Reality check for Alexandria:
Most voters stayed home on Election Day, when only 13% of registered Democrats turned out to vote in her district.
Yes, a Great Moment in History: Just like the passing of the Civil Rights Act. And the Moon Landing!
Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Friday compared her 2018 election victory to American accomplishments such as the moon landing and the establishment of civil rights.
During a press conference meant to publicize her support of a Green New Deal, a nebulous government spending plan promoting ideas backed by lawmakers like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Ocasio-Cortez equated Democratic elections victories like her own with other seemingly “impossible” U.S. achievements.
“This is not just about a Green New Deal, this is about a new deal for the United States of America,” she said. “Because in every moment where our country has reached the depths of darkness, in every moment, when we were at the brink, at the cusp, of an abyss, and we did not know if we could be capable of saving ourselves, we have.”
“We’ve done what we thought was impossible,” she told the gathered crowd. “We went to the moon. We electrified the nation. We established civil rights. We enfranchised the country. We dug deep and we did it. We did it, when no one else thought that we could. That’s what we did when so many of us won an election this year. That’s what so many of us did.”….
That we are talking about this idiot is a problem. I’ll feel more comfortable when I stop hearing her name. As long as whatever stupid thing she’s said or done is the talk of the town, she’s a potent threat.
If we had landed on the Dark Side of the Moon, then I would agree that that is symbolic of electing a Socialist.
She is a perfect example of The Dunning-Kruger Effect.