020 #21
Are you also angry at Harris, Warren, Sanders Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Karma13612 Oct 2020 #28
Some may not like it but AOC is going to be a force for years to come Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #25
Thanks for the info! Karma13612 Oct 2020 #27
The stupidity is on the Republican side, not ours unblock Oct 2020 #11
Dear Republican Party : So you have chosen "Set fire to this pile of money worth $9.6 million"? bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #26
Repubs have hated her since the day she was elected. Liberal In Texas Oct 2020 #12
I take issue with the title. She is heavily favored in her district. They are using her tulipsandroses Oct 2020 #13
The fact that AOC is gonna be clowning these fools for 40 years is a great source of joy for me. greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #24
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