Kennedy made the swipe at the Democratic lawmaker during an interview with Fox News, saying she is “kind of like Vice President Kamala Harris, but with more bartending experience.” He went on to say that she has “never been accused of being a policy maven.”
AOC reacted on social media, saying “my having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you’ve swung from your whole career.”
“Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?,” she added.
i love how fucking terrified the GOP is of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. to be fair, they should be.
if the only thing you can think of to criticize is “you worked at a bar,” then your position is absurdly, pathetically, hilariously weak
Trump “worked” at a McD, lol
Didn’t even last a day
It was probably just that he was having a dementia episode at the time, but he seemed genuinely happier than I’ve ever seen him before when he was working that drive thru.
Yeah, truth nuke
They’re scared of her and the younger, more progressive wing because they’re generally a LOT harder to win against than the typical milquetoast establishment/status-quo boomer Democratic candidates, by simple virtue of the fact that they tend to be way better at their jobs, and way more responsive to their constituents.
Just for numbers sake, “Accommodation and food services” (which would include bartenders) is the third largest US workforce at ~8%.
CongressThe US House of Representatives has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.Sounds like we need more AOCs.
Congress has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.
Sorry, best I can do is a bunch geriatric members of congress, political dynasties, and life long politicians.
You said the same thing three times…
There’s nothing wrong with life-long politicians, but we need more variety and less concern for getting reelected over doing what’s right.
Congress has 535 members, you’re off by 100. It should be 43 members with food service experience.
Whoops, I said Congress, but meant the US House of Representatives (since that is what AOC is).
The Senate has an even 100, so plus another 8 on their side.
AOC lives rent free in these people’s heads.
I mean, she’s almost tailor-made to make them practically short out.
One, she’s obviously a smoke-show and we might as well acknowledge that fact. Add to that, she is obviously very smart and a great speaker, and not afraid to speak up. Being a woman and a POC compounds their feels. She’s also often aligned with the likes of Bernie on many issues.
Add all this up, and it’s no wonder most Republicans behave like confused middle-school boys and don’t know what to do with their conflicted feelings and end up saying/doing things that more or less boil down to the equivalent of pulling her hair and snapping her bra.
It usually comes out so incoherent and cringe - I seem to remember some winger(s) saying something about how she was a “hypocrite” for dating a white guy?
I’m more than happy not to charge her rent.
…that sounds creepy, but I just mean I’m glad she’s in politics fighting the progressive fight, and I support her. lol
… And their AI-generated fantasies. Eww…
Ben Shapiro has spent at least $1,000 generating AOC foot porn.
Um, that costs money
Well now the Pentagon has something to spend that $500 billion on 🫠
They are making fun of a normies citizen what became a representative of the people. Do they not realize that?
Rich folks should be banned from being in politics, honestly.
Rich people should just be banned
Imagine not being a wealthy nepobaby
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Does he think harris was that bad. I had no issue with harris which is why I voted for her. I mean satan, it would be hard to have an issue with someone as bad as the battrump crazy that is republicans now.
Does he think
I’m going to stop you there. :)
It is ridiculous.
It shows the elitism of those politicians. A representatives supposed represent us but they are multimillionaires and even billionaires.
According to stupid right wing narratives and framing, being a centimillionaire or a billionaire is not elitist, but knowing stuff, having an education and qualifications and experience is “elitist”.
So, a scientist, still paying off student loans decades later (but when they talk about their subject matter, they make a winger feel talked down to) - elitist.
Scumbag parasitic idle rich jackass born with a silver spoon in their mouth, never worked a day in their lives, and accrued billions - NOT elitist.
Since the cons have so distorted the concept of elitist to mean only someone that’s educated, smart, etc., and has no money/power component to it, I’m kind of glad that people have started talking about the Epstein Class. Because when we talk about elitist jackasses, I have the feeling that we are talking about money/power and the base of the Republican Party think “poindexters that went to college”.
Responding to the fascists seems to me a lot like trying to have a meaningful conversation with one of those inflatable dancing tube men things. You’re well within your rights, but you’re trying to have a conversation with nothing more than a bag of wind that always goes limp the moment someone pulls its cord.
I take it as her response is for people, not for him. Sometimes people need someone to spell out things. Like the representative thing, so they can understand billionaires might not have their best interest at heart over someone that actually has gone through the same struggles they are under.
Yeah, although sometimes ya do gotta let off a little steam… but you are right.
TBH I don’t think any republican anywhere is qualified for any sort of leadership role of any kind.
many behaviors, traits, characteristics that lead them to ’conservativism’ should preclude them from being public servants
I would celebrate so much if she became president one day. Those old white men would be so pissed off.
I hope she runs for NY governor or something soon. I’d like to see her as president, but I don’t think her campaign would have much success if her only political experience is as a congresswoman. Historically, it’s hard for a presidential candidate to succeed without first having some experience in an executive role (like governor, or as a general). Plus, imagine how much she and Mandami could get done together if he were running NYC and she were the governor.
I think the party has already made a deal with her: if she agrees to not run for President in 2028, they will clear the field for her to take Chuck’s Senate seat instead.
I think she could do better than that.
The Senate is a good gig, it can be a lot easier to get foreign policy experience there than as a Governor.
Sure, but not executive experience.
If you look at most successful candidates for president they were either governors or generals (or lately CEOs). You can guess what the attacks against AOC are going to be. One will certainly be that she doesn’t have the experience, especially as a key decision maker. Personally, I think she’d be a fine president right now. But, to convince enough other people I think she’ll need to prove to them that she knows what she’s doing at the “big desk”.
Obama was never a Governor. JFK was never a Governor. It is very possible to win the Presidency as a sitting Senator.
I think she would make a fine President now, but a better one with two Senate terms under her belt.
Those are 2 exceptions out of how many?
I love the fact that he’s making fun of her for NOT having an elitist background. What trash.
Whenever I’m arguing with someone about TACO I just point out that what we really needed was another rich, old, white man. That’ll fix our problems.
Not just rich, born rich.
If someone worked themselves to death 80hrs/week to build a fortune, forgoing family or personal development. That might not be “healthy” but at least we could all point at their work ethic and tenacity as something worthwhile.
But this fuck was just born into it. Never had to work a day in his life, just living off daddies dime.
She is correct.
Look at Trump, he has never really worked a day of his life. He is basically detached from the reality of 99% of us.
How much could one banana cost?
Is She being Discriminated against because she comes from a lower socio economic environment or just because she was a bar tender?
Yes
They love the bartending story, it makes her sound like she’s I r of us. They love leaving out she was also an intern for Ted Kennedy and groomed by 2 Israeli zionists.
