AOC: Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections?

[LisaM]

65. No, it doesn't make "one of us". Lots of people here enjoy her commentary.

Cherry picking a couple of quotes doesn't change that.

Is she to the right of me? Sure. And some people are to the left of me, though I consider myself to be on the left-leaning side of the center left moniker, albeit with a practical bent.

But she knows the Senate, knows a lot of the people in it, was brilliant during impeachment, and has delivered plenty of zingers on the talk shows (which can't be easy on any of these people, frankly, endlessly having to be "on" at home all the time, ready to treat their homes as a TV set and mixing their personal and work lives to an extent that is probably unimaginable to most of us). Listening to her, it's pretty clear that she herself leans more left than her constituents, but I think she tried to serve them well and it's to their discredit that she was voted out.

I like AOC, but sometimes I wish she'd see a little bit bigger picture. There are places where being more progressive (and aggressive) on some issues helped the Dems and helped turnout. There are also places where it didn't and where it also energized the other side and attacks against Democrats. I think AOC has a great career ahead of her. I look forward to watching it. I just wish she'd temper herself a little bit and stop worrying quite so much about making wisecracks on Twitter.