Senator Ocasio-Cortez. Has a nice sound to it.
2 months before election, every shit box MSM channel:
“AOC is a Communist! She loves North Korea! She wants to let violence run rampant in NYC and give candy to pedophiles to help them catch children! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DONT VOTE FOR HER!”
AOC has very much demonstrated over the past few years that she understands how to be a politician and not just a tankie firebrand.
So she would at least be able to answer that with something like “No. I actively condemn the human rights abuses by North Korea and <insert whatever list of pseudo-communist fascist regimes get spewed>. What I do not condemn are government programs to assist those in need and…”
Whether that would be enough? I doubt it. But it would give her a fighting chance with familes that actually understand how horrific these “communist” regimes actually were. Rather than refusing to condemn them because they had good branding like certain other American Left Wing politicians.
Whether or not she had a good response it wouldn’t be broadcasted over the billionaire owned media
Which is still a lot better than Certain Other American Leftists who can’t even say “I condemn the horrors by the <blank> regime” because said regime identified as communist.
Sounds like the same rhetoric from a year ago when they were still trying to push Biden again.
TBF I don’t think any sane individual (or anyone with a 401k at this point) would mind having Biden again in office.
That implies they even give her the chance to talk as opposed to just having talking head asshats tell you these things about her. They wouldn’t dare interview her and accidentally expose their audience to anything positive about her.
It’s the same thing they did to Bernie, even “far left MSNBC” ran “Bernie loves Castro” stories constantly and had one chucklefuck talk about getting put to the firing squad if Bernie won…
it appears that your comment has triggered the tankies LMAO
So she would at least be able to answer that with something like “No. I actively condemn the human rights abuses by North Korea and <insert whatever list of pseudo-communist fascist regimes get spewed>. What I do not condemn are government programs to assist those in need and…”
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Senator Ocasio-Cortez has a nice ring to it.
Almost as nice as “the first female US president: President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”.
The GOP (and some Democrats) have been demonizing her since day 1. It would be a major uphill battle cause they know how to start the messaging early.
As opposed to… A straight, white, old, rich, cis-gendered, moderate male? That was our last president, and he didn’t get reelected. They’ll attack and demonize and exaggerate no matter what. The “appeal to both sides” approach has failed spectacularly, every single time. The only options left are to fight for progress, or roll over, and ignore as millions of people are harmed. I know what I’m choosing…
People keep saying that the Republicans have a magical ability to sink a politician by “demonizing” them in order to convince themselves that Hillary Clinton wasn’t a shitty candidate.
Day 1 is 7 years ago. Hillary was being demonizing in 1992 and ran for president in 2016.
They know that any charming or well funded democrat needs to be shat on years in advance of any presidential ambitions in order to make whatever groaning pork mound ends up on their ticket stands a chance
Some of us thought Schumer had a spine. Turns out, he really doesn’t.
To be clear:
I don’t think ANYONE thought schumer had a spine. But we at least expected him to do the absolute bare minimum rather than campaign for the republicans themselves.
It wasn’t a spine but a giant dildo.
Could we maybe not attack our LGBTQ+ friends?
There are much better ways to insult a traitorous piece of shit that doesn’t involve resorting to homophobic language and insults.
Since when are dildos specifically an LGBTQ+ thing?
This isn’t homophobic my friend. Except if you deny cis men bodily pleasures just because you want to categorize them.
Besides that, he uses it as a prosthetic to keep him upright.
Ah, my mistake. I wasn’t aware you were… complimenting schumer for being comfortable with his own sexuality?
Do better. Our friends need to know we are allies since they are already on the front lines whether they like it or not.
Implying the presence of a dildo as a structural member(ha) doesn’t negate or speak hatefully about the use of sex toys or people who use them, but it does imply he was being submissive to someone else(GOP). This has nothing to do with LGBTQ+ support. Sex toys don’t belong to just them.
I need to do better? You were the one running to conclusions.
Relax my dear. Grab a therapeutic massaging device.
It turns out the real dildo was the friends we made along the way?
Stop concern trolling. No one attacked anyone but Schumer.
What was homophobic about that comment?
They need to constantly be the center of attention and a pick-me.
Schumer is male. The big schoolyard insult is that he has a dildo up his ass.
There are two ways to interpret that. One is that he is very comfortable with his sexuality and enjoys pressure on his prostate. The other being that he wants to have sex with a man or is “submissive” (and calling THAT an insult is also pretty shitty) and so forth.
The chud-lites are pretending that it totally wasn’t an insult and they were just giving a non sequitor about how schumer is comfortable in his sexuality and that anyone who thinks they were calling him gay (as an insult) is the real villain. I would say that whether people can even think that with a straight face says a lot about them as a person.
Jesus Christ, you’re interpreting a lot of bullshit into this.
You are right, this conversation was all about you after all.
Do you ever get sick of yourself? Cuz we do.
I for one agree that kind of sexualized criticism is inappropriate. I think a reasonable person would read it as trying to demean Schumer by associating him with other-than-straight behavior.
I saw him in Prospect Park (Brooklyn) once and he legitimately was walking around with atrocious posture. Funny, in retrospect.
It was always Pelosi calling the shots (for better or worse). Schumer was always there as a fundraiser.
Pelosi has a LOT of conflicting loyalties and interests but she is a leader. She is not the leader I want, but she is a leader.
Schumer has actively undermined Democrat efforts. It is hard to argue why we should even fight for Senate seats (and by association, House) when he is actively going to give up what little strength we have so that he can go home earlier.
The Democrats need to make him stand down as minority leader ASAP and I have repeatedly said as much when calling in at the various levels.
My job is to keep the left pro-Israel.
- Chuck Schumer
If you add every single undecided to Schumer…
The survey by the liberal firm Data for Progress, first shared with POLITICO, found that 55 percent of Democratic likely voters said they supported or leaned toward supporting Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, while 36 percent backed or leaned toward backing Sen. Schumer. Nine percent were undecided.
AOC would still have a double digit lead…
That is hilariously damning for Schumer. Granted, I don’t trust a poll these days further than I could throw an overweight pollster, but still: that is FAR outside the margin of error. Schumer fucking torpedoed his own legacy, and (save for the context of the government falling the fuck apart) it’s fucking hilarious. There’s going to be a whole chapter named after that dipshit in EU history textbooks (I don’t think the US will have history textbooks for a while. Or, they won’t be “US” history textbooks), and it’s going to be about the progression of how the DNC was captured by monied interests, and subsequently incrementalized their way into utter irrelevance.
It won’t be a whole chapter. He’ll probably get a sentence that might not even mention his name, as the former leader of the defunct minority party that did nothing to slow the tide of fascism
Can’t get complacent, though. All seasoned politicians are experienced in rehabilitating their image before an election.
The election isn’t until 2028. I doubt Chuck even runs again, he’ll be 78. That Senate seat is likely AOC’s to claim, as long as she doesn’t run for President instead.
(And I bet that Senate seat will be her reward for not offering a primary challenge to Gavin Newsom…)
Per the article:
Schumer has filed paperwork to run for reelection.
Remember Dianne Feinstein. These mummies want to stay in power long, long after they should step down.
Of course he filed paperwork, that just lets him raise money. I expect him not to run, and spread the money around to candidates he likes…
Maybe he “stays in the race” for as long as it takes AOC to decide to not run for President …
For real, I don’t get why everyone is so excited over this. The political landscape will look very different in 2028 anyway.
The political landscape in 2028:
Seems like an accurate prediction.
Also in 2025, 2026, and 2027.
No. The next U.S. Senate elections will be held on November 3, 2026. You know, next year.
Yes, but only about a third of the senate is up for re-election each time. schumer’s term doesn’t end until 2028.
But Senators serve 6 years, and Chuck was elected to his 6 year term in 2022.
Ah you’re right, NY isn’t even on the elections list.
Oh yes do it AOC do it!
It is unclear what the Schumer-Ocasio-Cortez poll could mean for the New York primary in three years, however, with surveys this early rarely being predictive. Ocasio-Cortez has also been noncommittal about a potential Senate run. Schumer has filed paperwork to run for reelection.
This is a fluff piece, with zero real substance.
How so? It’s reporting on the surprising and interesting results of this new poll.
It shouldn’t be surprising after what he did. Run a poll for two representatives in a state, one who is doing something and one that backstabbed efforts to help the public, I would hope the first is favored.
Is it indicative that Democrats in New York (and elsewhere, surely) are primed for the people they elected to grow spines? Sure. We knew that, I think.
Does it have anything at all to do with Schumer’s Senate seat three years from now? Not really.
Sure. We knew that, I think.
Schumer may not have known that, and now he does. And he knows we know it too. That’s why this is an interesting new piece.
I would hope she runs for president not senate.
Look out dinosaurs, the mammals are coming!
That’s just because of the… Uh… checks notes Anti-semites! Yeah!
So that means they’re gonna hold a vote and oust him?
