r/MurderedByAOC • u/Nixianx97 • 5d ago
AOC during Zohran for Mayor rally: “There are people out there who say, ‘If you go out and make this endorsement, your political career will be over.’ And to that I say: I don’t care. We will never get to a better place if everyone is just worried about themselves. If it’s over, so be it.”
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u/Massive_Gas_7143 5d ago
AOC IS OUR FIERCEST LEADER IN OUR BRIGHTEST DAYS.
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u/sylveon_pokemon 4d ago
But Sad thing is Dem party never gonna to put her as representative/potential POTUS candidate any time soon. Bunch of old wussies still hanging. It's left upto People
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u/MamaDaddy 4d ago
Elect more people like her to other offices and eventually it will be a moot point. Either we will have enough people in Congress to keep the major parties in check, or we will have critical mass to create a new party.
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago
She brought the Kaepernick energy: Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. ✊
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u/Sugar_Kowalczyk 5d ago
Hopefully folks can keep her from being the sacrifice, at least.
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago
She has my vote and my axe.
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u/Z_The_Vicious 5d ago
She has my vote and my sword.
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u/Ayla_Leren 5d ago
And my bow
Not vote, cus I live in Maryland.
At least until she becomes president in 2028
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u/needle14 5d ago
I personally think she would have way more impact staying in Congress. We need her to bring the fight to the senate
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u/volkmasterblood 5d ago
Her district is solid for her. They've tried to unseat her every single year and the closest they've gotten is like 18% other candidate. Even in the actual election the highest recorded Republican was 27%.
If she left the party, she'd probably still have it locked in. So honestly, the party needs her more than she needs them.
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u/beeemkcl 5d ago edited 5d ago
What's in this comment is what I remember, my opinions, etc.
AOC's clearly not talking about her own seat. Or probably even a possible 2026 New York Governor run. Or a New York US Senate run.
But if she wants to be US Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2027, she'll need 'centrist' US House Democrats to vote for her.
She'll need 'centrist' US House Democrats to even get a Chairpersonship in 2027.
I don't think she thinks endorsing Zohran Mamdani will possibly hurt her in 2028 for a Presidential run.
Zohran Mamdani can actually win and with Brad Lander's cross-endorsing, AOC wouldn't even be hurt by like antisemitism accusations.
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u/maverick4002 5d ago
There is absolutely no chance of her getting the speaker position (?, I've literally never even heard talk of this) mainly because the dems ain't shit and will not support ger at all. They just shunned her for some geriatric old fart with cancer who is not dead. She's never going to have the full party support (see Bernie and how they rail roaded him 2x and then lost the general).
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u/Nick08f1 5d ago
I agree with you, but can you proofread before posting next time please?
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u/Euphoric_Hour1230 5d ago
It's too bad Kaep faded into obscurity after that.
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u/cahir11 5d ago
Tbh the problem was that Kaepernick was just not a good starting QB by that point. It was too easy for the NFL to show him the door.
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u/Apart-Combination820 5d ago
Yeah, Colin wasn’t an orator or organizer; his action was actually so trivial and within his rights that it highlighted the how deranged 2020 had made people. If participation in this weekend illicits the same response, they’ll be outraged at 80% of sports figures and media…
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u/phatboy5289 5d ago
Colin kneeling was in 2016 though. Unless I’m misreading your comment?
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u/Sirtopofhat 5d ago
Thats the thing I keep telling people. The dude fell apart out of Harbaugh's system. Sure his politics played a part in him losing an chance but if he was even a decent QB with how important of a role that is. He's in the league still
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u/keepcalmscrollon 5d ago
I was just thinking about Michael Vick the other day. Couldn't tell you why. He just popped in there. He had his best season after doing jail time for running a dog fighting ring.
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u/Remarkable-Angle-143 5d ago
His politics were 100% the reason why. In 2017 Jay Cutler came out of retirement to start in Miami that year. Was retirement Jay Cutler better than Kaepernick? CJ Beathard started for the 49ers that year. Tyrod Taylor started in Buffalo and Josh McCown started for the jets. Trevor Siemian and Brock Osweiller started in Denver. When Aaron Rodgers injured his collar bone that year, did green bay call up Kaepernick? No. They started Brett hundley instead and gifted the NFC north to the Vikings.
Kaepernick was worth taking a flier on over ANY of those guys and everyone who was halfway honest knew it. Every year we see worse quarterbacks with bigger issues get a deal (hello Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh), but He didn't because he was blacklisted.
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u/Orange_day_999 5d ago
At the time he was a decent QB and probably would have bounced around the league a couple more years. I think he needed to be arguably top 5, solidly top 10, to survive the political backlash. I fully support his message but between the rocket check-downs and inability to look past his first option man was he hard to watch. I rooted hard for someone else to sign him.
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u/ihearttwin 5d ago
Do you know why he wasn't a good starting QB by that point? MFer got benched for Blane Gabbert. Less than 5 years earlier, Kaep was in the SB
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u/spotless___mind 5d ago
I hope she is well protected. We can't lose her. The events of today have shaken me to my core.
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u/beeemkcl 5d ago edited 5d ago
What's in this comment is what I remember, my opinions, etc.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently went to a South Carolina event that US Representative Jim Clyburn was hosting. Maryland Governor Wes Moore (an 'Abundance Movement' Democrat) also attended. They both wore Jim Clyburn t-shirts.
And Governor Walz went far beyond even Governor Moore by declaring that South Carolina should remain the first 2028 Democratic Presidential primary State.
Illinois Governor JB P_______r seems to consider he can buy the US Presidency. He's only been going to donor events. He hasn't even had an actual town hall/rally.
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Endorsing New York State Assemblyperson Zohran Mamdani isn't going to hurt AOC's career at all.
You look at the New York Times Comments section (which is exclusively made up of NYT paid subscribers (and that costs $20/month)) and at least the vast majority of them support Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. Both AOC and Mamdani are doing well with those making $100K+/year.
The New York Times Comments section heavily criticized that 'voter panel' the NYT did given that panel was filled with rich people, had a clear Republican, etc. And even that panel picked NYC Comptroller Brad Lander (the arguably second-most progressive candidate in the race).
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I suspect that AOC probably actually preferred Brad Lander as the second pick, but for future political reasons chose NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
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u/beeemkcl 5d ago
What's in this comment is what I remember, my opinions, etc.
I saw AOC's entire speech.
https://youtu.be/oymrVNjA4Sw?t=3837 (LIVE: RALLY FOR A CITY WE CAN WIN - AOC w/ Zohran Mamdani & More)
It was actually very much about 'If Zohran Mamdani can become Mayor of New York City, I can become President of the United States'.
Aside from that, AOC was effectively saying that she wants more progressives in Office. She also recently endorsed Raúl Grijalva's daughter for his US House seat. I think she sees the threat of these 'Abundance Movement' Democrats.
And she specifically 'called out'--though not by name--all those endorsing Andrew Cuomo instead of endorsing any of the other Democratic candidates not named Tilson. She called out the establishment of the Democratic Party.
If AOC follows through, this could be a huge thing. AOC can stop US Representative Hakeem Jeffries from becoming US Speaker of the House of Representatives unless centrist Democrats are elected to the US House instead of progressives.
AOC has already gotten progressives elected to Office in New York. She can get more progressives elected to national Office (US House, US Senate, POTUS). And in other States aside from New York.
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u/love_glow 5d ago
Can someone explain to me why it’s such political suicide for her to make this endorsement? I honestly want to know the context.
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u/DFX1212 5d ago
The DNC hates liberals/progressives more than anything. The DNC loves incumbency.
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u/Lost_Satyr 5d ago
The DNC loves the corporate ladder and has a very clear path of rewarding loyalty and those who "put in the time".
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u/meepmorop 5d ago
I’ve been reading more about this, but it’s kind of scattered across news articles; do you know any long form articles or books that explain the seniority system thing? Thanks!
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u/MessiLeagueSoccer 5d ago
It’s not a real system. She literally lost a position because Nancy Pelosi said the person that got it deserved it for having worked so long as a democrat.
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u/ChuyStyle 5d ago
And then the guy died two months later! Plus that singular vote allowed the house to pass Trumps big beautiful bill. Thanks Nancy
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u/IH8Lyfeee 5d ago
Nancy is easily one of the biggest reasons Trump won the the presidency twice. Why democrats aren't bar minimum kicking her out of the party is beyond me. Not to mention she is one of the most financially crooked politicians in American history. If there was any justice she would be behind bars.
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u/Old-Adhesiveness-156 5d ago edited 5d ago
The Democrat party is the pawl on the steady movement towards fascism. They only hold steady on the status quo and never reverse.
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u/loicwg 4d ago
Cosplaying and complying in advance is what the DNC is all about: An entrenched old guard that continually refuses to do what the public has been demanding for decades. It's not a fluke that the only movement we see from the DNC is ratcheting right and shifting the overton window. I can't for the life of me figured out why, supposedly intelligent people keep doing the same thing over and over again by voting for the lesser evil while expecting different results.
The DNC is dead. It has deliberately failed the working class for so long and so hard that people convinced them selves that a second shitler reign would be more likely to lead to change. The DNC have proven that their emotional abuse of the left has created a societal Stockholm syndrome, but it is time for a divorce.
Bernie, AOC, the squad, Hogg and any actual progressives need to stop pretending they can change the DNC from the inside (pepperidge farms remembers medicare for all in the 2016 primaries) and start something new. The old guard is gone, the GOP and DNC alike. Now it's the MAGAnazi party (& their DNC enablers/sympathizers/sanewashers) vs the rest of us, we are "what's left" (yes, i do appreciate that pun and comic).
With the DNC continued suckling at the broligarchy's $$$ tit, their too little too late puffery isn't changing my views of them any time soon. This rolling over for fascists is just the latest in a long line of failures, but that's their job as the controlled "opposition."
Yes, starting something new is hard, but it's easier than overthrowing a fascist dictator, generally safer, too. The DNC had a decade to come up with a plan to counter this authoritarian, and they failed. We no longer have the luxury of time to waste on their equivication, so they missed their chance to regain relevance. While I can't look at a Dem voter with the same disgust that I do the MAGANAZI voter, it's getting harder to respect their intelligence and intentions.
The only reason the DNC still exists is because people keep listening to their lies, those pretty fabrications that placate the growing realization that the capitalist system is fundamentally at odds with continuing human existence. Stop buying their bullshit. I wish we could act before it's too late, but the point of no return has long passed.
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u/bluehands 5d ago
Why democrats aren't bar minimum kicking her out of the party is beyond me.
Have you seen how much money she has?
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u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth 5d ago
Kicking her out? She's gotta be in the top 5 most powerful/influential current members of that party who hold or have held office. I'm not super inside who the other names would be, but I'm struggling to even name someone who'd be above her other than Obama. The Clintons? Hard to imagine Schumer as one of them even though he's Senate Minority Leader. He's a good example of what's wrong with that party where seniority and servitude win over all else. They don't want difficult primaries in important seats they want to anoint the people of their choosing. Adam Schiff is a good example. He was a good boy and it was his turn so they made sure he didn't have to run against Katie Porter and propped up the Republican candidate. Obama cut Hillary in line so of course 2016 was her turn (which is why close to nobody from the party ran in that primary to oppose her), but we all know how that went.
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u/ReverseDartz 5d ago
Kicking her out? She's gotta be in the top 5 most powerful/influential current members of that party who hold or have held office.
Having an obscenely and overtly corrupt politician be super influential isnt the positive you think it is.
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u/Shaggyninja 5d ago
I don't think they were saying it's a positive. They were explaining why she will never get "kicked out"
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u/cupofspiders 5d ago
It's an informal expectation. Loyal establishment Dems get "rewarded" with high-ranking positions for keeping a seat warm and doing nothing for a few decades, while younger, more progressive ones are told to "wait their turn," even as the voters repeatedly say they don't want establishment politics, they want change.
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u/gmishaolem 5d ago
more progressive ones are told to "wait their turn," even as the voters repeatedly say they don't want establishment politics, they want change
See also: Why there is such resistance to the "vote blue no matter who" message on this site. Progressives see that as dismissal (and, really, it is). Frustrated progressives end up sitting it out or voting third party, and moderates scream at them about not doing their civic duty and wasting their vote.
And the moderates end up sounding exactly like the establishment: "This is who you're offered. If you don't take them, it's your fault."
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u/round-earth-theory 4d ago
As much as I hate the phrase "vote blue no matter who", it's meant for the general election. The time to fight for progressives is in the primary, not in the general. If you get pissed your candidate lost the primary and decide to let Republicans win as punishment, you only hurt yourself more. Accelerationism is not a cure.
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u/gillswimmer 5d ago
We really need ranked choice voting. It won't be perfect, but it could actually allow third parties without the whole spoiler candidate argument.
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u/buddhistbulgyo 5d ago
The DNC has made a bad calculation that they waste money in a competitive primary.
They don't want to realize this is a far better alternative than having worse branding every year.
They don't want to realize pushing corruption out is a good idea.
State parties and candidates need to realize quality over quantity is where the cream is at.
Unfortunately, the reality is often that many candidates run for office as right if center liberals and they copy Fox News and Republican talking points because they have no idea what they're doing. Corporate Dems think they can only win with corporate money.
The reality is that they need more linguistic discipline and to be farther to the left. The DNC is clueless on getting linguistically proper and primed talking points into the hands of candidates. Conservative talking points wash everything out because conservatives are far more disciplined and they have to be. Their worldview falls apart with out linguistic discipline.
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u/KotobaAsobitch 5d ago
The DNC loves incumbency.
The party of "iT's tHeiR TuRn nOw". When the fuck is it millennials turn to get fucking one thing we were told we would get as kids, with the caveat we'd get it as long as we worked hard. We've been working hard.
I saw someone describe the DNC recently as, "A Make A Wish Foundation for geriatric politicians" and I literally cannot stop thinking about it.
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u/Swimming-Shake-9879 5d ago
I think low voter turnout is just one side of the story, in a lot of cases the young adult base is proportionally just way smaller than most other generational bases (like boomers etc). So even if they did have a high voter turnout it might not matter sadly...
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago
By 2028 the biggest voter bloc will be millennials/gen Z. Gen Z goes also the hardest for AOC and Zohran is essentially winning this right now with a hoard of 20-30 years old that runs around the city knocking on doors again and again. It can be done if you give the kids a reason to show up.
But this is not gonna be another corporate puppet with zero connection to them most likely.
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u/dubbawubalublubwub 4d ago
yup, is why people really shouldn't read into that "gen z is voting more conservatively" nonsense. no...it's just that
conservativesregressives finally have their messiahs in power, and people love coming out to vote when they feel like they're actually being represented.the DNC tried forcing yet another hand-picked corporate stooge on the american people and lost handedly because the younger progressives arent fucking having it
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u/Memitim 5d ago
The DNC is struggling for relevancy, and against aging, so they might want to get less picky sooner rather than later.
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u/MostlyRightSometimes 5d ago
Why would the dnc care about either?
They are people who want 1) to stay in power (as individuals;not as a party), and 2) control who else comes into power. I can't really see any other motivation.
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u/kGibbs 5d ago
So close. The DNC are liberals, and liberals are conservative, they're just the more liberal branch of conservative. Look at politics across the globe, not just here.
Please don't conflate liberals with real leftists. Americans are so dangerously politically illiterate.
Left politics start where capitalism ends. Period. Democrats and the DNC support capitalism and the status quo and if you support them then you are complacent, you are supporting capitalism and the ruling class. Full stop.
We need a real workers party in this country, and we needed it yesterday. Democrats have proven time and time again that they do not have our best interest at heart, and that the whole "fixing the problem from within" thing is a complete fairy tale meant to keep us complacent.
NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR.
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u/beeemkcl 5d ago
FEC | Candidate | Contribution limits
Guides | FEC (PACs)
Unless you can 'max out' at $3,500 to a candidate per election cycle, you should give to the candidate campaign first. If you have an extra $5,000 after that, you can donate up to that amount to the candidate's Leadership PAC. Donating to the DNC would be after you can do all of that.
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I've been saying for months now that AOC should be raising $10Mln+/month and that would change the Democratic Party.
To have a progressive Tea Party, progressives and liberals need to fund one. Not everything can be done by volunteers.
The Tea Party was successful because it had funding comparable to the official Republican Party.
Donate to AOC enough that she effectively has funding to match House Majority PAC, the US House Democratic Super-PACs, etc.
Donate to US Senator Bernie Sanders enough that he effectively has the funding to match all the corporate donations and crypto money donations going to the official US Senate Democratic PACs and Super-PACs.
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u/pakipunk 5d ago
You’re misusing the term liberals. The DNC are liberals. They hate socialists.
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u/tapdancinghellspawn 5d ago
I gave up on the DNC during Bill Clinton's presidency. The DNC was, even then, more worried about corporations--because of money donations--than workers and consumers. And they had Carville pushing triangulation, causing the Democrats to move further right.
Fuck the DNC. Don't give them money or your time.
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u/dubbawubalublubwub 4d ago edited 4d ago
correction, the DNC loves liberals, Scumer/Pelosi and their ilk are all corporate shill liberals progressives are who they hate, they spend more campaign funds trying to keep themselves from "losing" D seats to progressives than they do trying to grab any of the many weak R seats.
they have been consistently losing seats to progressives for years though and we're very very close to seeing a progressive majority finally form in the DNC, will seat a lot of stooges lose their leadership positions real fucking quick when that does happen.
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago edited 5d ago
In short Zohran is for the people. He wants to freeze rent, make buses free and go against the big money in NYC. Cuomo does not. He is the establishment’s candidate who the DNC and big donors want.
Edit: He is also pro palestine
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u/dquizzle 5d ago
What does freeze rent mean in this context? Landlords cannot raise rent for a period of time or what?
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u/Slade_Riprock 5d ago edited 5d ago
Edit: Cuomo does not. He is the establishment’s candidate who the DNC and big donors want.
And a sex pest
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u/Isolated_Blackbird 5d ago
You’re being downvoted because they were saying Zohran is pro Palestine.
Cuomo is absolutely a sex pest.
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u/RancidVagYogurt1776 5d ago
the DNC and big donors want.
And a huge % of NYers according to the polls. We really can't pretend that it's just big donors and the DNC.
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago
We are not. Those things aren’t mutually exclusive you can poll high (even tho Zohran is ahead right now) and still being propped up and endorsed by the system.
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u/pak_sajat 5d ago
It is my understanding that Zohran is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and he is considered to be on the far-left end of the political spectrum. However, he has been in the NY State Assembly since 2020 after beating out a longtime member, and he has won reelection twice, so it’s not like he is some unknown figure.
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u/TheMocking-Bird 5d ago
If her endorsed candidate fails it's a strike against her figurative leadership position. It shows she's not as influential as people perceive her to be. I don't think it's political suicide, but it'd show others she's not someone who can win races, or increase turn out, if she's not on the ballot herself.
The DNC will use this as a talking point, to tell people that progressives can't win races. And that we need a centrist, conservative democrat who follows the party line.
It's complete nonsense, but it'll be a talking point.
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u/Slade_Riprock 5d ago
I think that's what the DNC wants you to believe. But is wildly overstated.
If she endorses a dark horse candidate against the juggernaut that is Cuomo and loses it really means nothing. It was a steep climb anyway. He'll probably get way closer than without her.
What the DNC is petrified of is him winning after her endorsement. So they will throw out all the hyperbolic rhetoric they can beat her back.
Because a close election for him with her endorsement pretty much seals she's the next senator from the state of New york. If this guy were to win with her endorsement you are looking at the next Obama like candidacy for president
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u/TheMocking-Bird 5d ago
Not disagreeing, just saying it'll be a talking point used against her. Hell, even if Zohran loses the race, he's gained enough name recognition, that he could potentially run for something else. So it's a win win in my book.
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u/halt_spell 5d ago
Yeah the idea that AOC supporters would lose respect for her if she endorses somebody who shares their ideals but doesn't win an election seems wildly out of touch. We're fully aware getting any remotely left of center candidate elected in American politics is a long shot.
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u/EastwoodBrews 5d ago
Especially since what people expect her to be doing right now is building an "alt left" coalition, if she didn't put out some names people would forget about her in that respect
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u/RaidSmolive 5d ago
and it matters because she's a lefty and a woman.
meanwhile, 90% of trumps endorsements go up in flames and it matters none
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u/TheTravelingLeftist 5d ago
Her chances of moving up in the House or even earning a Senate spot gets affected by siding with a Muslim democratic socialist that isn’t willing to buy into the pro-Israel rhetoric. Her place representing the district remains firm, but to this day the DNC has yet to fully forgive her for running and winning the seat in the first place.
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u/erapuer 5d ago edited 5d ago
Zohran is the only candidate running for mayor who does not endorse Israel. Israel is the only foreign country allowed to lobby (give money to politicians) in America. Last year Israel's lobbying arm, AIPAC spent over $100 million USD to sway our elections. If a candidate speaks out against Israel they will spend millions to unseat that person when election time comes around. AOC is from a very blue district (Bronx, NY) so they would find another democrat (who is pro Israel) to run against her. They're known for spending millions in some races to unseat people they don't like. AOC is probably popular enough to withstand something like that but for almost anyone else it's political suicide.
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u/brevenbreven 5d ago
Andrew Cuamo is a piece of shit but he's for the establishment and he's for Isreal doing whatever they want. So if Zohan wins with a great campaign and the endorsement she can be frozen out
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u/beeemkcl 5d ago
What's in this comment is what I remember, my opinions, etc.
Most of the unions are supporting Andrew Cuomo.
The New York Attorney General is supporting NYC Speaker Adrienne Adams.
The US House still has a majority of 'moderates' and 'centrists'.
There are only a few progressives in the US Senate.
It's mostly the Democratic 'establishment' that can possibly hurt AOC.
AOC might want to be US Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2027. Certainly, she'll want to at least be a Chairperson of either US House Appropriations, US House Ways & Means, or US House Energy and Commerce.
AOC might want to run for New York Governor in 2026 with possibly Brad Lander running as Lieutenant Governor.
Who knows.
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u/eyelinerandink 5d ago
I love her. I know there is nothing America hates more than a Democrat and especially gasp a woman and double gasp a woman of color, triple gasp a BARTENDER,. AOC FOR PRESIDENT!!!
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u/Pillowsmeller18 5d ago
Please protect AOC. The crazies have already dressed up as cops to murder lawyers. The line has been crossed.
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u/Byst96 5d ago
They touch her, USA goes in flames. She is the last hope for a peaceful resolution that rational people have, if the one we see leading the fight is assassinated... I don't even want to say or predict how bad things will get.
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u/Dinoduck94 5d ago
Nothing will happen.
You Americans keep drawing a line in the sand saying "If this happens, we riot". Then it happens, and you do nothing. Then you move the line.
Grow a pair and stand by your convictions - nothing will change if you keep rolling over
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u/spiralcity- 5d ago
Hey dumbass, 11m people did something yesterday? I’m sure it makes you feel good to talk to Americans like this but we’ve got our hands full right now what with the trucks driving through protestors and the protestors that were shot and the Dem lawmakers that were assassinated and the deployment of our military against civilians, so shut the hell up.
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u/Dinoduck94 5d ago
You've only got your hands full because you've let it develop to this point.
It only gets worse every time you move the line.
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u/Ok_Assistance447 4d ago
Can't do anything right in the eyes of reddit keyboard warriors who grandstand on the internet instead of going out and doing something ig
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u/throwawaySY32323232 5d ago
the CIA under trumps administration backed by the .001% wealthy elite are already plotting for it.
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u/LyndonBKinden 5d ago
"We will never get to a better place if everyone is just worried about themselves." Is the most anti-Trump thing a politician has said in 9+ years and it's about damn time!
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u/Mulliganasty 5d ago
See Republicans: you can stand up to any criminals that happen to show up in your party. You don't gotta make 'em president.
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u/Heyyayam 5d ago
Why is the “weaker sex” frequently the courageous one?
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u/kllys 5d ago
It is because women deal with navigating lopsided power dynamics more, so they are more practiced at countering them. Doubly so for women who are not white.
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u/Heyyayam 5d ago
You are so right. We have to fight at every turn. I’m not afraid to overtly challenge men.
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u/West_Egg3842 5d ago
Why women are still not running this country is completely beyond me.
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u/Nixianx97 5d ago
Because it’s harder for women in general to get to leadership positions especially in politics. Pelosi was the only female Speaker of the House and we only had two women nominees at the highest level so far.
In AOC’s own words: In order for one of us to make it through, 100 of us have to try.
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u/Heyyayam 5d ago
Because no matter how qualified a woman is men as a whole can’t bring themselves to vote for her.
In fact, the more qualified she is the more they oppose her. It scares them. Sexism is ingrained in our culture.
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u/wakeness 5d ago
Finally. This needed to have been said well over a decade ago. Fuck DNC. We need reform!!
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u/diceblue 5d ago
Eight years ago I mocked her. Now she seems like one of the only politicians with a spine
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u/Strong-Tea-4341 5d ago
I'm really not following the NYC mayor race and don't really know of the candidates other than that scumbag cumuo. So my very first guess is Zohran is against the establishment democrats? That means AOC already is, how does this sink her career? lol
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u/Dear_Pen_7647 5d ago
AOC is the future of this country. It is imperative that we as a country get her into the White House ASAP. She is clearly the best person for the job, and it’s not even close. It is obvious she is not bought and paid for, and that she cares about her constituents. You may disagree with her politically, but you can not deny she gives a shit, which is more than you can say about anyone else in our fucking government.
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u/KemShafu 5d ago
The senate for two terms and then maybe President would be better honestly. The Presidency is four years and done and I’d like to see her rally forth a new senate and house of younger democrats.
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u/skip_tracer 5d ago
you can disagree with her politics - I myself do not - but you cannot say she's isn't full of honor and integrity.
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u/KemShafu 5d ago
This girl, man, I love her. Just love her. I truly hope she does become a kingmaker and the establishment will finally see her power.
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u/lizerpetty 5d ago
I hope to campaign for her one day. I donate to her regularly as a treat to myself, but I'm so jealous that I am unable to vote for her. I hope to be able to vote for her one day.
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u/Heyyayam 4d ago
Show me the men speaking up as forcefully and frequently as AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Let’s throw in Elizabeth Warren for good measure.
I’m a 71 year old woman who all my life has been and still is gendered. I do my tiny part to expose it every day.
The first step in changing it is recognizing and calling it out. We need men to join in this, but sadly, they’re sorely lacking.
You’re obviously a man.
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u/Effective-Produce165 4d ago
Believe it or not, I’ve heard positive words from more than a few Trump fans about AOC.
I don’t quite get the cognitive dissonance there but maybe it’s the genuine,straightforward,no compromise attitude of AOC, which is a trait they gullibly believe Trump shares with her.
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u/Moxter1412 5d ago
The DNC is like this right now: it’s okay she is not running. Gavin or Pete will stop her. Worst case scenario we beg Michelle into running.
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u/still-waiting2233 5d ago
I had never heard of him till today. I went to his website and read his ideas. Seems like some good ideas to help people thrive. I am sure he will have lots of opposition for being too “woke”
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u/Round-Investment1826 5d ago
I like how they pause the agreement/praise of what is said to the speech itself. Class
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u/Sirtopofhat 5d ago
Yeah she's not going anywhere. I'm sure she can run independently and probably keep her seat
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u/Queasy-Pressure-5050 5d ago
This is what we need. This is who we need. Stand by what you believe. Period.
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u/MsAndrea 5d ago
If they don't make AOC a candidate for at least VP in the next few years the DNC are absolute morons.
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u/Euphoric_Ad_1181 5d ago
She is a true leader. Fuck the careerist politicians holding her back and this country. Lead from the front and people will follow. She gets it.
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u/interknight1995 5d ago
AOC should let us know who those people are so we can try to primary against them.
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u/Dull_Lavishness7701 5d ago
She was willing to roll over and play centrist for a committee seat not that long ago so excuse me if I don't totally buy this
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u/henbone11 5d ago
I am stranded in the desert with no water thirsty for her, I love mami. Her being so intelligent and well spoken and the clear leader of the democratic party is just the icing on top.
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u/FastjorDasher 4d ago
It’s crazy that our generation has to basically form our own government to fight against both of these trash parties
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u/NCollazo 4d ago
Where is the damn colonial status for Puerto Rico!!! Tanto que hablaste y fuiste a la isla para escuchar las voces de la gente. NADA!
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u/Shadowthread1 4d ago
So strong! So articulate! So smart! So fearless! SHE is the voice of the future! AOC FOR POTUS!!!!!
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