trump attacks AOC's education at PA rally today - she's has great twitter reply

[iluvtennis]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC·39m
US House candidate, NY-14
I could say yes, but who cares? Plenty of people without college degrees could run this country better than Trump ever has.

As much as GOP cry about “elites,” they’re the ones who constantly mock food service workers, people w/o degrees, etc as dumb. It’s classist & disgusting.

Link to tweet

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this idiot has no platform...he's running on throwing personal attacks at the Dems. ugggh.

[Voltaire2]

1. this is how you reject the framing

[Nay]

16. Yep. And she's about the first elected Democrat who's able to do it. nt

[Harker]

17. +33. n/t

[JDC]

26. It really is.

With the straight up truth worded concisely and to the point.

[SMC22307]

41. Seriously. Why don't more Dems do it? Drives me nuts. (n/t)

[malaise]

2. I would have loved her to add that the sat her own SATs

[AZ8theist]

46. Exactly.

She could have said "Yes, I went to college and I took my OWN SATs...."

That would trigger the IMBECILIC TRAITOR.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Hey Donnie, I wouldn't go there if I were you . . . . . .

Ocasio-Cortez attended Yorktown High School, graduating in 2007. * * * * She came in second in the microbiology category of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a research project on the effect of antioxidants on the lifespan of the nematode C. elegans. In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory named a small asteroid after her: 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.
In high school, she took part in the National Hispanic Institute's Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended Boston University. Ocasio-Cortez had a John F. Lopez Fellowship.

After graduating from high school, Ocasio-Cortez enrolled at Boston University. Her father died of lung cancer in 2008 during her second year, and Ocasio-Cortez became involved in a lengthy probate battle to settle his estate. She has said that the experience helped her learn "first-hand how attorneys appointed by the court to administer an estate can enrich themselves at the expense of the families struggling to make sense of the bureaucracy." During college, Ocasio-Cortez served as an intern for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, in his section on foreign affairs and immigration issues. She recalled, "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by ICE, I was the one that had to pick up that phone. I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system." Ocasio-Cortez graduated from Boston University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both international relations and economics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez

[The Magistrate]

4. Thank You For the Background, Ma'am

I understand a little better why she impresses me so.

[iluvtennis]

12. + 1. nt

[AZ8theist]

47. I didn't need to see her background to know....

she's far, far, FAR, FAR MORE INTELLIGENT than the Imbecile in the WH.

AOC can string more than two coherent sentences together at one time. Doturd CANNOT.

AOC will a superstar in the party for years to come. I just hope I'm still around to vote for her for President.

[BComplex]

55. I hope by then a WOMAN being president won't be so strange for so many voters.

It's way past time to crack that glass ceiling.

[mwooldri]

5. And as for DJT's college transcripts...

... wonder why they're locked up on pain of lawsuit?

[WyattKansas]

6. tRUMP proves yet again that a college degree does not mean intelligent.

But to be fair, I am sure that we all can agree that Donnie Dumbass had to cheat the entire way through college life for any alleged degree with his name on it... If it was not just printed on his computer or by his father's connections with a printer to show his so called credentials. Of course Donnie Dumbass will gladly give you 'his copy' of his academic summary, instead of a copy of his real academic record.

[PinkTiger]

18. His transcripts are

Under academic audit. Lol

[ffr]

7. She is going to go far as a leader.

I'd gladly follow her lead.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. "She did go to college, right?"..........

asks the "man" who paid someone to take his SAT's......

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. What was your GPA, Donnie Boy?

I suspect that your father was informed like so:

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Yes the GOP accuses us of class warfare, then they dish out class warfare /nt

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Just more spewage from a desperate orange boy. All he knows. Think he'll "pivot" MSM??

[Caliman73]

13. On the "elites"

When liberal and people on the left talk about "the elites" we typically mean people who have large sums of money and political power and who use that money and power to shape public policy (I.E. The Koch Brothers who have spent millions of dollars setting up right wing think tanks in Universities and who have funded so-called grass roots efforts to push a right wing agenda).

When conservative people talk about "the elites" they are talking about smart people basically. People who studied at University, who have a level of expertise and authority in a field and who use that expertise to inform public policy.

That is the difference in the use of the word "elite".

[iluvtennis]

14. My mindset has always been on the liberal definition. I always wondered why the rethugs dubbed Dems

as elites. Now, I know, they re-spun the word for their purposes - just like they do everything else.

[Caliman73]

27. Republicans dissemble and lie with apparent ease.

There is a tiny grain of truth in what they say about "elites" regarding Government officials too. People further to the left than Democrats will also include Senators and members of Congress in the term elite because at this point, 95% or more of our elected National government reps are millionaires or more AND we know that our "elites" (the Liberal definition) give them money, or sweet deals, or employment after they leave office, etc... in order to gain access to legislation. So people like McConnell, Nunes, Pelosi, and Schumer are also called "elites" by the left.

The truly weird thing is that people like Ted Cruz will rail against "the elites" in Washington, meaning Pelosi, when that asshole would also be considered "elite" by his very definition, and that piece of crap takes money directly from the big fossil fuel companies and other billionaires.

The thing we need to remember is that Liberals tend to think about words as communicating meaning and information. When we talk about apples, we mean those red, green, and other colored fruits that grow in trees and have varying levels of sweet/tart flavor that we eat. Republicans use words to trigger emotion. They say things like "liberty" which is abstract as all hell, but they say it to trigger feelings of animosity toward rules that they dislike. "Being told to wear a mask to stop the spread of a deadly contagious disease, is an affront to your liberty." A woman being told she cannot make decisions about her own body is not a challenge to "liberty" at all I guess, that is "pro-life" even though that same child will be denied healthcare, food, or any other protection once it is born, leading to a bad life and likely early death.

Bottom line. Republicans are liars. They use words to manipulate not to inform.

[OMGWTF]

32. Precisely and beautifully stated.

[iluvtennis]

44. Well said. nt

[japple]

15. Yeah, she went to college, you idiot, and she didn't have to pay a smart person to

take the SAT exams for her!

[Earthshine2]

33. Trump's niece (Mary) has Donald's sister on tape saying that he paid someone to take his SATs.

This should be front and center every time Trump criticizes someone else's intelligence or education.

[japple]

37. Yes, I read her book. I believe everything she wrote about him.

[Earthshine2]

38. I don't read any of the books. I just watch 'em on TV!

Mary Trump is very believable in interviews, and frankly, a rather likeable human being. She is sincere, intelligent, and very educated.

I want to give a special mention here ...

Michael Cohen's podcast is phenomenal! He's so good at running an audio show.

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/audio-up/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen

I liked every episode except for the one where he interviewed Omarosa. (She's as loathsome as Trump.)

[Harker]

19. Having others take your tests and submit your papers isn't

going to college.

Anti-intelligence, as are many of his supporters.

[hibbing]

20. Classism, always evident, rarely discussed n/t

[Illumination]

21. He does not know kindness like Joe does...Everything is all about him, so how could he?

[BeckyDem]

22. AOC, the future of the party. +1

[Earthshine2]

34. +1

[saidsimplesimon]

23. k&r, thank you AOC and iluvtennis

[2Legit]

24. There is no one in Congress that throws Twitter shade like AOC!

Plus, she does it with class and intelligence. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, "She can tell you to go to hell in a way that makes you look forward to the trip." I'm loving it. Not enough to set up a Twitter account, but still...

[iluvtennis]

25. + agree. Welcome to DU 2Legit.

[CottonBear]

35. Welcome to DU! I highly recommend Twitter!

You can multitask! Go for it!

[keithbvadu2]

28. Donald, challenge her to compare transcripts.

Donald, challenge her to compare transcripts.

That'll show her. Right?

[Turbineguy]

29. Trump should stick to attacking

people who are dumber than he is.

If he can find any.

[jayschool2013]

30. The unfunniest roast host ever

Give me Don Rickles or Triumph the Insult Dog Comic any day.

[nwduke]

31. From the moron

who paid someone to take his SAT's so he could scam his way into college!

[warmfeet]

36. I know not, of a single shithole country.

I do know of one, specific, shithole, pretend president.

GOTV.

GOTV is the laxative that prevents shithole presidents from becoming a problem.

Flush those bowels out, we will all feel so much better in the end.

And, it only takes one flush, not 10 or 15.

GOTV.

[Blue Owl]

39. K&R

[bottomofthehill]

40. His Chief of Staff never finished college.

He shits on the Woman of Color with an undergraduate and law degree but his COS with the AA is a genius because he is a white dude.

[iluvtennis]

43. + 1. nt

[klook]

42. Trump's a functionally illiterate putz who was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth

and then squandered the unearned fortune his daddy left him, while cheating his relatives out of their share.

He deserves zero respect.

[area51]

45. AOC is a treasure.

[Cetacea]

49. +1000

[jybarz]

48. AOC graduated in BA double-major in Economics & Foreign Affairs- Cum Laude!

[DLCWIdem]

50. Surprisingly

Since his followers are mostly white without a college degree is he insulting his own followers. Would that make a good anti Trump ad if it was spinned right?

[crickets]

51. Good for AOC.

One of her brain cells could run rings around what passes for brains in his head. Perfect response on her part.

[Aussie105]

52. AOC has many things that you don't get in College . . .

Personality by the truckload, a quick wit, and the ability to sort the facts from the bulldust.

And the clincher . . . people actually LIKE her!

Commodities rarely found in the Trump camp. So, some envy there, Trump?

[Sherman A1]

53. A friggin card board box could run the country

Better than this piece of 💩.

[Trumpocalypse]

54. FYI

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

56. If I were her, I might have answered that I didn't need a Gentleman's C to graduate.

For those who don't know the term. the Gentleman's C is one of the less admirable traditions of the Ivy League. It is a passing grade in a course given to a student of "good family" (that is almost certainly how George W Bush got through Yale) or whose family has donated a large chunk of money to the school (which I'll bet is how Trump got through Penn) who doesn't deserve a passing grade.

I came across it when I was a graduate student at Harvard. I taught a class, and flunked a scion of a Boston Brahmin family. The department head called me in, and told me to change the grade to a C because of the student's family. I said that he had deserved an F, so I gave him one. The department head then changed the grade himself.

I then got a job at the university computer center, because I didn't want to be part of that sort of dishonesty. Oddly enough, it paid considerably better than being a teaching assistant.

[iluvtennis]

58. A Gentleman's C...never heard of that - thanks for educating me. And it was deplorable for the

Dept head to change the grade from F to C.

[eppur_se_muova]

57. AOC did as well as tRump on her SAT --

he paid someone to take it for him, so he has no SAT score.

[IronLionZion]

59. Lots of complaining about elites from a dude who claims to be a billionaire

hmm...

[tavernier]

60. Yes, she took her own tests as well,

and none of HER instructors have said that she was the dumbest student they ever had.