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Man. AOC out here responding to left-punching with "be more good at politics, whiners." You honestly love to see it. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324694301234921474">https://twitter.com/AOC/statu...
And if you want to know what AOC thinks about left messaging, just do a Twitter search on the terms she puts in quotes in this tweet. She knows what she& #39;s doing here, and what she& #39;s talking about. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1324698828944138243">https://twitter.com/AOC/statu...
A couple more things here: First, AOC didn& #39;t pick this fight, on this day. Spanberger chose to bring this to AOC& #39;s door, and it would have been malpractice for her to stay silent. Mad about infighting? Go be mad at Spanberger.
Also, AOC is explicitly pivoting AWAY from a factional argument. Yes, she& #39;s saying you need to respect the base, but she& #39;s not making a zero-sum case. Want to run as a centrist? AOC is saying, "Fine. Do that. But don& #39;t kick other Dems, and don& #39;t forget to door-knock, either."
Let me make this part a bit more explicit. https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1324724089018294272">https://twitter.com/studentac...
Here& #39;s AOC& #39;s tweet history on the word "defund." When "Defund ICE" was an important part of left messaging, she tweeted about it all the time. "Defund the police"? Very different story. https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A%40aoc%20defund&src=typed_query&f=live">https://twitter.com/search...
Does that mean she repudiated it, or ran from it? No. She explicitly defended it as an organizing tool and an activist rallying cry. But she didn& #39;t use the term herself, because she understands her role in the national conversation. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1270343169780178944">https://twitter.com/AOC/statu...
AOC isn& #39;t out here pushing "defund the police" as a Democratic Party slogan, but she& #39;s also not trashing activists who are organizing around it. She understands that doing that is doing the GOP& #39;s work for them.
Ideology aside, AOC is very very very good at politics. Period.
