19 Jul 2024 2:57 am
It would have been nice to catch her Instagram Live talk. I've watched a few in the past and they have always impressed me. Plus, she's nice to look at.
AOC unloads on Biden's critics in late-night Instagram Live (msn.com)
In the early hours of Friday morning, shortly after former President Donald Trump delivered the longest presidential nomination speech in American history, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live.The New York congresswoman, one of the most influential progressive voices in the party, has remained supportive of Biden amid the intra-party squabble over his candidacy in the wake of a disastrous June debate.Most of the Ocasio-Cortez's nearly hour-long Live session focused on the risks of forcing Biden to step aside, including potential legal challenges from Republicans and ballot access deadlines in various states. "I'm just going to say it: If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave... that they will support Kamala, Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken," she says. "They are interested in removing the whole ticket."Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged that her colleagues may have valid concerns about Biden, but didn't care for their reasons. And she accused some of her colleagues of listening more to donors than voters — though recent polling has shown that nearly two-thirds of rank-and-file Democrats would like to see Biden drop out.
"That's ****. If you have an opinion, say it with your chest and say it in public," she said. "That's a bunch of ****.""The mechanisms by which this decision is being made is concerning me," she said. "When I'm talking to folks in rooms, I hear, 'My donor this, my donor that.' Those are the inputs that I am hearing reflected by my colleagues, it's not, 'My voters this, my voters that.'"
Since taking a firm stance behind Biden, Ocasio-Cortez has faced blistering criticism online from fellow progressives as well, with some describing her as a "sellout.""And you know, like, oh man, like, you're a neolib, sellout careerist," she said at one point. "I mean, if I were here to sell out, I'd be making — there are much more profitable, peaceful ways, I assure you."