Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[ZiprHead]

Compare that with post-rational America, where the people who know you best might despise you, but it doesn't matter if you tweet the right memes, and spout the right lies when interviewed by Tucker Carlson.

Ah. So it is your contention that right-leaning politicians are generally despised by those people that know them?

Paul Gosar certainly is. And Ted Cruz isn't considered very highly by his Republican collegues too.

 

[lpetrich]

The Recount on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC (D-NY) on Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after the congressman posted an anime video depicting himself killing her:

“That man couldn’t add two single digits together if he tried.” (pic link)" / Twitter

Then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "See, the thing about me is that I will % bulldog back a bully.

Ask any Republican I serve on a committee with - when I was first elected, they tried to harp on me and I absolutely handed it to them. Now they don’t.

Plus it’s true-Gosar has nothing but tumbleweeds up there." / Twitter

Paul Gosar's Sister Rips Him Over Violent AOC Anime Video - showing a CNN interview

PG's sister Jennifer thinks very highly of AOC, saying that she does "great work", "innovative", "insightful", "She speaks to policies." Also Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar. She also likes her Rep, Pramila Jayapal. From another part of the interview that I recall from elsewhere, she said that AOC is much more intelligent than PG.

 

[Harry Bosch]

AOC taking considerable heat for not supporting the infrastructure bill. Many in her district want the subways fixed and other problems. I had forgotten that she also didn't support the COVID relief bill:

Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t Wavering. Are New Yorkers on Her Side? (Published 2021)

By voting no on the infrastructure bill, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set off a fierce debate, including among city residents eager to see the subways improved.

www.nytimes.com

She says that she's for the people, but dosn't always vote for them.

 

[lpetrich]

From that article,

Yet Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and five fellow progressives voted against it; they argued that the bill was too modest and sought to use their votes to pressure wavering moderates to support a bigger climate and social safety net bill that is pending.

“Right mind-set,” said Emmet Allen, 27, the constituent who stood outside the Buhre Avenue station in Pelham Bay. “But wrong execution.”

...
This was not the first time that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has bucked her party to oppose a bill that did not, in her view, go far enough. She was the only Democrat to oppose a $484 billion coronavirus relief package that she felt was inadequate for her district, which was devastated by the virus in the spring of 2020. But she has also worked closely with party leadership at other times — for example, helping to secure federal funding to assist with funeral costs for Covid-19 victims.

The Democratic leadership apparently let her and her fellow "Squad" members express their frustration with the inadequacy of the bill, because they knew that they would be getting more than enough Republican votes for it. Indeed they did, and some fellow Republicans are calling them traitors.

“All I’ve heard across the district has been support for the decision that she made,” said Assemblyman Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a democratic socialist who represents one of the most left-leaning neighborhoods in the district. “A lot of that is based on the fact that she was elected on the promise of fighting for more than the crumbs we’ve been told to accept.”

Instagram video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Nov 6, 2021 at 1:29 PM - on the infrastructure vote

By turns righteous, disappointed and vulnerable, she said her stance was predicated on two concerns: the potential that the bill would increase planet-warming emissions with giveaways to fossil fuel companies; and the need for leverage to push for companion legislation that many Democrats hope will generously fund additional climate solutions and housing assistance and protect undocumented immigrants.

“If I have to choose between my political image or whatever, and staying true to my community,” she said, “I’m going to do what my district asks of me every time.”

...
Sadye Paez, 43, of Corona, said she appreciated the congresswoman’s approach to the infrastructure debate. “It’s a way of bringing attention to these communities,” she said.

...
“Ideology sometimes has to go out the window when it comes to bringing home the bacon,” said Thomas J. Grech, the chief executive of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, who said he has never been able to successfully schedule a meeting with the congresswoman, as he does with her peers.

 

[Harry Bosch]

From that article,

Yet Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and five fellow progressives voted against it; they argued that the bill was too modest and sought to use their votes to pressure wavering moderates to support a bigger climate and social safety net bill that is pending.

“Right mind-set,” said Emmet Allen, 27, the constituent who stood outside the Buhre Avenue station in Pelham Bay. “But wrong execution.”

...
This was not the first time that Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has bucked her party to oppose a bill that did not, in her view, go far enough. She was the only Democrat to oppose a $484 billion coronavirus relief package that she felt was inadequate for her district, which was devastated by the virus in the spring of 2020. But she has also worked closely with party leadership at other times — for example, helping to secure federal funding to assist with funeral costs for Covid-19 victims.

The Democratic leadership apparently let her and her fellow "Squad" members express their frustration with the inadequacy of the bill, because they knew that they would be getting more than enough Republican votes for it. Indeed they did, and some fellow Republicans are calling them traitors.

“All I’ve heard across the district has been support for the decision that she made,” said Assemblyman Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a democratic socialist who represents one of the most left-leaning neighborhoods in the district. “A lot of that is based on the fact that she was elected on the promise of fighting for more than the crumbs we’ve been told to accept.”

Instagram video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Nov 6, 2021 at 1:29 PM - on the infrastructure vote

By turns righteous, disappointed and vulnerable, she said her stance was predicated on two concerns: the potential that the bill would increase planet-warming emissions with giveaways to fossil fuel companies; and the need for leverage to push for companion legislation that many Democrats hope will generously fund additional climate solutions and housing assistance and protect undocumented immigrants.

“If I have to choose between my political image or whatever, and staying true to my community,” she said, “I’m going to do what my district asks of me every time.”

...
Sadye Paez, 43, of Corona, said she appreciated the congresswoman’s approach to the infrastructure debate. “It’s a way of bringing attention to these communities,” she said.

...
“Ideology sometimes has to go out the window when it comes to bringing home the bacon,” said Thomas J. Grech, the chief executive of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, who said he has never been able to successfully schedule a meeting with the congresswoman, as he does with her peers.

I hate to say it, but I have very little trust in any politician, let alone a republican. This "deal" could have imploded at the last minute. And the infrastructure deal could have stalled and then ended. And the infrastructure and jobs that come from it would not have been fixed. Same thing with the COVID bill. I want AOC in my party. She's to my left. But I'm totally comfortable with her fighting for everything that she thinks she needs. But at the end of the day, she's trying to have it both ways. She wants big spending in her district. But if it fails (ie: too much spending leads to massive inflation dooming dems in 2024) she has cover. The only politicians who should get credit for the infrastructure bill if it works are those who voted for it.

 

[lpetrich]

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on Twitter: "There must be accountability for the heinous attacks on my sister @RepAOC

We must not normalize or tolerate threats of violence against women—especially by members of Congress

Thank you @RepSpeier for leading this effort. Rep. Gosar must be censured, investigated and expelled. (pix link)" / Twitter

 

[Shadowy Man]

If Gosar were more clever (and based on how he looks when he speaks he may actually be suffering from some kind of neurological disorder so there is probably a limit to how clever he could possibly be) he would have come up with a trendier version of his video and called it “Squad Game”.

 

[lpetrich]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Let’s Help Veterans Keep Their Promises To Afghan Allies - YouTube
By letting in these Afghans who helped the US military forces there. She recalled a classmate who served in Afghanistan reaching out to her and urging her to help these people. She also recalled the Trump Admin's xenophobia toward refugees, pushed by the likes of Stephen Miller.

Over at the YouTube channel RepAOC, AOC has versions of her town halls in Spanish, Mandarin, Bengali, and Nepali.

NY-14 Virtual Town Hall with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube

Starting off with Afghanistan. She agreed with President Biden's decision to withdraw from there.

Her district has a lot of immigrants, and that many of them have some acquaintance with refugees. She wants the refugee quota increased to 200,000 for this year, almost as much as Reagan, though more than George Bush II, Back Obama, or Donald Trump.

She said that inviting them in is keeping a promise to them, a promise to support them.

Then the bipartisan infrastucture (BIF) bill and the BBB reconciliation bill.

She then slammed the BIF bill for its support of carbon-capture technology, saying that it helps fossil-fuel companies continue to extract fossil fuels. I think that carbon capture is good if it is for carbon from the air: CO2. It can then be used as a feedstock for synthetic fuels and plastics feedstocks.

She stated that she won't vote for the BIF without BBB. She stated that she doesn't rely on big money, so she's independent of it.

She got into the issue of the rent moratorium and rental assistance. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not doing very much, but she was in contact with his successor, Kathy Hochul, about that. Assistance for both tenants and landlords.

She then answered questions, starting with mentioning a proposal for climate-refugee status.

Turning to voting rights, she suspects that HR1 is resisted by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema because of that bill's campaign-finance provisions.

About redistricting, she says that she hopes that she can continue to be Representative for her audience, and that she might end up being more people's representative. Seems like she's going to run for re-election in NY-14 or its successor at its location.

She says that it's important to call Congresspeople's offices about issues that one is concerned about. She says that they keep track of what calls they get.

A journalist asked about collaborations with the likes of Sen. Maj. Ldr. Chuck Schumer. Things like student-loan forgiveness and marijuana legalization. She used a curious metaphor: "landing the plane". Apparently meaning getting something done.

She said that the progressive features of recent legislation was a result of electing Congresspeople like her and like-minded people. She also appreciated the likes of such committee-head Congresspeople as Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler.

As to assisting homeless people, she says that it's cheaper to provide housing for homeless people than having a complicated, bureaucratic system of homeless shelters. That's a good feature of universal basic income -- it is very simple to administer, without needing complicated bureaucracy or having cliff eligibility that makes it hard to get out of.

Then she mentions a property-appraisal effect: white people presenting themselves as owners of some house sometimes get much higher appraisal values than black people who do so.

She then discussed credit scores, and how credit-rating companies are connected with companies that get business from low credit scores. It's much easier to get a negative event in one's credit rating than to get that event fixed, she says.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Let’s Help Veterans Keep Their Promises To Afghan Allies - YouTube
By letting in these Afghans who helped the US military forces there. She recalled a classmate who served in Afghanistan reaching out to her and urging her to help these people. She also recalled the Trump Admin's xenophobia toward refugees, pushed by the likes of Stephen Miller.

Over at the YouTube channel RepAOC, AOC has versions of her town halls in Spanish, Mandarin, Bengali, and Nepali.

NY-14 Virtual Town Hall with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube

Starting off with Afghanistan. She agreed with President Biden's decision to withdraw from there.

Her district has a lot of immigrants, and that many of them have some acquaintance with refugees. She wants the refugee quota increased to 200,000 for this year, almost as much as Reagan, though more than George Bush II, Back Obama, or Donald Trump.

She said that inviting them in is keeping a promise to them, a promise to support them.

Then the bipartisan infrastucture (BIF) bill and the BBB reconciliation bill.

She then slammed the BIF bill for its support of carbon-capture technology, saying that it helps fossil-fuel companies continue to extract fossil fuels. I think that carbon capture is good if it is for carbon from the air: CO2. It can then be used as a feedstock for synthetic fuels and plastics feedstocks.

She stated that she won't vote for the BIF without BBB. She stated that she doesn't rely on big money, so she's independent of it.

She got into the issue of the rent moratorium and rental assistance. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not doing very much, but she was in contact with his successor, Kathy Hochul, about that. Assistance for both tenants and landlords.

She then answered questions, starting with mentioning a proposal for climate-refugee status.

Turning to voting rights, she suspects that HR1 is resisted by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema because of that bill's campaign-finance provisions.

About redistricting, she says that she hopes that she can continue to be Representative for her audience, and that she might end up being more people's representative. Seems like she's going to run for re-election in NY-14 or its successor at its location.

She says that it's important to call Congresspeople's offices about issues that one is concerned about. She says that they keep track of what calls they get.

A journalist asked about collaborations with the likes of Sen. Maj. Ldr. Chuck Schumer. Things like student-loan forgiveness and marijuana legalization. She used a curious metaphor: "landing the plane". Apparently meaning getting something done.

She said that the progressive features of recent legislation was a result of electing Congresspeople like her and like-minded people. She also appreciated the likes of such committee-head Congresspeople as Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler.

As to assisting homeless people, she says that it's cheaper to provide housing for homeless people than having a complicated, bureaucratic system of homeless shelters. That's a good feature of universal basic income -- it is very simple to administer, without needing complicated bureaucracy or having cliff eligibility that makes it hard to get out of.

Then she mentions a property-appraisal effect: white people presenting themselves as owners of some house sometimes get much higher appraisal values than black people who do so.

She then discussed credit scores, and how credit-rating companies are connected with companies that get business from low credit scores. It's much easier to get a negative event in one's credit rating than to get that event fixed, she says.

I'm kinda wondering about the appraisal thing! Appraisers don't go into people's home anymore (at least not in Oregon/Washington). They do what is called "drive by appraisals". They never see the inside of the house nor meet the sellers.

 

[thebeave]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Let’s Help Veterans Keep Their Promises To Afghan Allies - YouTube
By letting in these Afghans who helped the US military forces there. She recalled a classmate who served in Afghanistan reaching out to her and urging her to help these people. She also recalled the Trump Admin's xenophobia toward refugees, pushed by the likes of Stephen Miller.

Over at the YouTube channel RepAOC, AOC has versions of her town halls in Spanish, Mandarin, Bengali, and Nepali.

NY-14 Virtual Town Hall with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube

Starting off with Afghanistan. She agreed with President Biden's decision to withdraw from there.

Her district has a lot of immigrants, and that many of them have some acquaintance with refugees. She wants the refugee quota increased to 200,000 for this year, almost as much as Reagan, though more than George Bush II, Back Obama, or Donald Trump.

She said that inviting them in is keeping a promise to them, a promise to support them.

Then the bipartisan infrastucture (BIF) bill and the BBB reconciliation bill.

She then slammed the BIF bill for its support of carbon-capture technology, saying that it helps fossil-fuel companies continue to extract fossil fuels. I think that carbon capture is good if it is for carbon from the air: CO2. It can then be used as a feedstock for synthetic fuels and plastics feedstocks.

She stated that she won't vote for the BIF without BBB. She stated that she doesn't rely on big money, so she's independent of it.

She got into the issue of the rent moratorium and rental assistance. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not doing very much, but she was in contact with his successor, Kathy Hochul, about that. Assistance for both tenants and landlords.

She then answered questions, starting with mentioning a proposal for climate-refugee status.

Turning to voting rights, she suspects that HR1 is resisted by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema because of that bill's campaign-finance provisions.

About redistricting, she says that she hopes that she can continue to be Representative for her audience, and that she might end up being more people's representative. Seems like she's going to run for re-election in NY-14 or its successor at its location.

She says that it's important to call Congresspeople's offices about issues that one is concerned about. She says that they keep track of what calls they get.

A journalist asked about collaborations with the likes of Sen. Maj. Ldr. Chuck Schumer. Things like student-loan forgiveness and marijuana legalization. She used a curious metaphor: "landing the plane". Apparently meaning getting something done.

She said that the progressive features of recent legislation was a result of electing Congresspeople like her and like-minded people. She also appreciated the likes of such committee-head Congresspeople as Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler.

As to assisting homeless people, she says that it's cheaper to provide housing for homeless people than having a complicated, bureaucratic system of homeless shelters. That's a good feature of universal basic income -- it is very simple to administer, without needing complicated bureaucracy or having cliff eligibility that makes it hard to get out of.

Then she mentions a property-appraisal effect: white people presenting themselves as owners of some house sometimes get much higher appraisal values than black people who do so.

She then discussed credit scores, and how credit-rating companies are connected with companies that get business from low credit scores. It's much easier to get a negative event in one's credit rating than to get that event fixed, she says.

I'm kinda wondering about the appraisal thing! Appraisers don't go into people's home anymore (at least not in Oregon/Washington). They do what is called "drive by appraisals". They never see the inside of the house nor meet the sellers.

They still go inside in California. I have a friend who recently had an appraisal for a refi, and it was the same appraiser she had when she bought the place 8 years prior. He remembered every detail of the inside of the house. She said it was eerie and spooky given he must have done many hundreds or even thousands of appraisals since then. He even remembered the dirty underwear laying in the corner.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Let’s Help Veterans Keep Their Promises To Afghan Allies - YouTube
By letting in these Afghans who helped the US military forces there. She recalled a classmate who served in Afghanistan reaching out to her and urging her to help these people. She also recalled the Trump Admin's xenophobia toward refugees, pushed by the likes of Stephen Miller.

Over at the YouTube channel RepAOC, AOC has versions of her town halls in Spanish, Mandarin, Bengali, and Nepali.

NY-14 Virtual Town Hall with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube

Starting off with Afghanistan. She agreed with President Biden's decision to withdraw from there.

Her district has a lot of immigrants, and that many of them have some acquaintance with refugees. She wants the refugee quota increased to 200,000 for this year, almost as much as Reagan, though more than George Bush II, Back Obama, or Donald Trump.

She said that inviting them in is keeping a promise to them, a promise to support them.

Then the bipartisan infrastucture (BIF) bill and the BBB reconciliation bill.

She then slammed the BIF bill for its support of carbon-capture technology, saying that it helps fossil-fuel companies continue to extract fossil fuels. I think that carbon capture is good if it is for carbon from the air: CO2. It can then be used as a feedstock for synthetic fuels and plastics feedstocks.

She stated that she won't vote for the BIF without BBB. She stated that she doesn't rely on big money, so she's independent of it.

She got into the issue of the rent moratorium and rental assistance. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not doing very much, but she was in contact with his successor, Kathy Hochul, about that. Assistance for both tenants and landlords.

She then answered questions, starting with mentioning a proposal for climate-refugee status.

Turning to voting rights, she suspects that HR1 is resisted by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema because of that bill's campaign-finance provisions.

About redistricting, she says that she hopes that she can continue to be Representative for her audience, and that she might end up being more people's representative. Seems like she's going to run for re-election in NY-14 or its successor at its location.

She says that it's important to call Congresspeople's offices about issues that one is concerned about. She says that they keep track of what calls they get.

A journalist asked about collaborations with the likes of Sen. Maj. Ldr. Chuck Schumer. Things like student-loan forgiveness and marijuana legalization. She used a curious metaphor: "landing the plane". Apparently meaning getting something done.

She said that the progressive features of recent legislation was a result of electing Congresspeople like her and like-minded people. She also appreciated the likes of such committee-head Congresspeople as Nydia Velazquez and Jerry Nadler.

As to assisting homeless people, she says that it's cheaper to provide housing for homeless people than having a complicated, bureaucratic system of homeless shelters. That's a good feature of universal basic income -- it is very simple to administer, without needing complicated bureaucracy or having cliff eligibility that makes it hard to get out of.

Then she mentions a property-appraisal effect: white people presenting themselves as owners of some house sometimes get much higher appraisal values than black people who do so.

She then discussed credit scores, and how credit-rating companies are connected with companies that get business from low credit scores. It's much easier to get a negative event in one's credit rating than to get that event fixed, she says.

I'm kinda wondering about the appraisal thing! Appraisers don't go into people's home anymore (at least not in Oregon/Washington). They do what is called "drive by appraisals". They never see the inside of the house nor meet the sellers.

They still go inside in California. I have a friend who recently had an appraisal for a refi, and it was the same appraiser she had when she bought the place 8 years prior. He remembered every detail of the inside of the house. She said it was eerie and spooky given he must have done many hundreds or even thousands of appraisals since then. He even remembered the dirty underwear laying in the corner.

I stand corrected then. If they enter California homes, I'd assume that there are other states where they enter as well.

 

[lpetrich]

Speier and Congressional Colleagues to Introduce Resolution Calling for Censure of Rep Gosar | Press Releases | Congresswoman Jackie Speier

“For a Member of Congress to post a manipulated video on his social media accounts depicting himself killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden is a clear cut case for censure. For that Member to post such a video on his official Instagram account and use his official congressional resources in the House of Representatives to further violence against elected officials goes beyond the pale, ” the Members said. “As the events of January 6th have shown, such vicious and vulgar messaging can and does foment actual violence. Violence against women in politics is a global phenomenon meant to silence women and discourage them from seeking positions of authority and participating in public life, with women of color disproportionately impacted. Minority Leader McCarthy’s silence is tacit approval and just as dangerous.”

The video has been viewed millions of times and has received strong condemnation by Members of Congress, the press, and the public. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Rep. Gosar defended the video, calling it a “symbolic cartoon” and spreading hateful and false rhetoric about immigrants.

Co-introducers: Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), co-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), and Representatives Jim Cooper (TN-5); Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), co-chair of the DWC; Sylva Garcia (TX-29), vice chair of the DWC; Veronica Escobar (TX-16), vice chair of the DWC; Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fl-23); Rashida Tlaib (MI-13); Eric Swalwell (CA-15); Nikema Williams (GA-5), DWC whip; and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07).

Cosponsors: Representatives Marcy Kaptur, John Yarmuth, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Debbie Dingell, Steve Cohen, Jared Huffman, Dwight Evans, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Jake Auchincloss, Katherine Clark, Earl Blumenauer, Ilhan Omar, Nydia M. Velázquez, Jerrold Nadler, Joaquin Castro, Ritchie Torres, André Carson, and Raúl Grijalva.

 

[lpetrich]

The censure resolution itself

House to vote Wednesday to censure Gosar, remove him from committees | TheHill

The move, confirmed by sources familiar with the plan, would make Gosar just the 24th House member to be censured in the chamber's history and the first in more than a decade.

Censure is an extraordinarily rare and dramatic punitive measure that requires the sanctioned lawmaker to stand in the center of the chamber as the resolution is read aloud by the House Speaker.

Also planned is removing Rep. Gosar from his committees, the Oversight and Natural-Resources Committees.

Gosar declined to answer reporters’ questions as he entered the House chamber for votes shortly before Democratic leaders finalized the plan to take punitive action against him.

Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, expressed disgust with Gosar and said she’d ideally like him to be expelled from Congress altogether.

She added that neither Gosar nor McCarthy have reached out to her since the video came out, arguing that it showed a lack of remorse.

“I think that in a perfect world, he would be expelled,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “If he was telling the truth, he would have apologized by now. But it's been well over a week.”

...
Wednesday’s vote is likely to fall mostly along party lines. Just two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), have expressed support in recent days for censuring Gosar.

McCarthy, meanwhile, is trying to walk a tightrope of maintaining good relations with the far-right members of his conference while not wanting to appear like he condones depictions of political violence.

 

[lpetrich]

Advocates worry online misogyny will keep women out of office | TheHill

lthough Gosar’s video, which used an edited clip from the anime show “Attack on Titan,” targeted a member of Congress, critics warn the amplification of such content via mainstream social media can dissuade women from participating in politics at all levels.

“There’s a silencing impact,” said Bridget Todd, director of communications at the feminist group UltraViolet. “I think it really does trickle down where everybody — whether you’re a public figure or just someone who’s interested in getting involved in your kids school board in your town — I think that everybody can see the way that these platforms have tolerated this abuse, how they’re treating it like it’s not a big deal.”

“And why would anybody want to speak up and be a full participant in their democracy when that’s the case?” Todd added.

UltraViolet

ISD published a report last year that found female congressional candidates were more likely than male counterparts to receive abuse on Twitter and Facebook, with the exception of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who also received high levels of messages classified as abusive.

Women of ethnic minorities were particularly more likely to face online abuse, with Ocasio-Cortez receiving the highest proportion of abusive comments on Facebook, based on the report.

...
For women in particular, that abuse tends to be more sexualized and violent.

The ISD report found the abuse targeting women was more likely to be related to their gender than that directed at men. The abuse women faced was based on their physical appearance or “perceived lack of competence,” while abuse targeting men was more likely to attack political stances, according to the report.

...
Republican female candidates and elected officials face far more scrutiny than their male counterparts — especially on aspects other than their political opinions such as their appearance, parenting skills and relationships, a Republican consultant who has worked with several female candidates told The Hill.

For those who say that such nastiness and abuse is nothing to complain about, is that something that they would be willing to accept for themselves? If they are male, would they enjoy receiving threats of castration?

 

[thebeave]

Advocates worry online misogyny will keep women out of office | TheHill

lthough Gosar’s video, which used an edited clip from the anime show “Attack on Titan,” targeted a member of Congress, critics warn the amplification of such content via mainstream social media can dissuade women from participating in politics at all levels.

“There’s a silencing impact,” said Bridget Todd, director of communications at the feminist group UltraViolet. “I think it really does trickle down where everybody — whether you’re a public figure or just someone who’s interested in getting involved in your kids school board in your town — I think that everybody can see the way that these platforms have tolerated this abuse, how they’re treating it like it’s not a big deal.”

“And why would anybody want to speak up and be a full participant in their democracy when that’s the case?” Todd added.

UltraViolet

ISD published a report last year that found female congressional candidates were more likely than male counterparts to receive abuse on Twitter and Facebook, with the exception of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who also received high levels of messages classified as abusive.

Women of ethnic minorities were particularly more likely to face online abuse, with Ocasio-Cortez receiving the highest proportion of abusive comments on Facebook, based on the report.

...
For women in particular, that abuse tends to be more sexualized and violent.

The ISD report found the abuse targeting women was more likely to be related to their gender than that directed at men. The abuse women faced was based on their physical appearance or “perceived lack of competence,” while abuse targeting men was more likely to attack political stances, according to the report.

...
Republican female candidates and elected officials face far more scrutiny than their male counterparts — especially on aspects other than their political opinions such as their appearance, parenting skills and relationships, a Republican consultant who has worked with several female candidates told The Hill.

For those who say that such nastiness and abuse is nothing to complain about, is that something that they would be willing to accept for themselves? If they are male, would they enjoy receiving threats of castration?

LOL. Coming from a guy who has spent years on this forum going into morbid detail on what clothes various female politicians are wearing, their cleavage situation, lip gloss and fingernail color choices, etc. Despite repeated comments from forum users that it's sexist, and to knock it off. Grow some self awareness, dude.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Advocates worry online misogyny will keep women out of office | TheHill
For those who say that such nastiness and abuse is nothing to complain about, is that something that they would be willing to accept for themselves? If they are male, would they enjoy receiving threats of castration?

You have done likewise with Sen. Sinema.

 

[lpetrich]

‘This is not about me,’ AOC says as House debates censuring Paul Gosar over violent video – live | US news | The Guardian

Manu Raju on Twitter: "Reps. Jeff Van Drew and John Katko both say they willl vote NO on Gosar resolution. Katko, who voted to impeach Trump, told me Gosar resolution is “too broad” and Dems should be worried about the precedent it set. Van Drew, who switched parties and became an R: “Let’s move on.”" / Twitter

The Hill on Twitter: "Rep. Matt Gaetz: "In the last session week we had, we reviewed Steve Bannon's podcast. Today, we're critiquing Paul Gosar's anime. Next week, we might be indicting Wile E. Coyote for an explosive ordinance against the Roadrunner." (vid link)" / Twitter
One has to give him credit for colorful analogies.

Lauren Gambino on Twitter: "“These actions demand a response," Pelosi said, ..." / Twitter

“These actions demand a response," Pelosi said, urging a censure of Gosar. We cannot have members joking about murdering each other ... It’s an insult to the institution of the House of Representatives.

Words spoken by elected officials "weigh a ton," Pelosi said. They can jeopardize the safety of elected officials, pointing to the January 6 attack as an example.

"This is about workplace harassment and violence against women."

In response to members who say elected officials get death threats, it comes with the job. "Death threats from our colleagues? Death threats from members of Congress?" Pelosi asks.

 

[lpetrich]

K Tully-McManus on Twitter: "Both Gosar and AOC are seated in the House chamber as debate begins on the censure resolution. ..." / Twitter

Both Gosar and AOC are seated in the House chamber as debate begins on the censure resolution.

Speaker Pelosi kicking off debate:
"We can not have a member joking about murdering another," she says.

"This is about workplace harassment and violence against women"

Leader McCarthy says Pelosi "is burning down the House on the way out the door"

Reiterates GOP's censure cases against Rep. Maxine Waters (tabled 216-210 party-line vote in April) and Rep. Adam Schiff (tabled 218-185 in Oct 2019)

AOC on the floor:
"It is a sad day in which a member who leads a political party in the USA cannot bring themselves to say that issuing a depiction of murdering a member of Congress is wrong"

"What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?"

Rep. Jackie Walorski
"I'm not here to represent any actions by Congressman Gosar or his staff," she begins before arguing against the censure resolution

She says it should have gone to House Ethics before the floor.

Gosar: "I have said decisively there is no threat in the cartoon other than the threat to immigration poses to our country."

"If I must join Alexander Hamilton, the first person attempted to be censured by this House, so be it."

Vote is underway on the censure resolution against Gosar

2 GOP >>Yea<< votes thus far: Cheney & Kinzinger (previous tweet said nay, sorry)

David Joyce (R-Ohio) has voted "present"

**the vote is still open**

Lauren Gambino on Twitter: ""It's an old definition of abuse of power – Rules for thee but not for me," Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says before turning to a litany of other issues unrelated to the Gosar censure: inflation, the southern border, education, withdrawal of Afghanistan" / Twitter
Seems like he is trying to deflect from the issue of Rep. Gosar's misconduct.

Sam Stein on Twitter: "There’s an obvious underlying issue that is impacting the GOP reaction to the Gosar censure. And that is, as @natlie_allison has documented, a number of GOP Senate candidates have either been accused of violence against women or written depictions of it." / Twitter

Manu Raju on Twitter: "Several House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump signal they are NO votes on Gosar resolution. ..." / Twitter

Several House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump signal they are NO votes on Gosar resolution. Tom Rice of SC told me he’s a NO. “The video was idiotic and immature and childish and stupid, but I don’t think it was a threat. I think it was in very poor taste.”

Rep. Fred Upton said the resolution goes a “stretch too far” by removing Gosar from committees. He said he would have been more comfortable if it were just a censure resolution.

Rep. Dan Newhouse said he was leaning against backing the measure. He said that a majority party removing minority members from their committees goes “down a dangerous path.” Rep. Katko told me Gosar resolution is “too broad” and Dems should be worried about the precedent it set

Gonzalez and Meijer voted NO. Cheney voted AYE.

I can agree that removing him from committees is rather iffy. But I agree on him being censured.

 

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AOC herself:
CSPAN on Twitter: "WATCH: Complete remarks by @RepAOC @AOC during U.S. House Debate on Resolution to Censure Rep. Paul Gosar.

"What is so hard, what is so hard about saying that this is wrong? This is not about me. This is not about Rep. Gosar. But, this is about what we are willing to accept." (vid link)" / Twitter
Great speech.

Lauren Gambino on Twitter: ".@RepAOC is speaking now. ..." / Twitter

.@RepAOC is speaking now.

"It is a sad day in which a member who leads a political party in the United States of America cannot bring themselves to say that issuing a depiction of murdering a member of Congress is wrong."

"What is so hard about saying that this is wrong?"

"This is not about me. This is not about Representative Gosar himself. This is about what we are wiling to accept." @RepAOC

She said the Republican tolerance of Gosar's action "betrays a certain contempt for the meaning and importance of our work here... that this chamber and what happens in it doesn't matter. And I am here to rise to say that it does."

Catie Edmondson on Twitter: ".@RepAOC rips into the "nihilism" behind saying that Gosar's video was "just a joke; that what we say and what we do does not matter so long as we claim a lack of meaning"" / Twitter
That's the joke defense, defending nastiness by saying that it was humor.

Elizabeth Landers on Twitter: ".@aoc directly addressing McCarthy throughout her speech: “This vote is not as complex as perhaps the Republican leader would like to make folks believe. It’s pretty cut and dry… does anyone in this chamber find this behavior acceptable?”" / Twitter

Cristina Marcos on Twitter: ".@AOC: "Our work here matters. Our example matters. There is meaning in our service. And as leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against their colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country. And that is where we must draw the line."" / Twitter
She seems very thoughtful here - I like how thoughtful she sometimes is.

 

[ZiprHead]

And Gosar has been censured. Big whoop.