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In reply to the discussion: AOC: Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections? [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)A. She's no longer in office
B. She gets paid for her analysis on TV, instead of being interviewed without pay, which a sitting representative must by law do for free.
C. She talked about the Democratic party (including herself in that definition) in a respectful way about how it could improve
D. AOC was offended by the idea that McCaskill spoke on TV about elections, in a way that indicated that AOC, as freshman rep dismissed the electoral insights of a Senator who was elected to multiple terms in a red state, because she knowingly sacrificed her seat to vote against Kavanaugh for the sake of party unity. AOC who has endorsed several candidates who went on to lose, and never be sitting Democratic reps at all, which she clearly didn't see the irony in when she questioned why McCaskill should be talking in public at all about elections, and accused her of "taking her base for granted."
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