She seems like the type of person that breaks the glass during a building fire, grabs the axe, and says “Follow me.”
NinJesterV on
She’s not mainstream, she’s just learned that progress is incremental, not something achieved overnight just because you want it to happen.
confectionery_Mafura on
These people finally got their entry into politics, but then they realised that meant touching grass from time to time.
DatabaseFickle9306 on
Or, and hear me out, is being progressive a set of ideals and not an indie film act, and maybe those ideals are being embraced? Because this isn’t a fucking game.
DirtySouthProgress on
Lol AIPAC and some corporate donors declared war on the entire progressive movement because we don’t want anything to do with their war crimes and see the military industrial complex as entirely corrupt. They spent 10s of millions of dollars to get just 2 progressives out, but we got a progressive as VP candidate and the party has become significantly more accepting towards the movement as a whole.
The best part of it all? The policies we have always advocated for are very popular, and you can clearly see that with the level of enthusiasm Harris/Walz are generating. I thought Bernie in 2016/2020 were going to be our only chances, but this is it. This is our year. Let Harris and Walz warm the public up to our message, and then after that its time to drag this country into a better future for once.
Icy-Indication-3194 on
Outside of Walz the dem party roster is deep with talent. AOC, mayor Pete, Hakeem Jeffries to name a few.
JoyousCacophony on
Future President Ocasio-Cortez was fire tonight
Content_Log1708 on
She loves the limelights. Another one captured. Nice try working class.
Adizzy312 on
Hoping she goes on to the Senate next
jayfeather31 on
As a moderate leftist (liberal socialist/social democrat), I am really proud at how far she’s come and think she’ll be an excellent candidate for the Presidency in 2032.
An excellent speech all around.
OliviaBenson_20 on
She’s trying to get Chuck’s seat
Taino00 on
Is there a copy of her speech somewhere?
I_who_have_no_need on
I’m thrilled she is getting a moment in the spotlight but it is beyond frustrating to me that has had to work so hard for so long while others simply get opportunities handed to them. People remember Obama addressing the convention in 2004 but at that point his only real experience was in the Illinois senate.
I’ve watched for years as younger Republicans move up the hierarchy while Democratic leadership freezes their best talent out because they are not inline with the elderly leadership. I hope the party leadership is turning on this. I’m not convinced they are, but hopefully so, as it is long, long past due.
oblivimousness on
I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life
oblivimousness on
I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life
morts73 on
With the change to Kamala and giving AOC primetime they are pushing to get the younger voter more invested and energised for the election. Hopefully it works.
aslan_is_on_the_move on
She realized that “establishment” Democrats are progressives that are fighting for the same things she is.
kaigem on
When I first heard her years ago, I thought she’d never be president, but she’d make an amazing speaker of the house, with her ability to unify her party around legislation. Now I think she has the chops to run for president, and I want to see a world where she serves two terms and then runs for her old seat again to be speaker of the house. Let’s bring back the tradition of presidents continuing in public service post-presidency.
Copperbelt1 on
AOC killed it!
Hmm_6221 on
Loved her!
Schmidaho on
This headline gets it wrong: the mainstream has marched to *her.* The Democratic Party has gotten more progressive in the last six years.
AOC’s ideals haven’t changed at all, she’s just more familiar now with the practicalities required to achieve them.
i-love-freesias on
She’s smart. The priority is getting votes for the democratic candidates.
But don’t think for a minute she won’t keep holding her party’s feet to the fire after the election.
And it’s important that she does.
It says a lot about her savvy and intelligence, her ability to get on board with a strategy. But she would never sell her soul to a party strategy she didn’t embrace, like Kevin Traitor McCarthy did.
OuchieMuhBussy on
> long march
😏 heh
OceanicLemur on
It’s hilarious seeing people act like she’s any different than the day she took office. She hasn’t changed her stance on anything, everyone else is just learning she’s been right all along and getting in line to support her. The crowd went crazy before she even said a word, because they know she’s truly for the people.
YakiVegas on
I always liked AOC. I still do, but I used to, too.
AverageLiberalJoe on
The truth… *she was never a radical leftist.*
shortidiva21 on
She’s always been a lovely firecracker. What a wonderful human.
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AOC was on fire!
I look forward to voting for her in 12-16 years.
She cooked hard.
She seems like the type of person that breaks the glass during a building fire, grabs the axe, and says “Follow me.”
She’s not mainstream, she’s just learned that progress is incremental, not something achieved overnight just because you want it to happen.
These people finally got their entry into politics, but then they realised that meant touching grass from time to time.
Or, and hear me out, is being progressive a set of ideals and not an indie film act, and maybe those ideals are being embraced? Because this isn’t a fucking game.
Lol AIPAC and some corporate donors declared war on the entire progressive movement because we don’t want anything to do with their war crimes and see the military industrial complex as entirely corrupt. They spent 10s of millions of dollars to get just 2 progressives out, but we got a progressive as VP candidate and the party has become significantly more accepting towards the movement as a whole.
The best part of it all? The policies we have always advocated for are very popular, and you can clearly see that with the level of enthusiasm Harris/Walz are generating. I thought Bernie in 2016/2020 were going to be our only chances, but this is it. This is our year. Let Harris and Walz warm the public up to our message, and then after that its time to drag this country into a better future for once.
Outside of Walz the dem party roster is deep with talent. AOC, mayor Pete, Hakeem Jeffries to name a few.
Future President Ocasio-Cortez was fire tonight
She loves the limelights. Another one captured. Nice try working class.
Hoping she goes on to the Senate next
As a moderate leftist (liberal socialist/social democrat), I am really proud at how far she’s come and think she’ll be an excellent candidate for the Presidency in 2032.
An excellent speech all around.
She’s trying to get Chuck’s seat
Is there a copy of her speech somewhere?
I’m thrilled she is getting a moment in the spotlight but it is beyond frustrating to me that has had to work so hard for so long while others simply get opportunities handed to them. People remember Obama addressing the convention in 2004 but at that point his only real experience was in the Illinois senate.
I’ve watched for years as younger Republicans move up the hierarchy while Democratic leadership freezes their best talent out because they are not inline with the elderly leadership. I hope the party leadership is turning on this. I’m not convinced they are, but hopefully so, as it is long, long past due.
I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life
I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life
With the change to Kamala and giving AOC primetime they are pushing to get the younger voter more invested and energised for the election. Hopefully it works.
She realized that “establishment” Democrats are progressives that are fighting for the same things she is.
When I first heard her years ago, I thought she’d never be president, but she’d make an amazing speaker of the house, with her ability to unify her party around legislation. Now I think she has the chops to run for president, and I want to see a world where she serves two terms and then runs for her old seat again to be speaker of the house. Let’s bring back the tradition of presidents continuing in public service post-presidency.
AOC killed it!
Loved her!
This headline gets it wrong: the mainstream has marched to *her.* The Democratic Party has gotten more progressive in the last six years.
AOC’s ideals haven’t changed at all, she’s just more familiar now with the practicalities required to achieve them.
She’s smart. The priority is getting votes for the democratic candidates.
But don’t think for a minute she won’t keep holding her party’s feet to the fire after the election.
And it’s important that she does.
It says a lot about her savvy and intelligence, her ability to get on board with a strategy. But she would never sell her soul to a party strategy she didn’t embrace, like Kevin Traitor McCarthy did.
> long march
😏 heh
It’s hilarious seeing people act like she’s any different than the day she took office. She hasn’t changed her stance on anything, everyone else is just learning she’s been right all along and getting in line to support her. The crowd went crazy before she even said a word, because they know she’s truly for the people.
I always liked AOC. I still do, but I used to, too.
The truth… *she was never a radical leftist.*
She’s always been a lovely firecracker. What a wonderful human.