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In reply to the discussion: Everyone should read this candid interview with @AOC from start to finish. [View all]Gothmog
(145,908 posts)51. AOC said she might quit politics, as some centrist Democrats blame progressives for House losses
Why read the NYT? I have been boycotting the NY for a long time and I am happy with other sources that did not work to elect trump. I will not open any NYT articles but I found this description of this interview to be interesting and sufficient
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"I don't even know if I want to be in politics," she told The Times. "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."
The Bronx native said the Democratic party has been hostile to progressive causes, like Medicare for All and the Movement for Black Lives.
"Externally, there's been a ton of support," she said, according to The Times. "But internally, it's been extremely hostile to anything that even smells progressive."
The interview happened Saturday, shortly after major news networks called the election for President-elect Joe Biden. While Biden won the presidency, Democrats down-ticket didn't fare quite as well, with some centrist party leaders blaming progressive messaging for the loss of House seats.
The Bronx native said the Democratic party has been hostile to progressive causes, like Medicare for All and the Movement for Black Lives.
"Externally, there's been a ton of support," she said, according to The Times. "But internally, it's been extremely hostile to anything that even smells progressive."
The interview happened Saturday, shortly after major news networks called the election for President-elect Joe Biden. While Biden won the presidency, Democrats down-ticket didn't fare quite as well, with some centrist party leaders blaming progressive messaging for the loss of House seats.
I am not impressed with her explanation
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Everyone should read this candid interview with @AOC from start to finish. [View all]
melman
Nov 2020
OP
I am not going to start getting in fights and taking sides within the Democratic Party nigh 12 hours
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#2
I like AOC. I am good with Sanders staying in his Independent self role. I and too many democrats
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#12
Also, I will just say here and now. Pelsoi, every step 0of the way. Out of everyone with Trump term,
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#14
You know this is a response to attacks being levied against her and the progressive wing, right?
PTWB
Nov 2020
#17
Why bother to read the article? It's easier to just say she's terrible and should be more like
Bettie
Nov 2020
#6
My point is not that she is too ambitious, but that her ambition sometimes gets in the way of her
beastie boy
Nov 2020
#28
She got where she is by challenging mainstream Dems, so she's going to ride that horse as far as...
LudwigPastorius
Nov 2020
#56
No when she can win a moderate seat outside of the Safe Bronx seat she occupies, I would be
Demsrule86
Nov 2020
#13
I read the entire thing, but really all I and many Democrats needed to read is this:
George II
Nov 2020
#18
But when some of her Democratic colleagues reach out to the middle she's there to criticize them.
George II
Nov 2020
#41
AOC said she might quit politics, as some centrist Democrats blame progressives for House losses
Gothmog
Nov 2020
#51
By the way, in the 14th District of NY here are the comparative vote tallies:
George II
Nov 2020
#57