1/I think AOC is gifted when it comes messaging. Is she our most effective Democratic legislator? No. The fact that the DNC's putting her on the stage over other legislators (even if for a minute) speaks volumes of AOC's work to bring attention to Civics, and that's no easy feat. https://twitter.com/ambertamblyn/status/1293766423978954755

2/I'm defining Legislator as a person who makes laws. AOC has yet to have a bill pass (even out of committee). I know that's incredibly difficult given the hyperpartisan climate but legislators like Lauren Underwood & Katie Porter have. Why aren't they speaking at the Convention?

3/As a nation we need a better understanding of Civics, it's why we're in the spot we're in now. Many don't connect how policy affects them day-to-day; the media has fashioned reps into stars instead of them cultivating policies that represent our best interests or harm us.

4/I've been education folks on Civics for free a LONG time (since I was 16). Believe me when I say I know its a challenged to get people interested in understanding what harms them. That is why I have no shade towards AOC speaking, its a gift to get people interested in Civics.

5/But I want people (&the media) to move beyond "interest" (like showing up to rallies but then not voting). I really was folx to understand AND be invested in how policy dictates every moment in their lives and I want legislators like Underwood to be held in even higher esteem.