Shameless, fawning, Alexandra O Cortez fan thread

[bellaozzydog]

I checked her Twitter for mentions of Russia, Ukraine, NATO or Putin but basically nothing.

Foreign affairs not her strong point?

Strong in this one, the misogyny is. Hmmmmmm.

 

[8ball]

Should see the misogyny when someone mentions Thatcher.

 

[petee]

 

[platinumsage]

This seems clear enough to me:

Thanks, don‘t know why that didn’t come up in my Twitter search. Seems a bit of a weird statement though (why mention approval for military action ), but less inexplicable than her complete silence on the matter I’d thought was the case.

 

[platinumsage]

Strong in this one, the misogyny is. Hmmmmmm.

Huh?

 

[zahir]

Thanks, don‘t know why that didn’t come up in my Twitter search.

She has two twitter accounts (personal and government) so that may be why.

eta:
https://twitter.com/AOC
https://twitter.com/RepAOC

 

[petee]

just another day in America



(ocasio is one of the "other three")

 

[teqniq]

AOC getting quite rightly exercised by this supreme court decision:

 

[8ball]

I still don't really know anything about AOC (despite suspecting that she gets revealed as the main villain in the third act), but that decision is really shit.

 

[petee]

OCASIO VS THE MAIL SMACKDOWN

 

[rekil]

Officially Rubbish.

AOC defends lonely vote against seizing assets of pro-Putin Russian oligarchs

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was one of just eight House lawmakers to vote against seizing assets from Russian oligarchs. The progressive firebrand said seizing the yachts and plush apartments of billionaire cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine Americans’ Fourth...

sports.yahoo.com

“Oligarchs should pay ... but this vote told POTUS to violate the 4th Amd & seize private property,” AOC wrote on Twitter.

 

[ska invita]

Officially Rubbish.

AOC defends lonely vote against seizing assets of pro-Putin Russian oligarchs

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was one of just eight House lawmakers to vote against seizing assets from Russian oligarchs. The progressive firebrand said seizing the yachts and plush apartments of billionaire cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine Americans’ Fourth...

sports.yahoo.com

it is a potentially dodgy precedent...obviously if there is criminality involved then seize, but what is the process by which people are being singled out? If it was criminal before the invasion, why wasn't there seizure then?
Ive no idea tbh (and obviously find it hard to care)

 

[zahir]

.

 

[petee]

Officially Rubbish.

AOC defends lonely vote against seizing assets of pro-Putin Russian oligarchs

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was one of just eight House lawmakers to vote against seizing assets from Russian oligarchs. The progressive firebrand said seizing the yachts and plush apartments of billionaire cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine Americans’ Fourth...

sports.yahoo.com

i'm not on the AOC bandwagon, as i've said above, but she's right about this.

 

[zahir]

I removed my previous post as the twitter thread from Taras Bilous that I was quoting was deleted. He has now posted this:



For those who don't read twitter:

I deleted thread on AOC vote against the seizure of assets of Russian oligarchs. When I wrote it, I didn't understand how her voting was connected with the struggle against the policy of civil forfeitures against the poor and minority.

I still disagree with her decision, but now I understand that it did not mean a lack of sympathy for Ukraine. I'm grateful to @AOC for voting for the lend-lease. Unlike the 10 Republicans who voted against.

I was wrong because I don't know the US political context well. And I would like the Western left to imagine how Ukrainians read what they wrote without understanding the Ukrainian context.

"For many years the government has used the policy of civil forfeitures against the poor and minority population. There's nothing wrong with seizing the criminal assets,but government has been carrying out forfeitures against people who have only been charged, but not convicted"

"The left generally have challenged this practice as contrary to the basic democratic principle of innocent until proven guilty"

"In December 2021 progressives pushed for hearings in the House of Representatives challenging the practice of taking the property of non-convicted people and AOC was one one of the leading voices in those hearings"

"So her vote was an attempt to remain consistent with her position that one needs to be proven guilty in a court of law before one can be punished or have one's property seized"

Once again: I still disagree with her decision. And I think it should be criticized. But not the way I did

 

[8ball]

Elon and AOC.

Who’d have thunk?

 

[ska invita]

Elon and AOC.

Who’d have thunk?

What's the connection?

 

[Pickman's model]

What's the connection?

8ball

 

[two sheds]

 

[bcuster]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she's engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts: 'Yep! It's true'

The 32-year-old New York Democrat met her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, while the two attended Boston University.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[two sheds]

I know, I know but I feel it sort of belongs here - coherent, expressive and as a bonus on Fox News:

 

[bcuster]

AOC says Supreme Court justices who lied under oath must face consequences for 'impeachable offense'

Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin said they were misled by Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch on Roe v. Wade.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[petee]

PROBATION

Florida man sentenced in death threat to Minnesota Rep. Omar

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former Trump supporter to three years of probation and a $7,000 fine for sending an email threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and three other congresswomen.

apnews.com

 

[petee]

 

[8ball]

She only has eyes for Elon..

And Ben should count himself lucky. At least she hasn’t popped his head.

 

[bcuster]

AOC called out a far-right troll who made lewd comments about her body on the Capitol steps: 'I was actually walking over to deck him'

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that she would have struck the man but "needed to catch a vote more than a case today."

www.businessinsider.com

 

[bcuster]

AOC rips Justice Alito for 'alarming' mockery of figures like Prince Harry who criticized the overturn of Roe v. Wade

After Justice Alito joked about world leaders' reaction to overturning Roe v. Wade, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said SCOTUS has a "legitimacy crisis"

www.businessinsider.com

 

[8ball]

AOC rips Justice Alito for 'alarming' mockery of figures like Prince Harry who criticized the overturn of Roe v. Wade

After Justice Alito joked about world leaders' reaction to overturning Roe v. Wade, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said SCOTUS has a "legitimacy crisis"

www.businessinsider.com

Wouldn’t have seen someone mocking the spare to the heir in my day.

 

[bcuster]

Fact check: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has assets of less than $100,000

Ocasio-Cortez’s most recent financial disclosure shows her with assets between $3,003 and $45,000, including a 401(k) plan.

www.usatoday.com

 

[8ball]

I remember when Trump was totally broke.