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turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 06:13 PM Nov 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: There Is No 'Both Sides' Comparison To The Marjorie Taylor Greenes

Wanting religious fascism is not the same as supporting student debt forgiveness.

By John Amato — November 12, 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained to CNN's Chris Wallace that the "both sides" of political parties are too extreme argument is completely wrong.

Wallace asked, "People want both parties from the fringes and the extremes back to the center."

"It's important for us to dig into the substance of what that actually means," AOC said..

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/11/aoc-there-no-both-sides-comparison

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: There Is No 'Both Sides' Comparison To The Marjorie Taylor Greenes (Original Post) turbinetree Nov 2022 OP
AOC is at her best in interviews and on Congressional Committees Raven123 Nov 2022 #1
AFTER Pelosi retires she'll make a great replacement for democratic house speaker reymega life Nov 2022 #2
K&R spanone Nov 2022 #3
She's right, there are no fringes and extremes SharonClark Nov 2022 #4
Was wondering, AOC wins RussBLib Nov 2022 #5

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. She's right, there are no fringes and extremes
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 06:25 PM
Nov 2022

in Democratic elected officials. Wallace, and other lazy reporters, need to be challenged by every Dem, particularly conservatives ones.

RussBLib

(9,037 posts)
5. Was wondering, AOC wins
Sat Nov 12, 2022, 06:55 PM
Nov 2022

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the other members of the "Squad" were re-elected Tuesday, cruising to victory in their deep-blue congressional districts by wide margins.

The Associated Press has called the races for Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Reps. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-other-squad-members-win-landslide-victories-2022-elections

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