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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote? (I’ve never played but it looks like a lot of fun)" / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Who would you want to watch in a game together? ⬇️" / Twitter

Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "@AOC 👋🏽" / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "@IlhanMN Ohhh it’s ON sis!" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Getting set up! https://t.co/7WswCzWaWZ" / Twitter
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AOC - Twitch

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Not me, Among Us 😉" / Twitter
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People for Bernie on Twitter: "Follow @AOC on twitch [url]https://t.co/e5CLMOdmAV https://t.co/SjmY5Tgp3F" / Twitter[/url]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Don’t worry everyone - I haven’t streamed yet! Spent tonight setting up accounts, mods, streaming & run throughs. Hoping to go live tomorrow night🤞🏽" / Twitter

Among Us
One crewmate has been replaced by a parasitic shapeshifter. Their goal is to eliminate the rest of the crew before the ship reaches home. The Impostor will sabotage the ship, sneak through vents, deceive, and frame others to remain anonymous and kill off the crew.

While everyone is fixing up the ship, no one can talk to maintain anonymity. Once a body is reported, the surviving crew will openly debate who they think The Impostor is. The Impostor's goal is to pretend that they are a member of the crew. If The Impostor is not voted off, everyone goes back to maintaining the ship until another body is found. If The Impostor is voted off, the crew wins!
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Should be interesting to watch.
 
AOC Will Livestream On Twitch And Play “Among Us” To Encourage Voting - NowThis - "The congresswoman’s offer led to plenty of interested responses from popular gamers, Internet stars and fellow politicians."
Released in 2018, “Among Us” picked up in popularity this year with the help of YouTube stars, TikTok influencers and Twitch streamers. The multiplayer game allows between four and ten players to participate in a game where each is assigned a role. “Crewmates” try to complete a set amount of tasks while trying not to get killed by “imposters.”

More recently, progressive organizations and activists have been using the game to encourage people to vote. “Virtual organizing is really popping off right now. Among Us is a great place to talk about really anything you want to get out there,” gun violence activist Cameron Kasky told The New York Times. “You’ve got people’s eyes and attention and the game is not too complicated where it’d be distracting to talk about voting. It leaves the viewers visually engaged while you talk about whatever you want.”
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Sort of like a Mafia game or a werewolf game.

NowThis on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC is going to play ‘Among Us’ live on Twitch to encourage voting https://t.co/m0B5JZg76w" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Join me, @pokimanelol, @hasanthehun, & more on Twitch TONIGHT as we help folks make a voting plan at (link) and officially declare orange sus on Among Us 🍊 Tune in 9pm tonight at (link)" / Twitter
AOC's Twitch channel

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "(9pm EST!)" / Twitter

I watched it, and in it, AOC claimed that she is not a good liar, and burst out laughing.

Ilhan Omar was a fellow player, and Rashida Tlaib and Justin Amash watched.

AOC was perplexed with one task: fueling the engines with some liquid to be carried in a gasoline can. Does the ship have a combustion engine?

I thought of it and I decided that it could be for heavy water, water with deuterium (H-2) instead of the most common isotope, protium (H-1). The deuterium can then be used in a nuclear-fusion reactor.

But what I found weird is manual fueling. Why not a fuel tank connected to the engine?

Also odd were candelabras in the ship.
 
AOC joined a bit earlier than she had stated, but I caught all of her playing of Among Us. One of her fellow players was someone with the handle CORPSE.

taylor 🌧 on Twitter: "AOC REACTING TO CORPSE’S VOICE “his voice is so deep 😳” https://t.co/008I0CLIOK" / Twitter

Fiona on Twitter: "AOC after hearing corpse’s voice in among us on twitch 😳😳😳.. same girl https://t.co/EHiXG7ojH5" / Twitter

ella | BLM on Twitter: "CORPSE just straight up shooting his shot on AOC lmao. i’m actually crying right now two of my favorite people in the whole world playing among us together @Corpse_Husband @AOC https://t.co/Y7qAHgNuFI" / Twitter

👻🎃🌹gaby🥀🕸🕷🖤 on Twitter: "@Corpse_Husband @AOC I thought I recorded her reaction BUT I DIDNT AHHHHH she was like 😃 his voice is so deep😃" / Twitter
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👻🎃🌹gaby🥀🕸🕷🖤 on Twitter: "@Corpse_Husband @AOC Same @AOC https://t.co/doM8wtElB2" / Twitter

taylor 🌧 on Twitter: "@AOC AND @Corpse_Husband INTERACTING IS WHAT I NEEDED TONIGHT “how’s your day?” https://t.co/Ll1Utqwa1x" / Twitter

carolina🌷 on Twitter: "Watching AOC and CORPSE play in the same game made my night https://t.co/lnb5Zk2Pfy" / Twitter

Lin ❀ Respect Corpseᶜ 🥀🌧 on Twitter: "when two worlds collide aoc meeting corpse for the first time ❤️❤️ https://t.co/SH7WOUUCYi" / Twitter

Jessica Halsema on Twitter: "The crossover we didn’t know we needed. AOC playing Among Us with CORPSE, Toast, Rae, Hbomb, Poki, Ilhan, AND Hasan is giving me life!!! https://t.co/3YyANY9q91" / Twitter
 
I Will Vote -- what AOC mentioned.

In the background was two pictures. One of them was her Green New Deal poster with the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows / Corona Park in Queens, NYC. The other said "I WILL VOTE .COM".


One of the Among Us players:
Myth on Twitter: "It was nice playing with @AOC tonight! Thank you all for coming out and watching. Remember to vote this election as well. This election is my first time voting and its super easy to do so do it. 🙂" / Twitter

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Thank you so much for joining, Myth! I’m so excited this is your first time voting!

I had a blast. Thanks @IlhanMN, @pokimanelol, @hasanthehun, @DisguisedToast, @mxmtoon, @Jack_Septic_Eye, @Hbomberguy, @DrLupo, @Valkyrae, @Gusbuckets, @Corpse_Husband, @MoistCr1TiKaL & @israhirsi" / Twitter
The Isra was Isra Hirsi, Ilhan Omar's daughter.

CORPSE himself:
Corpse Husband on Twitter: "@AOC @IlhanMN @pokimanelol @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @Hbomberguy @DrLupo @Valkyrae @Gusbuckets @MoistCr1TiKaL @israhirsi Thanks for having me :)" / Twitter

brandy rose ミ☆ on Twitter: "@AOC @IlhanMN @pokimanelol @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @Hbomberguy @DrLupo @Valkyrae @Gusbuckets @Corpse_Husband @MoistCr1TiKaL @israhirsi IT WAS THIS FOR ME https://t.co/X0gbMuVLcI" / Twitter
"Ilhan's maniacal laugh..."
 
AOC's Among Us appearance got a lot of viewers - at one point, 451,000.

Aoc among us with Pokimane, Ilhan,Hasanbi, penguinz0, and Jacksepticeye - YouTube

At one point, she asked some participants from Canada and the UK what their healthcare systems were like. Free at point of service. You walk in and don't have to pay anything. Unlike what she is accustomed to, always having her credit card handy.


Remy on Twitter: "@AOC @IlhanMN @pokimanelol @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @Hbomberguy @DrLupo @Valkyrae @Gusbuckets @Corpse_Husband @MoistCr1TiKaL @israhirsi "I would never marinate a congresswoman." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 best line of the night" / Twitter

Kat Harshing on Twitter: "@AOC @IlhanMN @pokimanelol @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @Hbomberguy @DrLupo @Valkyrae @Gusbuckets @Corpse_Husband @MoistCr1TiKaL @israhirsi AOC's first death (that I saw) lol https://t.co/PVatxPIf9G" / Twitter

Clubby on Twitter: "@AOC @IlhanMN @pokimanelol @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @Hbomberguy @DrLupo @Valkyrae @Gusbuckets @Corpse_Husband @MoistCr1TiKaL @israhirsi Loved this clip XD AOC just roasting the ship https://t.co/BY95UrJz5Z" / Twitter
AOC pointed out cobwebs, candelabras, and what seems like liquid combustible fuel.


About the game: Among Us Wiki | Fandom

The three maps in the game are The Skeld, an interstellar spaceship, MIRA HQ, a home base back on Earth, and Polus, a base on an exoplanet.
 
Among Us is so popular that its developers just canceled the sequel - The Verge Instead, what they planned for version 2 will become upgrades for version 1.

Twitch stars are lining up to stream Among Us with AOC - The Verge

AOC’s debut Twitch stream is one of the biggest ever - The Verge - "And she’s genuinely pretty good at Among Us"
Despite only having minimal Among Us experience — Ocasio-Cortez said Monday that she’d never played before, but seemed to have brushed up before the stream — she did well in her first broadcast. She was chosen as an impostor in the first round and, with a partner, knocked out about half the field before getting caught. Omar later made it to the final three as an impostor before getting voted out by Ocasio-Cortez and Hasan.
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She might have played Mafia/werewolf games before, however.  Mafia (party game)

AOC plays Among Us on Twitch, gets one of the most watched streams ever - CNET - "With 439,000 concurrents viewers, the congresswoman's Twitch stream was the third biggest for an individual streamer of all time."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is streaming Among Us on Twitch | PC Gamer - "Her first livestream has attracted over 300,000 viewers."
 
lindsay on Twitter: "highlights from the @AOC among us stream - my love for this woman knows no bounds 💖 (links)" / Twitter
Including to http://iwillvote.com -- her talking about the odd features of this spaceship.

Amanda Litman on Twitter: "If you add up viewers across the various streams, more than half a million people are watching @AOC on Twitch — she’s hosting the biggest GOTV rally of 2020." / Twitter
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Amanda Litman on Twitter: "The afterlife of this is wild — my entire FYP on TikTok today is clips of this stream, many of which have 1million+ views. The joy of it all — from AOC, from the other gamers, from people watching a politician they can 100% relate to — is so contagious." / Twitter

Brennan Murphy on Twitter: "AOC talks healthcare with @Hbomberguy, who is from the UK, where healthcare is free. https://t.co/3wMUZXpuF7" / Twitter
Free at point of service, and paid for with taxes. That's the UK's National Health Service.

Dave Weigel, Re-Animator on Twitter: "Watching @AOC promote votes for Biden/Harris on the @NYWFP line during her Twitch stream. A little informational campaign could go a long way" / Twitter

The Recount on Twitter: "The best moments from @AOC's Among Us stream on @Twitch last night. https://t.co/13dGGgeWTF" / Twitter

At least this game involves voting. Unlike dunking one's head with icewater for muscular dystrophy -- I would have preferred some challenge where one has to live like the disease's sufferers.
 
rae on Twitter: "this screenshot is perfect LOL. uploading this video tomorrow :) https://t.co/QyEBNeowdA" / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Sometimes it really be the people closest to you 😭" / Twitter

A picture of AOC's character walking with two other characters.

Mother Jones on Twitter: ".@AOC's impromptu Twitch stream was probably this election cycle’s “single largest event to reach young voters” https://t.co/EqD4ivbueR" / Twitter
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On Twitch, AOC and Ilhan Omar Tapped Into the Future of Left Politics – Mother Jones
After noting right-wingers on Facebook and YouTube,
For all the consternation among conservatives about being censored on social media platforms, that all suggests that their ideology is doing great online. Even on Twitter, which seen as more of a hub for the left, Donald Trump, his children, and the extended constellation of posters who support them enjoy large followings. The Amazon-owned video game streaming platform, Twitch, is maybe the only major online platform where conservatives haven’t been able to build the same ideological stronghold.

A 4chan, Gamergate brand of internet, troll conservatism is inextricable from gaming, but some of the largest political streamers on Twitch are liberals or leftists like the former Young Turks host Hasan Piker, who has almost 600,000 subscribers, BadBunny, who has over 150,000 subscribers, and Destiny (who occasionally veers to the right) with over 550,000 subscribers.
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Hasan Piker:
I think the right-wing foothold on YouTube is very significant. They already have money interest backing these channels they already have like legitimate media entities backing up these like Stephen Crowders of the world. So it’s, it’s a really uneven field. So I was like, ‘I can’t even compete with this.’ I’m just going to start somewhere else. So I went to Twitch.”
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Ocasio-Cortez teams up on Twitch with controversial left-wing commentator | Fox News - former Young Turks contributor Hasan Piker

Among Us Marinating : "I'd never marinate a Congresswoman!" AOC tricked by Disguised Toast on first Among Us stream! | The SportsRush
Oh and also, by the way, for those of you who do not know what marinate is, here’s a simple definition. Marinating in Among Us just means being an Imposter, gaining a Crewmate’s trust by not killing them. So, basically, every time you two are alone, you restrain the urge to kill.

And defend yourself with that, claiming that if you were an Imposter, you’d have killed them. Finally, you wait in late game for a chance to strike and then kill that marinated Crewmate.
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Disguised Toast on Twitter: ""I would never marinate a congresswoman."

- Disguised Toast, moments after marinating a congresswoman" / Twitter

pokimane on Twitter: "i'm live! 😄 playing among us with @AOC today to encourage everyone to go out and VOTE!

ft. @hasanthehun @DisguisedToast @IlhanMN @DrLupo @TSM_Myth @mxmtoon @Jack_Septic_Eye @MoistCr1TiKaL

WATCH @ [url]https://t.co/nlEB4gohua 🔴📺" / Twitter[/url]
Her twitch.tv channel: pokimane

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Ilhan Omar’s gaming specs are very impressive.

Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "When you’re winning: https://t.co/Fu7CMyCQDA" / Twitter
She's also on twitch, as ilhan

Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "Posting specs:

Intel Core i7-10700K
Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 Super
G.Skill TridentZ RGB 32GB
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 NVMe main
6TB SSD storage
Corsair iCUE H100i AIO
NZXT H510i case" / Twitter
 
The Recount on Instagram: “Top Moments From @aoc's Among Us Stream

The congresswoman hopped on @twitch to play the new gaming craze with @ilhanmn, @hasandpiker, @disguisedtoast, @pokimanelol, @jacksepticeye, @drlupo, @valkyrae, @johnsongus, and more. It fucking rocked.”
AOC: 5 million views in 24h, 3rd biggest livestream in Twitch history and we drove TONS of traffic to iwillvote.com! Had a blast. Thanks everyone!

NowThis Politics on Instagram: “AOC Twitch Stream Becomes One of the Highest-Watched Ever

AOC played ‘Among Us’ on Twitch last night — and with more than 4.5M views across 3+ hours, it was one of the highest-watched streams ever 🎮”

Hasan Piker on Instagram: “choosing between my two fav elected representatives

this was the most difficult decision of my gaming career”
 
How sexist abuse of women in Congress amounts to political violence – and undermines American democracy
From plans to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s being called a “f—ing b—” by her colleague Rep. Ted Yoho, it’s been a nasty year for women in American politics.

Now, some women who’ve been targets of such misogyny want to put this problem on the congressional agenda.

On Sept. 24, House Democrats Rashida Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Jackie Speier introduced a resolution – a largely symbolic congressional statement that carries no legal weight but provides moral support on certain issues – recognizing violence against women in politics as a global phenomenon. House Resolution 1151, which is currently under consideration by the House Judiciary Committee, calls on the government to take steps to mitigate this violence in the United States and abroad.
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H.Res.1151 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Recognizing violence against women in politics as a global phenomenon and supporting women's full and meaningful participation in political life. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
It was introduced by Rashida Tlaib, and it has 4 cosponsors, all original: AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Jackie Speier (D-CA-14).

Jackie Speier also did this:

Jackie Speier on Twitter: "Policy disagreements are expected, but foul & personal attacks meant to silence & intimidate women will not be tolerated. @HouseDemWomen leadership sent a Dear Colleague reminding Members to do better.

@TedYoho needs to apologize to @AOC for attacking her w/ sexist tropes. https://t.co/XyxhzwkFus" / Twitter

Democratic Women’s Caucus, Speaker Pelosi Send Letter to Facebook Demanding it Stop the Spread of Gendered Disinformation and Misogynistic Attacks Against Women Leaders | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jackie Speier
“According to a study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, ‘…social media have become the number one place in which psychological violence – particularly in the form of sexist and misogynistic remarks, humiliating images, mobbing, intimidation and threats – is perpetrated against women parliamentarians.’ In fact, nearly 42 percent of women parliamentarians reported seeing extremely humiliating or sexually charged images of themselves spread through social media. Another recent study determined that in the United States, women elected officials were attacked more often than their male counterparts by fake news accounts, and that these attacks were more likely to be focused on personal traits or character. For example, one sitting female Senator was attacked for not being authentically black or American,” the Members and world political leaders wrote. “Make no mistake, these tactics, which are used on your platform for malicious intent, are meant to silence women, and ultimately undermine our democracies. It is no wonder women frequently cite the threat of rapid, widespread, public attacks on personal dignity as a factor deterring them from entering politics.”
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Mona Lena Krook on Twitter: "Violence against women in politics is a global problem - including in the U.S. 🇺🇸 In this piece for @ConversationUS, I discuss efforts to recognize and tackle this problem in American politics by @RashidaTlaib @AOC @AyannaPressley @IlhanMN @JackieSpeier https://t.co/pyGAnNrCOO" / Twitter
She is the author of that previously-mentioned Conversation article.

Rashida Tlaib on Twitter: "It is about time we face the rising violence against women in politics.

@IlhanMN @CoriBush @AOC @AyannaPressley & I lean on each other for support. However, it's difficult working in an institution that enables it w/ their silence & some encouraging it.

We won't be silenced." / Twitter
She is the author of that Congressional resolution.

Cori Bush on Twitter: "Knowing this squad has my back means the world to me. We’re going to build a system where women—and especially women of color—are encouraged to run and are supported when they do." / Twitter
 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "If someone told me 3 years ago, while I was waitressing to help my family stay afloat, that in a few short years an unhinged President of the United States would be repeatedly saying my name at the 2020 debate, I would’ve brought them some water and told them to sober up." / Twitter
Back then, she was early in her campaign for the NY-14 seat. Part of her campaign back then was convincing people to register as Democrats, or reregister if necessary, so that they can vote for her in the primary election.

AOC likes being addressed appropriately.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I wonder if Republicans understand how much they advertise their disrespect of women in debates when they consistently call women members of Congress by nicknames or first names while using titles & last names when referring to men of = stature.

Women notice. It conveys a lot." / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "AOC is a name given to me by community & the people. Y’all can call me AOC.

Government colleagues referring to each other in a public or professional context (aka who don’t know me like that) should refer to their peers as “Congresswoman,” “Representative,”etc. Basic respect 101" / Twitter

Trump called her AOC + 3:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It’s actually AOC plus 115 because that’s how many House and Senate members have cosponsored the most ambitious climate legislation in American history." / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I am so deeply proud of & grateful for each + every one of my House and Senate colleagues who stand for our future & champion the #GreenNewDeal, the boldest climate plan in US history.

Here they are below. If you can, tweet them a thank you tonight: https://t.co/1pYcjeCzDt" / Twitter

House: Cosponsors - H.Res.109 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress - 101 cosponsors
Senate: Cosponsors - S.Res.59 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): A resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress - 14 cosponsors

Congress is only 2 1/2 months away from its end-of-term reset of its bills, so we will know the final count of cosponsors before long.
 
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces John Cummings in NY-14 congressional race
"Every single election, no matter the odds, is all about earning re-election every single time and so I'm very proud to continue to be out there and making sure that all of our families that need help are getting the help that they need,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
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Especially during this coronavirus epidemic.
"I'm proud to have been also actively serving our community during the time of this crisis. We have had a multi-million dollar effort where we have now distributed over a million dollars' worth of direct aid to Bronx and Queens families,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
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She knows what she wants to do in a second term.
"I am a staunch believer in expanding health care and making sure that our seniors are getting more Social Security than they are presently. I believe that tuition-free colleges and universities are going to be, not a requirement but a right for everyone to be able to pursue as our economy advances into the 21st century,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
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Her opponent, John Cummings, is a teacher of history and government at St. Raymond's High School for Boys.
"My students were asking me for years, 'Hey, Mr. Cummings you really know this stuff, why don't you run?' And finally, I decided, you know what, I'm 60 years old, I don't want to be 70 and look back years from now and say ‘Hey, I should have run.’ There are no regrets here,” said Cummings.

Cummings says he wants to improve the education system and that he’s in favor of charter schools, as well as school vouchers.

"I think education is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. Far too often we allow too many children to remain in failing schools, you know our public school system has some great schools, it has some failing schools,” said Cummings.
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He is a native of Parkchester in the Bronx, and he was a cop.

He said at the end that he's a "small-government guy", that "the government that governs least governs best". Is he an anarchist?

AOC said that he believes in cutting our services, while she believes in expanding them.
 
Anthony Wright on Twitter: "@rpyers I am currently in this district in the Bronx. The TV ads ran during Yankees games and are well produced but are TERRIBLE, accusing AOC of pretending to be Jenny from the block. By terrible meaning not effective given the constituency. Remember that the Bronx votes D over 90%..." / Twitter

So he's trying to call her a carpetbagger.

A4NY14 on Twitter: "Is anyone in #NY14 seeing any TV ads from @AOC right now? All I'm seeing is endless total BS ads from the whackadoodle, ultra-conservative, trump-loving, ex-cop Republiklan running against her. That's kind of concerning. Has @RepAOC gotten so cocky that she thinks she can't lose? https://t.co/wF4iUJ54ei" / Twitter

Retired cop tries to pull off upset of AOC | Queenswide | qchron.com
Cummings said the congresswoman has “done a tremendous job creating a national persona for herself” but not in the district.

“She pretty much knocked Joe Crowley out of the way by saying he was never here and I think she’s here even less,” he said.

Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that she has attended more than 200 events in the district since taking office in 2019.

“The fact that he says that he hasn’t noticed my presence speaks more to his absence than mine,” she told the Chronicle in a phone interview Tuesday.
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GREAT.
“This is a heavily Democrat district but it’s not a heavily Socialist district,” he said. “There’s a lot of union workers, they like their 401(k)s, like their health insurance.”

Ocasio-Cortez said if she wasn’t doing a good job she wouldn’t have such tremendous support in the district.

“Everything that I vocalize and speak to in Congress is direct representation, directly representative of our community here at home,” she said, adding, “I think it’s quite unfortunate how lying has been normalized in the Republican Party and just how frank dishonesty is acceptable or OK.”
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She noted that the census response has been better than expected, given the pandemic. 61.9% vs. 2010 61.8%.
The lawmaker called the response rate “quite stunning” as there were fewer federal resources, legal holdups with when the end date will be and the fact that it was being done during a pandemic.

“We were able to match the 2010 Census count when all projections had us losing at least two congressional seats,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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JT on Twitter: "@QueensChronicle From the TV ads, John seems like a decent guy and he's not pushing #maga garbage in NYC like @tomzmich2020 in #NY6. But #NY14 has a CPVI D+29. Probably one of the safest D seats in the country. RNC probably should have saved this money for more contested #NY11." / Twitter
 
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It’s #FireDrillFriday!

@Janefonda is throwing down for a Green New Deal today and I’m excited to join her as we discuss the path forward for our future 🌎 (link)" / Twitter

At pscp.tv - Fire Drill Fridays: "And we're LIVE with @JaneFonda, @GreenpeaceUSA, and Rep. @AOC to discuss the upcoming election (and maybe learn the best new Among Us strategies). You won't want to miss it."

That's Hanoi Jane herself. But if AOC can like Angela Davis, she can like Jane Fonda.

JF made a long speech about the Green New Deal.

As to being made a villain by pResident tRump, she considers it an honor.

She considers her livestreamed Among Us session a success -- a couple thousand people registered to vote. She considers it important for politicians to reach out to young people.

Then why make an issue out of racial inequity. Why she went to Standing Rock, and stopped off at Flint along the way.

Then she talked about how her Green New Deal continues to be popular despite all the attacks on it by the likes of fossil-fuel lobbyists and Fox News.
 
Then about recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. AOC says that we can do both, and she pointed to World War II with its massive economic stimulus.

The US didn't formally enter that war until Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But that attack was such a provocation that it forced the politicians to leave behind trying to balance the budget. Worries about excessive government spending was something that had hobbled the recovery earlier, all the way back to Herbert Hoover. He did a little, but not much, and FDR did more, but not enough.

She wants renewable-energy jobs to have the same good pay and good conditions that many fossil-fuel jobs do.

She thinks that a Green New Deal in place would have made it much easier to respond to COVID-19. There wouldn't have been a shortage of PPE for medical professionals -- it would have been an easy thing to invoke the Defense Production Act to make more of them.

She then talked about introducing her GND resolution and how a big source of campaign money is fossil-fuel interests like the Koch brothers. She also talked about not taking politicians for granted, that it is not enough to elect them. JF then mentioned what happened with Obama: what started as a movement ended up a movie -- the participants in his election campaign then set back and watched.

AOC talked about how coal companies refused to finance their workers' pensions with the money that they got from bailouts. They appealed to AOC's office, not to Mitch McConnell's office.
 
lpetrich said:
Then about recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. AOC says that we can do both, and she pointed to World War II with its massive economic stimulus.

The US didn't formally enter that war until Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But that attack was such a provocation that it forced the politicians to leave behind trying to balance the budget. Worries about excessive government spending was something that had hobbled the recovery earlier, all the way back to Herbert Hoover. He did a little, but not much, and FDR did more, but not enough.

She wants renewable-energy jobs to have the same good pay and good conditions that many fossil-fuel jobs do.

She thinks that a Green New Deal in place would have made it much easier to respond to COVID-19. There wouldn't have been a shortage of PPE for medical professionals -- it would have been an easy thing to invoke the Defense Production Act to make more of them.

She then talked about introducing her GND resolution and how a big source of campaign money is fossil-fuel interests like the Koch brothers. She also talked about not taking politicians for granted, that it is not enough to elect them. JF then mentioned what happened with Obama: what started as a movement ended up a movie -- the participants in his election campaign then set back and watched.

AOC talked about how coal companies refused to finance their workers' pensions with the money that they got from bailouts. They appealed to AOC's office, not to Mitch McConnell's office.
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I didn't see your link for the above? I'm assuming that by bailouts was the "PPP" program? If so, PPP was meant to cover payroll, not fund worker's pensions. Funding pensions is not an eligible expense for PPP.
 
Harry Bosch said:
lpetrich said:
Then about recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. AOC says that we can do both, and she pointed to World War II with its massive economic stimulus.

The US didn't formally enter that war until Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. But that attack was such a provocation that it forced the politicians to leave behind trying to balance the budget. Worries about excessive government spending was something that had hobbled the recovery earlier, all the way back to Herbert Hoover. He did a little, but not much, and FDR did more, but not enough.

She wants renewable-energy jobs to have the same good pay and good conditions that many fossil-fuel jobs do.

She thinks that a Green New Deal in place would have made it much easier to respond to COVID-19. There wouldn't have been a shortage of PPE for medical professionals -- it would have been an easy thing to invoke the Defense Production Act to make more of them.

She then talked about introducing her GND resolution and how a big source of campaign money is fossil-fuel interests like the Koch brothers. She also talked about not taking politicians for granted, that it is not enough to elect them. JF then mentioned what happened with Obama: what started as a movement ended up a movie -- the participants in his election campaign then set back and watched.

AOC talked about how coal companies refused to finance their workers' pensions with the money that they got from bailouts. They appealed to AOC's office, not to Mitch McConnell's office.
Click to expand...

I didn't see your link for the above? I'm assuming that by bailouts was the "PPP" program? If so, PPP was meant to cover payroll, not fund worker's pensions. Funding pensions is not an eligible expense for PPP.
Click to expand...

Gas station secured small business bailout money, then paid for Trump billboards
 
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