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A note for Fox News hosts. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Original Post) Uncle Joe 14 hrs ago OP
I hope she runs for Senate. Nt spooky3 14 hrs ago #1
At least. rubbersole 14 hrs ago #2
I hope she runs for President! HarryM 13 hrs ago #9
As soon as soldierant 13 hrs ago #11
I think misogyny might dissipate some in AOC's lifetime. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #18
I'm 79 myself. No, you and I will not live to see it. Not even close. soldierant 5 hrs ago #25
Never Aaeia 11 hrs ago #23
The Berlin Wall went up in 1961. soldierant 5 hrs ago #26
She just turned 35 in conformance with the Constitution. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #15
I'm down to a Nanosecond. thought crime 12 hrs ago #17
Question Cirsium 11 hrs ago #24
That was pretty impressive LilElf70 14 hrs ago #3
when she speaks she says something PedroXimenez 14 hrs ago #4
What a powerful woman Traildogbob 14 hrs ago #5
Janine Pirro is the waste! dchill 13 hrs ago #6
You are too kind. HarryM 13 hrs ago #8
I got it done without cussing! 😁 dchill 12 hrs ago #13
Jeanine Pirro CitizenZero 13 hrs ago #7
That was powerful. My eyes are watering up. n/t Don1 13 hrs ago #10
In a better society, this person would be president. Kath2 12 hrs ago #12
Many Recs - this is what our society is missing thought crime 12 hrs ago #19
Exactly! Kath2 12 hrs ago #20
Powerful. H2O Man 12 hrs ago #14
Yes Iamscrewed 12 hrs ago #16
Schumer's Senate seat comes up in 2028. LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #21
You are right. Unless she can win a state-wide election, it wouldn't be prudent to think she could win JohnSJ 5 hrs ago #27
Or if a parent becomes disabled and gets SSDisability Clouds Passing 11 hrs ago #22
AOC is a fierce, courageous truth teller. democrank 4 hrs ago #28

soldierant

(8,399 posts)
11. As soon as
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 03:56 PM
13 hrs ago

misogyny is no longer widespread, yes, she should run.

Do I think that will happen in her lifetime? Absolutely not.

Don't sacrigice her that way.

ShazzieB

(20,308 posts)
18. I think misogyny might dissipate some in AOC's lifetime.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:49 PM
12 hrs ago

I definitely agree that she shouldn't try to run any time soon, but she's only 35 right now and has a lot of years ahead of her.

Will it get noticeably better in MY lifetime? I'm 75. What do you think?

I think it might just happen before it's too late for AOC, but that time is not now. In 20 years, though? Maybe I'm a cockeyed optimist, but I wouldn't rule it out.

soldierant

(8,399 posts)
25. I'm 79 myself. No, you and I will not live to see it. Not even close.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:28 PM
5 hrs ago

Don't underestimate it. It is older by centuries if not millennia than racism. It's also less obvious and well-concealed. by those who harbor it. The bulk of the misogynists who lost us the 2016 and 2024 elections by staying home did not announce it in advance. They just stayed home and pulled the rug out deom under us.

Aaeia

(137 posts)
23. Never
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 05:14 PM
11 hrs ago

I remember believing that the Berlin Wall would never come down in my lifetime. I hope I live long enough to see her sworn in.

soldierant

(8,399 posts)
26. The Berlin Wall went up in 1961.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:31 PM
5 hrs ago

Misogyny has been around as long as the human race (at least.) Don't count on it.

Cirsium

(2,339 posts)
24. Question
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 06:00 PM
11 hrs ago

What's wrong with what she is doing right where she is? That may be far more effective than running for president. In fact I am sure that it is.

LilElf70

(850 posts)
3. That was pretty impressive
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 02:37 PM
14 hrs ago

I love AOC. This lady rocks. I predict she will have a wonderful career in politics.

FYI - Pirro is a liar, with extreme narcissistic tendencies..... A mini me to Trump

Just seeing her makes me ..... Just like Trump

PedroXimenez

(666 posts)
4. when she speaks she says something
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 02:43 PM
14 hrs ago

too many of the others, I listen to them, I want to hear what they have to say, but when I do it seems like they are going out of their way not to say anything. Plus one of them makes annoying, distracting hand gestures.

Traildogbob

(10,982 posts)
5. What a powerful woman
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 02:53 PM
14 hrs ago

I hope before I die I could shake her hand and just say thank you for fighting for the country I served during war time. “That” is the “Thank You For Your Service” I wanna hear and see. “That” makes me feel like my service was not in vain. To me, she could be the “Knight on a White Horse” coming that Newsome seems to think is non existent.
Lead, brave woman, and bring out the best of us to stand by your side and fight. Never a fight more important than the one we need to be in together, here and now.
I want an Army of AOC’s and Kamala’s and Jasmines, Racheal, “Randi”, the female Helo Pilots serving in Congress and Senate, that served in war, to take down this rot from within.
Dem women…..or an army of trump women.
Loomer, MTG, Podium Barbie, ICE Barbie, All the Fux Barbies, Boobert, Mace, frightened Murkowski, bread bag over shoes pig farmer Earnst, concerned Collins,
Damn it’s like two different species.
I salute and will proudly stand in battle with the democratic women.
Anybody think MAGAT’s are not sending life threatening attacks to AOC?
Is she cowering???

CitizenZero

(796 posts)
7. Jeanine Pirro
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 03:12 PM
13 hrs ago

Jeanine Pirro can step off. Those kids receive Social Security because their parents died. How can you go on TV and pretend that you are some sort of political pundit and not know basic facts about how government and Social Security work? These MAGA Fox morons are a plague on American society. They are so stupid and malicious. They were raised wrong. Thank God for AOC and people like her.

Kath2

(3,154 posts)
12. In a better society, this person would be president.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:08 PM
12 hrs ago

Not that horrible bigot who is a total joke.

thought crime

(160 posts)
19. Many Recs - this is what our society is missing
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:52 PM
12 hrs ago

And most people don't even realize how much better it could be.

H2O Man

(76,664 posts)
14. Powerful.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:37 PM
12 hrs ago

This is exactly why she is among the very best spokespersons for our party now.

Recommended.

LudwigPastorius

(12,252 posts)
21. Schumer's Senate seat comes up in 2028.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 05:05 PM
11 hrs ago

If she can beat him, that would go a long way to prove to me that she might be a viable presidential candidate.

JohnSJ

(98,457 posts)
27. You are right. Unless she can win a state-wide election, it wouldn't be prudent to think she could win
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 12:01 AM
5 hrs ago

a national election.

That being said, the next two years are going to be a disaster, and even if we win both houses of congress in 2026, it is highly unlikely that even if trump was impeached, we would have the votes to convict. Which means it will be almost impossible to change the make-up of the Supreme Court, and very likely in the next four year the SC will either stay the same or become worse.

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