The position puts her at odds with some on the left, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, another potential 2028 contender, who said he wants to find “common ground” with people like Greene.
In a conversation Friday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics moderated by David Axelrod, the onetime political strategist to President Barack Obama, a student asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she stood by past remarks that there were “legitimate white supremacist sympathizers at the core of the House of Representatives caucus” and, if so, why she worked with some of them.
Ocasio-Cortez did stand by them and said she wasn’t scared of reaching across the aisle, holding up her work with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. But she set a clear boundary.
“I personally do not trust someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, a proven bigot and antisemite, on the issue of what is good for Gazans and Israelis,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think it benefits our movement in that instance to align the left with white nationalists. I don’t think it serves us.”
You are overconfident. The shock and awe on Reddit when Trump won last election was palpable. After months of reading Democrat puff pieces, the users were left dazed and confused. They didn’t understand how it was physically possible.
In truth, Trump was elected because he had popular policies. He has and is continuing to makes moves that help a large swathe of the public. Democrats need to pull to the center if they want to win. They need to avoid or counter the two issues that were the focus of Republican marketing spending.
I kinda suspect those voting machines in the swing states had something to do with it too.
The only “help” he gives the public is the ability to be openly hateful without fear of social backlash.
…this isn’t true. He focused heavily on the working class with policies such as immigration and the reduction of overtime taxes.
These are people that would have traditionally voted Democrat. He somehow managed to swing the election without marginalizing middle and upper class voters. This is surprising; the upper classes benefit disproportionately from increased immigration.
The focus on immigration has resulted in massive losses for the agriculture industry, driving up food prices and putting small farms out of business. So much for the working class. Not to mention all the tariffs making everything else less affordable.
His messaging may promise sunshine and rainbows for the average American but his actual impacts in office have been nothing short of catastrophic. The people who still buy into the messaging are morons, bigots, and the willfully ignorant making a quick buck.