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11/16/18 9:51am
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Conservatives' Demented Obsession With Ocasio-Cortez Is Disgusting And Needs To Stop
There's a swarming of conservative sexist creeps deciding they have something clever to say about the new member of Congress. It's not clever or professional. An editorial by John Amato.
By John Amato
It's time for the conservative movement, Fox News and their other right-wing acolytes to stop attacking and vilifying a young woman who has yet to be sworn into Congress.
The conservative playbook has always been to demonize progressive candidates so much that their wingnut base winds up supporting a pedophile over a Democrat.
I know conservatives recoil at the prospect that the American people want our federal and local governments to actually function. Any politician who puts forth an idea that government might actually work? Scares the daylights out of them.
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is a tough cookie and not easily shaken. She is also now the congresswoman-elect to my hometown.
The attacks on Ocasio-Cortez are over the top. It's disgusting and it needs to stop.
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https://crooksandliars.com/2018/11/conservative-demented-obession-ocasio
eissa
(4,238 posts)judging by some posts here. Some people seem laser-focused on every little thing she does, just waiting to jump on any misstep. Its really disappointing.
demmiblue
(36,903 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,244 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)maxsolomon
(33,432 posts)she's not the salt of the earth and she said she was! don't trust this evil woman!
if she wasn't a threat they wouldn't be turning her into Emmanuel Goldstein. pre-emptive ad hominem attacks for when she's old enough to run for President - in 6 years.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)I'm skeptical of her as a future party leader but we will see what the future holds. She's young and as long as she doesn't do anything stupid she can hold that seat as long as she wants it.
As far as the GOP is concerned she is young, progressive, latino, and a woman with power. She is going to be the star of the fundraising emails and letters for the next 2 years.