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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,569 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:35 PM Mar 2020

AOC Backed Away from Sanders Campaign after Joe Rogan Endorsement

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) declined multiple pleas from the Bernie Sanders campaign to stump for the Vermont senator’s candidacy after the Iowa caucuses, according to HuffPost.

Ocasio-Cortez was heavily involved in the campaign’s buildup to Iowa, headlining seven rallies for Sanders in Iowa over the weekend of January 24 to January 26.

But the progressive New York representative disagreed with the campaign over its decision to promote the endorsement of Joe Rogan, the popular podcaster who has been criticized by LGBT activists for opposing puberty blockers for gender-confused children. He has also spoken out against the participation of biological males competing in women’s sports.

Faiz Shakir, Sanders campaign manager, also reportedly criticized Ocasio-Cortez for a polarizing speech in which she advocated for those in attendance to help illegal aliens to avoid ICE. She also failed to mention Sanders’s name in the January 25th speech — a fact highlighted by Fox News.

https://news.yahoo.com/pulling-teeth-aoc-backed-away-165225992.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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AOC Backed Away from Sanders Campaign after Joe Rogan Endorsement (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP

She's more pragmatic than she sometimes appears. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #1

Agreed BigOleDummy Mar 2020 #10

I think she is trying to back away from Bernie. showblue22 Mar 2020 #2

Hope so, although "finally" would definitely be the word. Hortensis Mar 2020 #7

She's very smart relayerbob Mar 2020 #3

Good for her. Rogan is a racist sexist piece of shit. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #4

And for some reason he has a dedicated fanbase Codeine Mar 2020 #8

Bernie doesn't realize or maybe does but doesn't care showblue22 Mar 2020 #5

Come on over to Biden, Alexandria! SunSeeker Mar 2020 #6

Maybe the bros got to her. This isn't the first time they've eaten their own ecstatic Mar 2020 #9

"She also failed to mention Sanders's name in the January 25th speech -- a fact highlighted by Fox.." Cha Mar 2020 #11

K&R ehrnst Mar 2020 #12

TwilightZone

(28,356 posts)

1. She's more pragmatic than she sometimes appears.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:39 PM

Mar 2020

That's a good thing.

The Rogan defenders will be along shortly to throw her under the bus.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

BigOleDummy

(2,274 posts)

10. Agreed

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:56 PM

Mar 2020

An extremely intelligent young woman who has a very bright future ahead of her. Count me as a fan and as a supporter if she ever decides to move up the political ladder

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

showblue22

(1,026 posts)

2. I think she is trying to back away from Bernie.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:52 PM

Mar 2020

She is smart and I think she finally saw through him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

7. Hope so, although "finally" would definitely be the word.

Reply to showblue22 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 02:21 PM

Mar 2020

She interned on immigration issues for Senator Ted Kennedy, which meant doing constant battle against the inimical efforts of social conservative groups and Repubs, and of course she styles herself as representative of more than one minority group. So she must have picked up long ago on the socially conservative/nativist-leaning supporters Sanders' populist rhetoric draws and those elements in his positions. And, of course, she's female. All women working in that melange must have very thick skins.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

relayerbob

(6,963 posts)

3. She's very smart

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:56 PM

Mar 2020

While she agrees with bigger actions being taken to fix our societal imbalances and corruption, she also knows you have to work with people to get things done.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden