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melman

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31. She is the best

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Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:54 AM

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AOC on the floor of the House [View all] cilla4progress Jul 2020 OP

You tell him, AOC! MineralMan Jul 2020 #1

Love her!! sunflowerseed Jul 2020 #2

KnR Canoe52 Jul 2020 #3

I think she is a leader of cilla4progress Jul 2020 #4

Well she likes Bernie which is enough to make her an enemy to a certain faction here. Lucky Luciano Jul 2020 #30

Makes me admire her more. She is growing her roots all the way back to FDR. NCjack Jul 2020 #33

Haven't you heard?.. The Primary is OVER.. We're All ON Cha Jul 2020 #60

Concur. TomSlick Jul 2020 #79

Mahalo!! Cha Jul 2020 #80

S e do bheatha! TomSlick Jul 2020 #83

And, what language would that Cha Jul 2020 #87

Scottish Gaelic - or Erse. TomSlick Jul 2020 #104

Thank you for that, Tom Slick! yeah very interesting.. Cha Jul 2020 #105

I haven't seen Outlander. TomSlick Jul 2020 #107

There's no understanding anything they say when they're speaking Cha Jul 2020 #108

+++ still_one Jul 2020 #89

Mahalo, still_one!! Cha Jul 2020 #91

You too Cha still_one Jul 2020 #92

It is a total obsession with some. demmiblue Jul 2020 #70

"Obsession" NurseJackie Jul 2020 #94

"A certain faction here"? Aren't we all Democrats here? George II Jul 2020 #72

Excellent point! Yes We Are! Cha Jul 2020 #81

Everyone just needs to get their eyes in the horizon UpInArms Jul 2020 #75

Thank You, UpInArms! Cha Jul 2020 #82

Ahhhh .... Cha UpInArms Jul 2020 #86

Good to see you, too UpInArms! Cha Jul 2020 #88

Uh oh....you threw up the BatSignal!!! RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #78

??? still_one Jul 2020 #102

I think most of us noticed how she separated herself from some Bernie people pnwmom Jul 2020 #84

The "faction" of base Democrats who don't think that it's true betsuni Jul 2020 #95

Bernie is yesterday's news. nt Jamaal510 Jul 2020 #109

It's puzzling LiberalLovinLug Jul 2020 #54

Who "routinely vote with Republicans"? betsuni Jul 2020 #93

I really don't want to diminish the nessage she conveyed in respose to yoyo, but some here believe still_one Jul 2020 #77

Exact quote, as told to New York Magazine: George II Jul 2020 #85

Thanks George still_one Jul 2020 #90

In countries with multi-party systems she's 100% correct Arazi Jul 2020 #97

This is the United States, not another country, and I belong to the Democratic Party. still_one Jul 2020 #101

Our job here is to get ALL Democrats elected and support ALL Democrats la-trucker Jul 2020 #103

+1 betsuni Jul 2020 #106

👏🏽👏🏻 👏🏿 I applaud AOC MLAA Jul 2020 #5

I did not know this would bring tears to my eyes. Croney Jul 2020 #6

And that's how to do it: with dignity, affirmation, clarity and strength! Good for her! flor-de-jasmim Jul 2020 #7

It is really, really, really powerful. Watch it! NNadir Jul 2020 #8

That's the way you do it peggysue2 Jul 2020 #9

Goddam beautiful. cilla4progress Jul 2020 #10

I'm unable to watch Twitter videos... Did she repeat the slur on the House floor? GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2020 #11

She did not. volstork Jul 2020 #14

Thanks. Probably best that she didn't but I would have been ok with it if she had. GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2020 #17

She is so poised, volstork Jul 2020 #18

It wouldn't be the first time JonLP24 Jul 2020 #19

This is why people trust Bernie. He was right before it was fashionable. Lucky Luciano Jul 2020 #37

1995. Way ahead of most. JudyM Jul 2020 #59

Who was that congressman who Bernie Sanders called out? Archae Jul 2020 #74

She absolutely did, and now it's totally in the Congressional Records Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #63

My mistake. volstork Jul 2020 #67

Beg to disagree. She did. Duppers Jul 2020 #68

She repeated it in the beginning not in this video n/e FreeState Jul 2020 #71

I watched several and haven't seen that JonLP24 Jul 2020 #16

Yes melman Jul 2020 #27

Thanks for that. GreatCaesarsGhost Jul 2020 #41

She actually did cilla4progress Jul 2020 #56

She did. See post #68. nt Duppers Jul 2020 #69

Good for her. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #12

She is so powerful. volstork Jul 2020 #13

She's already a force to be reckoned with Bettie Jul 2020 #15

She's a star, to be sure. Laelth Jul 2020 #20

Yoho, having drank too much RWNJ kool aid, was besotted as he walked into the congress ........ jaxexpat Jul 2020 #21

Wow. :applause: That's how you handle it. Good for AOC for standing up to a bully. nt crickets Jul 2020 #22

That was truly amazing! Freedomofspeech Jul 2020 #23

She has all the qualities of a transformational figure and I am continually impressed with johnthewoodworker Jul 2020 #24

Well done ouija Jul 2020 #25

fuck the right eShirl Jul 2020 #34

She's great. She even has an asteroid named after her. 23238 Ocasio-Cortez. panader0 Jul 2020 #26

not true! My dog just let out a stinky fart flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #98

Wow!!! I am so impressed cally Jul 2020 #28

Love her - she'll be one of democratic stars in years to come. nt iluvtennis Jul 2020 #29

She is the best melman Jul 2020 #31

youtube (48min) bigtree Jul 2020 #32

We could use 100 more AOCs. jalan48 Jul 2020 #35

I hope he loses his career ismnotwasm Jul 2020 #36

He had already planned not to run for reelection this year, so there's not scarletwoman Jul 2020 #66

He is retiring. But it would be nice if he can't get a post Congress cushy job. nt Blue_true Jul 2020 #73

A teaching moment Traildogbob Jul 2020 #38

AOC reduced Yoho down to the size of a bottle of YooHoo...and empty bottle at that. patphil Jul 2020 #39

"They did not raise me to accept abuse from men" Bradshaw3 Jul 2020 #40

I hear people here call women that all the time and says it is perfectly ok. LizBeth Jul 2020 #42

I love AOC. shockey80 Jul 2020 #43

I like AOC more every time I see a clip of her. PatrickforO Jul 2020 #44

I love AOC malaise Jul 2020 #45

It's why Republicans work day and night gab13by13 Jul 2020 #46

Alexandria is my hero! jimlup Jul 2020 #47

Such dignity. Such class. Such intelligence. Another woman Enoki33 Jul 2020 #48

See the whole clip here (Feminists Group post): klook Jul 2020 #49

Fantastic relayerbob Jul 2020 #50

AOC, you just spoke for me Olafjoy Jul 2020 #51

that was brilliant LymphocyteLover Jul 2020 #52

When will they quit walking into the wood chipper. Dios Mio Jul 2020 #53

She said "I had to throw men out of bars who acted like that" and it was perfect shade greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #55

He's retiring from the House. His hatred will have no consequence for him. n/t. NNadir Jul 2020 #62

Then may her speech make him toxic on K Street greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #64

Agreed. NNadir Jul 2020 #65

That was great. I love AOC. She does not put up with BS. Vinca Jul 2020 #57

She gave him a swift kick in the nuts, good for her! Woodwizard Jul 2020 #58

Great job, AOC mvd Jul 2020 #61

She would make a great POTUS in a few years. warmfeet Jul 2020 #76

Post removed Post removed Jul 2020 #96

You're aware that the Mayor picks up trash, right? brooklynite Jul 2020 #99

"Member since: Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:45 AM" left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #100