Ocasio-Cortez: 'I Don’t Even Know If I Want To Be In Politics'
All the campaigning, arguing, infighting, legislating, TV interviews, press conferences – whew. It would take a toll on anyone. That being said, AOC may already be fed-up with life in DC.
Great news for America.
Now, if she could only get the rest of “the squad” onboard.
Here’s the scoop, via New York Post:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she doesn’t know whether she wants to stay in politics, much less run for higher office.
“It’s the stress. … It’s the lack of support from your own party. It’s your own party thinking you’re the enemy,’’ the Bronx congresswoman told the New York Times in an interview published over the weekend.
She said, “I’m serious when I tell people the odds of me running for higher office and the odds of me just going off trying to start a homestead somewhere — they’re probably the same.“
Adding, “I don’t even know if I want to be in politics. You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didn’t even know if I was going to run for re-election this year.’“
Here are some recent tweets from the woman who just won re-election to the House by a wide margin, and other far-left radicals…
You can’t just tell the Black, Brown, & youth organizers riding in to save us every election to be quiet or not have their reps champion them when they need us. Or wonder why they don’t show up for midterms when they’re scolded for existing. Esp when they’re delivering victories.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
By the way if white communities are getting more comfortable w overt racism or “cultural resentment” (if that’s what they’re rebranding it now) it’s only gonna get harder for POC turnout to save everyone.
Real organizing & strategy is needed that disarms bigotry, not avoids it.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
"Progressives have assets to offer the Party that the Party has not yet fully leaned into…Every single swing seat member that co-sponsored Medicare for All won their re-election, and so the conversation is a little bit deeper than saying anything progressive is toxic." –@AOC pic.twitter.com/nGxfVpGWYi
— Justice Democrats (@justicedems) November 8, 2020
Except the argument here isn’t ideological- are purple communities not on the internet? You can run a moderate message & not change it at all & my message still applies.
Dems must run like it’s 2020, not like it’s 2005. That has nothing to do with ideology. It’s about capacity. https://t.co/XhGbzs9Cmo
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 8, 2020
Now the real work begins.
To beat this pandemic.
To rebuild our economy.
To root out systemic racism in our justice system and society.
To combat the climate crisis.
To heal the soul of our nation.The road ahead won't be easy. But America is ready. And so are @JoeBiden and I.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 8, 2020
I’ve been thinking so much of @IlhanMN.
Trump made Minnesota explicitly about HER. Said he’d win because of her. Many Dems in DC believed him, & marginalized her.
That burden wasn’t fair, but she took on the challenge anyway. She won.
Credit and respect her. @RashidaTlaib too.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 7, 2020
John Kasich, who did not deliver Ohio to Dems, is saying folks like @IlhanMN, who did deliver Minnesota, are the problem.
Please don’t take these people seriously and go back to celebrating and building power 🎉 https://t.co/kXAv3UfmgQ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 7, 2020
Anyone saying this after immigrant organizers delivered AZ, Black grassroots flipped Georgia, MI going blue w reality-bending 94% Detroit margin + @RashidaTlaib running up the margins in her district & Trump publicly challenging @IlhanMN in MN and losing isn’t a serious person. https://t.co/2FtJzqGki8
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 7, 2020
Florida passed a $15 minimum wage
Montana, South Dakota, Arizona & New Jersey legalized marijuana
Colorado passed 12 weeks of paid family leave
Arizona increased taxes on the rich to fund education
All over America, voters approved a progressive agenda. Now, Congress must act
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 8, 2020
