Another said that for AOC, 'legislation was never her focus. It was media and narrative.'
So an anonymous, un-attributable quote from the right wing of the democratic party. Gotcha.
I'm
sure all of the people in this thread and in voting populace, can name the "effective" congressmen according to the metric that this study used - how many pieces of legislation they sponsored, how they got it passed, what the bills did, RIGHT?
Congressmembers don't just sponsor legislation. They have a bully pulpit, and most are blatherers for the status quo or corporate interests.
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Look, someone has to drag this country, kicking and screaming towards justice for the poor and fucked over, and try and get the US govt to use its waning power for good.
Someone has to try and bend government away from spending
TRILLIONS, yes, TRILLIONS, of YOUR dollars every year
on pointless wars, locking up black and brown people and subsidizing industries that are destroying the planet for you
and your kids. Every single interview I've seen with AOC has spoken truth in language people can understand. She takes no lobbyist cash, regularly advocates for real issues and real systemic change, and by force of will moved the conversation and priorities in the democratic party towards justice with amazing skill.
She has advocated for striking workers in the Bronx (her district),
e.g. she lead the charged to repeal the faircloth amendment, which allows much needed public housing to be built
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/02/fair-housing-advocates-celebrate-passage-aocs-repeal-faircloth-amendmentShe introduced the just society set of bills,
https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/ajs versions of which have a much greater chance of being passed now the dems are in control of house, senate(barely) and the whitehouse.
She co-sponsored 78 pieces of legislation, - 14 of which have been passed into law.
She's relentless in congressional investigation, asking real questions to the powerful, not just scoring cheap rah-rah-America points for the camera.
She advocated for her people in her districts: striking workers in the bronx, taxicab drivers who have been screwed over by predatory loans. She signal-boosted local COVID mutual aid networks and the Homework Helpers program (which she partially helped organize), she helped set up multilingual outreach teams for the census.
When ted cruz fucked off to cancun, she helped raise $5m for people who had been impacted by the storm.
She has also been a fierce advocate for the marginalized on - yes - twitter, and the media.
I could go on.....
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She ALSO is the subject of the concerted efforts of the right-wing disinfo machine to
destroy her.
Because she's left wing, and brown and a woman she's relentlessly demonized by fox, newsmax etc. If you have the misfortune to watch fox, there are stories about her every day as the boogie-woman, and are mostly straight up lies. These stories are amplified all over social media have a cost.
She has multiple, ongoing investigations about credible death threats to her.
She's the MOST talented and real young politician I've seen in the last two decades.
I support her wholeheartedly.