Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[Derec]

Wut? Since when are the Trumputinistas the "Red Army Squad"?

Saikat Chatrabati and his four minions are the Red Army Squad.

 

[Derec]

Yep, birthers have found their new conspiracy.

It's not conspiracy. Even if they are not siblings, Omar is guilty of tax fraud (filed jointly with Hirsi while still being legally married to the other guy). She also lied about not having had any contact with the other guy (alleged brother) when there is evidence they continued to spend time together.

Why should misconduct be excused just because she is anti-Trump?

 

[ZiprHead]

If somebody hates America, isn't it common sense and reasonable to tell a person to leave?

Why does Trump hate America?

He doesn't. Another lie is that he hates Mexicans. Guess what happened in Mexico because of Trump? Tons of new jobs are being created due to his policies. Nearly every store has a "now hiring" sign on it.

"Orange man racist!" indeed.

You'll have to explain how Trump did this for Mexico.

Considering the fact that the unemployment rate in Mexico has remained fairly the same since 2017 and is expected to rise in the near future, I think you have some explaining, about a couple things, to do.

https://tradingeconomics.com/mexico/unemployment-rate

 

[ZiprHead]

Yep, birthers have found their new conspiracy.

Dammit, you took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[Patooka]

Yep, birthers have found their new conspiracy.

Dammit, you took the words right out of my mouth.

Blame it on the time zones.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "There are some DC ”strategists” that seem quite eager (almost wanting) to believe that Trump is a secret genius playing 3-D racism chess.
They’re wrong.
He’s simply an impulsive racist, one who leaves his party scrambling to excuse bigotry & scam the country. https://t.co/AwLJlmE6jr" / Twitter noting
Shane Harris on Twitter: "This reporting blows a hole in the idea that Trump is a political strategist, thinking many steps ahead. He is impulsive. That those impulses are sometimes politically disastrous. https://t.co/trBND67ZKZ" / Twitter
So very unlike AOC.

Trump is someone who praises neo-Nazis who chanted "Jews will not replace us", and also someone who slings the mud of baseless claims of saying "evil Jews".

 

[Loren Pechtel]

If somebody hates America, isn't it common sense and reasonable to tell a person to leave?

Think about it logically. If you are at the mall and someone says, "I hate the mall!," wouldn't you go, "Ok, then leave the mall!"

If someone is at McDonald's and they say, "I hate McDonald's!, wouldn't you go, "OK, then leave McDonald's."

You see?

Ilhan Omar is treated far better in this country than she ever would've been in Somalia. Yet, for some reason, she screams her disdain for America. Is this logical? No. If she went to Somalia now and then came back she would be kissing the ground. She thinks people chanting "send her back" is too tough to deal with? If she went back to Somalia, she would be beheaded.

The thing is they don't hate America. They hate certain things we are doing and want to change those things, not simply leave. His Flatulence sees the country as his personal fiefdom, no criticism allowed.

(Note that I do not agree with most of what they are asking for. They should not be told to leave for seeking to improve things, though--especially as for three of the four the only "home" they have is the US and the last almost certainly no longer has a foreign citizenship as it was a nation that at the time completely did not accept dual citizenship.)

 

[Loren Pechtel]

And how do you prove you're a citizen while you're sitting in a jail cell? ICE isn't interested in letting you prove it. Do you have any document that you could obtain with a phone call that would prove you are a citizen? (And don't say "passport"--some of the people had passports when they were arrested and it was "lost".)

If that is going on, that should be where we start ICE reforms. Not making it more difficult to deport actual illegals.

Many of us think the rot is too deep for reforms, the only fix it to scrap it and build anew.

 

[lpetrich]

Ocasio-Cortez slams Trump immigration policy in town hall AOC stated that Donald Trump has recently stated what he has been thinking for a long time, that people of races and ethnicities that he does not want should go back to where they came from -- even if they are American citizens. AOC vowed to remain, however.

Trump relished rally chant, Ocasio-Cortez tells constituents in Queens - AOL News

NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Saturday that President Donald Trump relished a chant by the crowd at a campaign rally this week that called for a Democratic congresswoman to be sent back where she came from.

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"Roll back the tape ... He relished it. He took it in and he's doing this intentionally," the freshman U.S. lawmaker told about 200 constituents gathered for a town hall meeting on immigration at a school in the Corona section of Queens.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hits At Trump in New Comments

Once you start telling American citizens to quote go back to your own countries, this tells you this presidents policies are not about immigration but about ethnicity and racism,” Ocasio-Cortez said to applause from an audience.

“We know that he’s been thinking this the entire time,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“But he’s been keeping it in here,” she said, pointing to her head. “And this week it went out here.”

“Where are we gonna go? We’re going to stay right here. That’s where we’re going to go. We’re not going anywhere,” she continued.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Trump policies are about 'racism'
She plans to meet with Nancy Pelosi next week. Then why she voted against an appropriations bill for those border camps,

"I'll be very honest, I got heat from my own party for that -- for making that point. But if we really want to pass a humanitarian bill then let's make a humanitarian bill and if it's not a humanitarian bill then don't call it a humanitarian bill. It's a border militarization bill," she said.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Embraces Her Maverick Role In First Town Hall Since High-Profile Spat

The event, which was translated into Spanish, Mandarin, Bangla, Tibetan, Nepali and American Sign Language in real time, felt like a window into an alternative progressive universe where the heavily populated, diverse and more liberal communities in coastal cities actually drove the policy agenda on Capitol Hill.

She proposed making unauthorized border crossing a civil offense rather than a criminal one, as Presidential candidate Julián Castro has done.

“Especially when it comes to immigration ... it feels like we’re always coming from a defensive place. We’re just trying to protect what we have,” she said. “We have to talk about the world that we want and are fighting for.”

Thanks to the existence of the Senate, partisan gerrymandering in the House and exaggerated fears of a mythical conservative swing voter, Democratic leaders in Congress are often cautious to the point of inaction. They are constantly seeking a balance between policies that curb Trump’s worst excesses and more milquetoast maneuvers designed not to turn off the moderate voters they believe they need to win elections.

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Even if Democrats have unified control of the federal government, she said, “that doesn’t mean that immigration policy is going to change. Because if we elect a party that thinks creating a humane border is going to lose them the election, they’re not going to create that humane border.”

“A lot of the work we need to do is cultural, because we need to make immigration policy a commonsense, non-radical thing,” Ocasio-Cortez added.

However, she did not repeat her use of the term "concentration camps" for the detention facilities.

To the extent that her supporters were aware of Ocasio-Cortez’s feud with Pelosi, they appeared to side with their congresswoman.

“Pelosi needs to go. Her day has come and gone,” said Rhoda Dunn, a real estate broker from Jackson Heights who brought a home-made “Welcome Home AOC” sign.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outraises PAC-backed Democrats on finance panel - POLITICO

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Katie Porter are proving that you don't need Wall Street money to raise big bucks on the House Financial Services Committee.

... Ocasio-Cortez and Porter's fundraising hauls have far outpaced Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who reported just $363,855 in total receipts this year for her re-election, with about 30 percent coming from individual contributions. Her top contributors include PACs representing the insurance industry, Boeing, TransUnion and the American Financial Services Association.

... Among committee Democrats, Ocasio-Cortez ranks No. 1 in terms of total receipts raised for her re-election with nearly $2 million ... That put her just above Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), an unflinching Wall Street ally, who has reported adding more than $1.7 million to his campaign account this year — $1.3 million of which came from individual contributions. About $320,500 came from PACs run by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and others.

... Porter, of California, ranks No. 3 in fundraising among committee Democrats, with more than $1.4 million in total receipts this year for her re-election campaign — about 80 percent of which came from individual contributions.

Good alternative to PAC money, but it depends on celebrityhood, and that can be hard to predict.

Gretna police officer suggests U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'needs a round' in social media post | Crime/Police | nola.com
Cop says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot following Trump’s racist targeting of The Squad – Raw Story

 

[angelo]

Omar married her brother and the President has spoken often about wanting to fuck his daughter. Only one of these statements is accurate.

And that is that this "member of the squad" actually married her brother to gain entry into America by deception. Had she been a GOP member instead of a darling of the socialist extremes of the Dems , there would be hell to pay.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Omar married her brother and the President has spoken often about wanting to fuck his daughter. Only one of these statements is accurate.

And that is that this "member of the squad" actually married her brother to gain entry into America by deception. Had she been a GOP member instead of a darling of the socialist extremes of the Dems , there would be hell to pay.

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

 

[angelo]

Omar married her brother and the President has spoken often about wanting to fuck his daughter. Only one of these statements is accurate.

And that is that this "member of the squad" actually married her brother to gain entry into America by deception. Had she been a GOP member instead of a darling of the socialist extremes of the Dems , there would be hell to pay.

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

Am I? You don't happen to have proof of that by any chance?

 

[angelo]

Omar married her brother and the President has spoken often about wanting to fuck his daughter. Only one of these statements is accurate.

And that is that this "member of the squad" actually married her brother to gain entry into America by deception. Had she been a GOP member instead of a darling of the socialist extremes of the Dems , there would be hell to pay.

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

Yet the rumours persist!
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-paper-marriage-controversy-editor-says-67967

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

Am I? You don't happen to have proof of that by any chance?

You were already debunked by someone else before you even posted.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

Yet the rumours persist!
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-paper-marriage-controversy-editor-says-67967

That's the way the Republican noise machine works. Rumors. Not facts. Not science. Rumors, religion, and racism.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

No, that didn't happen. You are reading propaganda again.

Am I? You don't happen to have proof of that by any chance?

Well, you’ve been posting almost exclusively far right-wing blog links. So there is that.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

The rumor doesn't even make sense. Her alleged brother husband had a different last name.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "We are going to need at least 3 major US commissions to study and propose comprehensive, restorative action:
1. US Commission on Hurricane María
2. US Commission on Child Separation
3. US Commission on Reparations
/1 https://t.co/hjSnykjA42" / Twitter
Ocasio-Cortez wants '9/11-style commission' on family separations | US news | The Guardian

“Even if you separate a kid from their parents for two days you have already created life long lasting trauma,” Ocasio-Cortez said, speaking to around 250 people at the Nancy DeBenedittis School in Corona, Queens.

“And there are children who have been separated that we have reunified, and it took about a year to reunify some of these kids with their parents. Lifelong trauma for which we, the United States, are responsible.”

She continued: “And it chills me to my core to think about 20 years from now, when these kids grow up, the story that they will have about America. That is exactly why we cannot allow this administration to define immigration policy within the United States. This is something that I think is going to have to take a 9/11-style commission.”

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“The 9/11 commission,” she said, “they were charged with the investigating and making sure they dug out every nook and cranny of what happened and how it happened in our system. And I think that that kind of study is what’s going to be required in order to reunite as many children with their parents as possible. That’s the work that we have to do.”

Her remarks met with loud applause.

The US has a “lifelong commitment” to the children it separated, she said, adding: “I believe we have responsibility to provide mental healthcare services to those children for the rest of their lives.”

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There was a strong police presence. Bags were searched on entry. Ocasio-Cortez said: “There is an elevated safety issue that we now have because of the president. But more importantly, it’s about our community.”

Outside, protesters held banners with messages including “America hater Ocasio-Cortez” and “Thank God for Trump”. Inside, supporters did their best to make her feel at home.

Including a big line of people who wanted selfies with her.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These proposals are waiting in Congress in one form or another:
- @SenGillibrand has introduced the María Commission to the Senate
- @RepEscobar has a Child Sep Commission provision in her DHS Improvement bill
- @JacksonLeeTX18 is carrying the Reparations Commission in the House" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Commissions are usually bipartisan investigatory bodies to deeply dive into specific events or areas of US policy.
I could also see proposals for Commissions on the Opioid Crisis, Income Inequality, & Child Trauma, too.
What commissions would you want to see Congress establish?" / Twitter

I proposed ones on electoral-system reform (IRV, proportional representation, etc.), a national ID card, universal national service, etc.

 

[lpetrich]

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!" / Twitter

Ivanka’s Id on Twitter: "@realDonaldTrump Who wants to vouch for this vile woman as an American citizen? @FLOTUS can barely speak English, much less the four other languages she claims to know. #SendHerBack https://t.co/rS7px4nUjT" / Twitter
Linking to some video of Queen Melania appearing on the Joy Behar Show about birtherism. She can speak tolerable English, though she made a grammatical mistake: "who voted for him, and who didn't voted for him". The second "voted" should be just plain "vote".

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "We fight to guarantee:
- healthcare
- public college & student loan forgiveness
- enviro protections
- living wages
- basic human rights
We don’t take a dime of corporate money, either.
You:
- Jack up drug prices
- Appoint Betsy DeVos to scam student loans
- Hurt immigrant kids https://t.co/bUsXt1h8uT" / Twitter
Responding to pResident tRump. Such a world of difference between the two.