Ocasio-Cortez takes direct shot at Pelosi and Schumer

[ancianita]

100. She's not intending to divide anything. You keep using "divide the party."That's your interpretation

She's got energy.
She's with the progressives and so is Biden and the platform he worked with Bernie's team on.

Look at her vote record. 95% for the hundreds of House bills passed.
https://ontheissues.org/NY/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez.htm

But deference? To whom. And what kind. Silence?
Did Pelosi or Schumer tell her not to speak unless spoken to?
Maybe they want her young national audience to hear from her.

Why this has to be interpreted as a "shot" at them means that they'd agree with you that they should beware of her.

Think they want her to shut up? I don't. I think they listen. That's good leadership that she'll emulate if/when she ever becomes a party leader down the road.

And if they have issues with her opinions, they'll let her know. That's leadership, too. Let's find out if they respond, and if that response supports her right to voice her stance -- before we presume to defend leaders who don't need it, didn't even ask for it, and are quite capable of defending against much worse than her voice on leadership.

Is that what you AOC critics want? To tell her when it's okay to voice her position on issues?
Know what that is? Unsupportive. I could say divisive, but I'll leave it at unsupportive.