AOC Says Democrats Need To Elect 'Brawlers Who Fight' To Defeat The GOP
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"This isn't just about Republicans," the New York Democrat said during an event with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Nevada.

Summary

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called for Democrats to elect “brawlers” who fight for the working class to counter GOP power and oppose policies endorsed by figures like Elon Musk.

Speaking alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas, she criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for not filibustering a GOP spending bill and labeled the decision a “tremendous mistake.”

Ocasio-Cortez urged voters to support candidates willing to take bold stances.

She continues her “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Sanders across Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    There’s no vacation/retirement from social justice.

    He doesn’t have to fight in this way until he dies. He needs to select a successor, he needs to make sure that the next generation can continue the work, he needs to pass on what he’s learned. Lives have chapters, and he needs to be free to flip to the next one: being an elder statesman.

    Do I think he deserves some peace and quiet? Of course. Is he going to get any? Sadly, I don’t believe so. He’s been fighting the good fight his entire life…

    Oh, I definitely believe he’s continuing because he has to. I wish it wasn’t so.

    Him stepping back doesn’t mean we get a younger Bernie as a replacement.

    Certainly not. But Vermont hasn’t sent a Republican to Washington since 1989 (unless you count Jeffords in 1994 and 2000, who left the GOP in 2001), and has solidly reelected Sanders (a self-described socialist) to four terms, making it a reasonably safe seat to field a strong progressive voice for.

    He’s been doing this long enough that there should be plenty of younger Bernies, not even waiting in the wings, but in active government.

    Agreed. One problem with this is, of course, gerrymandering; another is that Democrats are staying in office until they’re very old. There are plenty of younger Bernies who have tried to get in the game, only to be shut out by establishment Democrats with more money, or by a Republican party that drew the maps to specifically deny leftist voices the chance to be in office.

    But there aren’t. The closest we got is AOC. And we could use a few dozen like her.

    …elected to replace a weak establishment Dem in a very blue state. I agree, but the systemic problems are something we need to really go after if we’re not going to do all of this over again every four years.

    Bernie isn’t holding anyone back.

    I don’t think he’s holding anyone back, at least not actively. I think his presence is just not encouraging the people who could replace him to get in the game.

    It would be odd if he was.

    Absolutely agree. He really doesn’t seem the type.

    When he goes, he’s likely to be replaced by a milquetoast neolib at best.

    There I disagree, but then again I know nothing about Vermont politics.