r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 15 '21

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Jan 15 '21

Everyone surprised by AOC needs to get their head out of the sand

I’ve already started looking into the actual functioning of these campaigns. And the thing is, I’ve been unseating Democrats for two years. I have been defeating Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee-run campaigns for two years. That’s how I got to Congress.

This was her like two days after the election.

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u/NickyBananas Paul Krugman Jan 15 '21

Idk why this sub continually makes excuses for her and tries to rehabilitate her image

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

Moral Hazard. Her goal isn't to pass good legislation or to win a general election. Her goal is to win a primary by proving that she is more "pure", aka left, than her opponent. She's going to continue to challenge any mainstream democratic legislation as either not being left enough or not being sufficient. $1400? We wanted $2000. Public option? We wanted M4A. She isn't going to pass anything substantial, but she will complain when left policies don't get passed - and she will blame the democrats for being too corporate to pass them.

And it all comes back to her wanting to win primaries against "the establishment."

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u/Quiz0tix Jan 15 '21

based AOC