AOC's Warning for Democrats: 'We're in Trouble'

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40. Why does she campaign against Democrats at all?

Why does she try to discourage Democrats, or imply they will be so discouraged they will let Republicans win, as she so often does?

Most of all, why does she not work in Congress towards progressive goals? That's what she was elected to do. She was not elected to pontificate on the party's chances, threaten the party with loss because of progressives willing to throw everything away to Republicans, and criticize the Democratic President for not using EOs to get her what she wants when legislation is always better than an EO.

Example: Obama had to do an EO when Congress would not pass DACA. A statute would have been far stronger and better. Trump would not have been able to spend 4 years in litigation over whether Obama's EO was proper under the law. He would have had to try to repeal a statute, which would have failed as it did for the ACA.

EOs are not a panacea.