Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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RDU VOL#14 said:
Unfortunately she never will. She’s here for the long run, whether it be as an elected official or host of some garbage tv show she’s here.
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Unfortunately you are correct. Most likely she remains in politics and keeps getting elected.
 
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Vulnerable New Mexico Democrat Condemns AOC for Cheering Decline of Oil Prices
2020 ELECTION

'A champion for the working class should be a champion for all workers'

Collin Anderson - APRIL 22, 2020 3:00 PM

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday drew fire from a fellow freshman Democrat for cheering on the collapse of oil prices.

Ocasio-Cortez faced criticism Monday for a tweet in which she said "you absolutely love to see" plunging oil prices. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D., N.M.), whose district includes the oil-rich Permian Basin, admonished Ocasio-Cortez, accusing her of taking joy in an economic crash that could destroy the livelihoods of thousands of workers.

"A champion for the working class should be a champion for all workers," Torres Small said in a statement Tuesday. "In New Mexico, the working class is, in part, made up of tens of thousands of oil and gas workers who have worked hard every day to power our state and now stand to lose their livelihoods. No person should take joy in their suffering."

The rising prominence of far-left figures like Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Party's liberal lurch create challenges for candidates like Torres Small. The New Mexico Democrat was narrowly elected in 2018 as a moderate in a conservative district after GOP incumbent Steve Pearce opted to run for governor. Republicans on the campaign trail have attempted to equate Torres Small with her national partymates. Claire Chase, a former energy sector worker and one of three candidates for the GOP nomination, said Torres Small's criticism means little if she continues to toe a party line that is hostile to oil and gas workers.

"I'm glad we w
ere finally able to shame Xochitl Torres Small into offering an ounce of criticism for her radical party," Chase told the Washington Free Beacon. "Unfortunately, this muted criticism will be meaningless when Xochitl eventually endorses Joe Biden, who has vowed to ban oil drilling and bankrupt our state."

Chase had called on Torres Small to condemn Ocasio-Cortez's remarks Monday. She pointed to "over 100,000 New Mexico jobs" threatened by the dramatic drop in oil prices, which fell into negative territory for the first time in history. Following the bipartisan criticism, Ocasio-Cortez deleted her tweet celebrating the tumble, replacing it with a new tweet touting her $94 trillion Green New Deal.

Increased animosity from progressives toward the American oil industry could spell trouble for Democrats pitching themselves as moderates to swing-state voters. Biden in March said he would prevent oil companies from drilling as part of his effort to fight climate change following pressure from socialist senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). The Biden campaign walked back the controversial statement by saying Biden had "misspoken."

Vulnerable New Mexico Democrat Condemns AOC for Cheering Decline of Oil Prices
 
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Spoiled ignorant American woman.

No problem, we don't need your labor.

Why don't you and the others who think like you go organize, come up with a product, solution, service, or that alternative energy, form a corporation, and have the employee owned entity go and thrive.........

When and if (both big probabilities of never happening) you become successful, and really earn real money, see how long before the infighting begins and greed and envy set in and see just how principled you all are.
 
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