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In reply to the discussion: Ocasio-Cortez backs campaign to primary fellow Democrats [View all]Bettie
(16,089 posts)Look, I'm just tired of seeing thread after thread every single day attacking this young woman for the sin of winning a seat in an election. The way people go on about her, you'd think they would have been happier to see a republican win.
That's what it comes down to. You can say whatever you want about it, but the complaints began the second she won the primary and have not changed appreciably since that day. They haven't even abated, they've gotten worse and more strident.
She's supposed to sit down and shut up.
She won't. She actually believes that she can change things.
I wish I believed that there could be change beyond who is in charge of the status quo, but I like seeing someone young enough to have optimism that our government still could work FOR the people more than it does for the corporate persons and the very, very wealthy.
I like seeing a person of modest means in congress rather than the usual crowd of the rich and the VERY rich.
We're not going to agree on this.
I do wonder why the whole "support Democrats" thing doesn't apply to Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.