Ocasio-Cortez on Biden: 'I think that he's not a pragmatic choice'

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7. It is interesting. Those like Rep. Cortez intentionally use emotional trigger words to get

attention, and 9 times out of 10 what they end up doing is creating a distraction from the actual issue they are trying to get attention on

and that she believes bringing Hillary into the picture will "drive her point home?

A perfect example of this was her use of the word "concentration camp", instead of getting the focus directed to the plight of the undocumented people, and the mistreatment they are going through. Instead people were arguing over whether this or that word should be used. Fortunately, people like Pelosi was working behind the scenes with Democrats in the House to craft legislation to actually do something about it.

Another example was Rep Omar's comments a couple months back, which may have been to criticize the influence lobbyists in Washington, but instead it created a distraction from what it intended to do

In this age of gotcha journalism, politicians should be savvy enough to know what’s up,

and while some extoll all kinds of virtues on this type of approach, how effective is it?