AOC says she might quit politics as Dems pin losses on progressives and top black lawmaker James Clyburn says defund the police was a disaster

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AOC says she might quit politics as Dems pin losses on progressives and top black lawmaker James Clyburn says defund the police was a disaster

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she considered not running for reelection and exiting politics because of how divided the Democratic Party has become
  • She claims establishment Democrats are ‘hostile’ they are toward progressives
  • Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina said labels from progressives like ‘socialist’ hurt the Party in its congressional races
  • He also said the ‘defund police’ movement, touting by Ocasio-Cortez and her ‘squad’, was detrimental to some key races this year
  • ‘I’ve always said that these headlines can kill a political effort,’ Clyburn said
  • Instead of an expected ‘blue wave’, Democrats lost several House incumbencies as many districts flipped red and some races thought to be a lock were lost
  • Ocasio-Cortez says she is not to blame for this flip: ‘Republicans levied very effective rhetorical attacks against our party’

By KATELYNKatelyn Caralle, Daily Mail, 9 November 2020:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed ‘Republican narratives’ for tearing Democrats apart as she revealed over the weekend she considered not running for reelection due to in-house fighting between the progressive and establishment arms of the Party.

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When asked by The New York Times if she would consider running for the Senate if Joe Biden’s administration ended up being too ‘hostile’ toward progressive causes, Ocasio-Cortez said, ‘I genuinely don’t know. I don’t even know if I want to be in politics.’

‘You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didn’t even know if I was going to run for re-election this year,’ she added.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was confident going into Tuesday’s election that the Democrat-controlled lower chamber would be able to pick up a dozen more seats to widen their majority.

Instead, Republicans were able to close the gap by so far gaining a net 8 seats, including beating incumbent Democrats and flipping several blue districts red. Although they still hold a minority, the margin is much slimmer, creating a more powerful GOP caucus in the House.

‘Republicans levied very effective rhetorical attacks against our party,’ Ocasio-Cortez told CNN’s Jake Tapper during an interview on ‘State of the Union’ Sunday morning.

Many establishment Democrats blamed progressive lawmakers for this loss, mainly Ocasio-Cortez and her ‘squad,’ which includes Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan; Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn is among the ranks of Democrats who butt heads with the ‘squad.’

He says labels like ‘socialist’ and calls from lawmakers to ‘defund the police’ can ‘kill a political effort’ because they are losing points with most Americans.

‘I don’t get hung up on labels,’ Clyburn said. ‘I’m an American, a very proud American. And I’m a Democrat, a very proud Democrat. So I just want us to be Democrats in a big tent, and these labels, I reject.’

NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Clyburn, the top ranking black Democrat in the House, if he feels the ‘defund police’ movement and socialism label cost his caucus seats this election cycle.

‘Well, I don’t know about all the seats,’ Clyburn said during his appearance on ‘Meet the Press’ Sunday morning.

‘I really believe that that’s what cost Joe Cunningham his seat,’ he added of the Democrat incumbent from South Carolina who lost to Republican challenger Nancy Mace.

‘And I can also tell you about the Senate here in South Carolina,’ Clyburn continued. ‘Jaime Harrison started to plateau when ‘defund the police’ showed up with a caption on TV, ran across his head. That stuff hurt Jaime. And that’s why I spoke out against it a long time ago.’

Harrison lost his effort against Senator Lindsey Graham to turn a South Carolina Senate seat blue.

‘I’ve always said that these headlines can kill a political effort,’ he told Todd. ‘We are all about making headway. And I just hope that going forward we will think about each one of these Congressional districts and let people represent their districts. You know, Joe Cunningham could not get elected in my district and I can’t get elected in his. So let’s recognize that the people should reflect that diversity in our country.’

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Łysy
Łysy
3 years ago

Hey d**b b**ch, there will always be a bar to be tended or a table to be waited!

scamada
scamada
3 years ago
Reply to  Łysy

she actually got the bar she used to work at closed because the laws she made destroyed their ability to remain open … but she has already stole millions from the tax payer and will have an entire career of speaking and book bs as a public “progressive legislator”

Worsethanitlooks
Worsethanitlooks
3 years ago

That would be too bad. The longer Dems follow this delusional narcissist the more damage she will inflict on their party. I smell MSNBC gig. Pays much better than political martyr. It took Biden over 40 years to cash in big time. She aint that patient.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

She was a gift to us and Trump capitalized on her and the other deranged misfits like Omar…

DeMaynerd
DeMaynerd
3 years ago

Please AOC, please resign!

Łysy
Łysy
3 years ago
Reply to  DeMaynerd

AOC, just STFU and GTFO!

livingengine
livingengine
3 years ago

Great!
Now do Pelosi!

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  livingengine

That would be nice, but I think she is there for life.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

…..which isn’t going to be much longer if her Parkinson gets much worse…I’m looking for her to face-plant on the floor of Congress at some point.

livingengine
livingengine
3 years ago

Ocasio-Cortez responds to criticism from moderate Democrats
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/11/08/sotu-aoc-criticism.cnn

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
Reply to  livingengine

God forbid if Biden gets in … they will happily pass his polices. They don’t have to label themselves socialists, communists or law enforcement haters. DEMS running didn’t push back on it and tried to ignore it. Biden/Harris will show their support for it in their actions and decent people will suffer.

The “blue wave” in 2018 was due to electronic cheating. This time around, I think they believed their fake polls and under estimated a Trump red wave. They had a back up plan but it was rushed and sloppy and their focus was on Trump not others running for office as it was in the 2018 midterms. That will change for 2022 .

I think they will repeat 2018 with software fraudi f this is not addressed and Trump gets a second term. DEMS are becoming more experienced doing this and how they knocked out Bernie in the primary. Bernie should have won….Major changes must be made to how we vote. It’s easily hacked and votes manipulated.

santashandler
santashandler
3 years ago

BS! She just wants attention. Of course she’s not going to quit politics, unfortunately.

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
3 years ago
Reply to  santashandler

To much $$$$$$$$$$$ for yapping with a big mouth and no functioning gray-matter.

rodgerrabbit
rodgerrabbit
3 years ago

Hey Alexandria, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

oceanfloor1
oceanfloor1
3 years ago

Don’t let the door hit your @$$ on the way out, you brain-dead Marxist moron.

WW
WW
3 years ago
Reply to  oceanfloor1

Wouldn’t bother me if she was knocked down by the door on the way out.

UR.carrion
UR.carrion
3 years ago

Hahahaha Bye Felicia! Sure you can get your job back serving those of use with jobs.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

The damage has been done. My guess is she is your typical communist. She likes the high life while others suffer. Her feelings maybe hurt but my guess is she will get over it. She is looking for sympathy. She enjoys being in the limelight. She was recruited for her z list acting skills…not for her brain.

Pantalones
Pantalones
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Let her suffer. That’s a good thing. Why feel sorry for her?

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

All these Dems are mentally impaired to not see truth + reality.
OR
So sociopathically twisted are incapable of telling the truth when knowing it when it’s looking them right in the face~ ie = they’ve gone around the bend into Twilight Zone psychotic.

Sader tho is the Repub RINO’s that’ve sat on their collective hands for decades while being career criminal’s via the crimes of omission.

anonQ
anonQ
3 years ago

“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she considered not running for reelection and exiting politics”

That would be awesome! And I think she’s retarded enough to do it too!

0ld_Fart
0ld_Fart
3 years ago

She’s not going to give away that meal ticket, or the fame and attention. Her brain-dead district supported her 5-2.

Sewer Maintenance
Sewer Maintenance
3 years ago

But what other walk of life is there for a hysterical shrew who always looks like she just stabbed her husband?

WittyWeasel
WittyWeasel
3 years ago

She couldn’t take the heat . . . so she’s going to storm out of the kitchen. She’s been an entitled little Princess from the beginning and now, when things don’t go her way, she throws a tantrum. . . . .no loss there . . !

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
3 years ago
Reply to  WittyWeasel

God, I hope so….and take Talib and Omar with her.

1PierreMontagne1
1PierreMontagne1
3 years ago

AOC is a leftist and as such is incapable of telling the truth.
None of what she says means what you think it means

ed
ed
3 years ago

AOC:
Couldn’t cut it as a bartender/waitress………….CHECK
Couldn’t cut it as a politician………………………..CHECK
Maybe she will be able to ask customers……”You want FRIIIIIIIIES with that ?!?!?!?!”

leonore35
leonore35
3 years ago

she said she considered it not that she actually did it. As far as I know she was re elected

blackfeather
blackfeather
3 years ago

she can go back to jerking drinks, and maybe a career in prostitution.

RetiredNavyphotog
RetiredNavyphotog
3 years ago
Reply to  blackfeather

Porn…before her big boobs start to sag.

ladywarrior
ladywarrior
3 years ago

So Cortez wins her election and now because other things are not going the way she wants…..she’s going to quit. HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!
Although….don’t see it happening….being in Congress is the only thing keeping her from being prosecuted on campaign finance fraud.

RetiredNavyphotog
RetiredNavyphotog
3 years ago

She could always do porn.

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
3 years ago

I can see it now, “Fun on the Farm”, starring AOC, Kattie Hill and “Billy”, one of the top animal performers in the industry.

RetiredNavyphotog
RetiredNavyphotog
3 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

They could get FBI horse face Lisa Page to join in.

Thurston Howell III
Thurston Howell III
3 years ago

Go away you ignorant POS.

Back to the bar where you belong wiping up puke in toilet stalls.

Dave Jensen
Dave Jensen
3 years ago

all I can say is don’t let the door hit you in the ass.

John Roberts
John Roberts
3 years ago
Reply to  Dave Jensen

No…No…Let it hit her as hard as possible…

Je Suis Prest
Je Suis Prest
3 years ago

AOC, and the rest, should be HANGED for their Treason.

VTS
VTS
3 years ago

If she quits it would be the most patriotic thing that she has ever done.

BarleyEducated
BarleyEducated
3 years ago

I love her. She should be speaker of the House and in charge of all committees. Our best and brightest outshine the world. Be a shame if this lassie doesn’t get promoted. 🙁

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
3 years ago

Is she crying? There’s no crying in politics.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

Does anyone think that this political whore is going to do anything right? Of course not!

Bart's Bantering
Bart's Bantering
3 years ago

Ahh, isn’t that so sad. Poor little cheap NYC barmaid might have to go back to serving whine and shots and crying about communists are not in power. Almost makes me tear up (laughing myself to tears actually)

Poetcomic1
Poetcomic1
3 years ago

I can see her morphing from politics to, say, a fragrance launch. After all she has accomplished the American dream – branded herself.

rooare
rooare
3 years ago

Just hot-air rhetoric just like celebrities saying they where leaving the US if Trump won in 2016.

ConanKong
ConanKong
3 years ago

AOC has no right to complain about hostility, as there are few things more hostile than making enemies’ lists.

Dorrie_
Dorrie_
3 years ago

REJOICE! Let’s get together and send her a PARTING GIFT!

BRUCINKO
BRUCINKO
3 years ago

With all the ‘Rona panic closing bars and restaurants it will be hard for her to return to bartending. The again, it’s said she was lousy at it, while stealing tips that should have been shared with her coworkers. Prison guard in a Biden re-education camp perhaps?

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago

Actually to run for coffice people should be able to pass an IQ + Citizenship Test with a high profficieny like 100% is expected 95% is failing.
Hey you must pass a drivers written and manual test to drive a car so runnng a nation is a waaay bigger deal…!

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