Ocasio-Cortez bans press from town hall

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mect

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Also stupid, her banning the press from an event, even if it's just one.

I don't have an issue with her banning the press from an event. As was pointed out earlier, politicians do it all the time. The importance is the motive. Is the motive to shut down the press? Is the motive to provide a more comfortable environment so that constituents are willing to be more candid? I'm even fine if its to time information release for a more strategic moment. As long as she's not making it the standard, not allowing the press to a few town halls isn't even newsworthy.
 

Bitek

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Pretty sure you have multiple senators but anyway I just looked into Ann Wagner and she's a real piece of work.

In the most recent congress according to wiki her two most significant actions were to sponsor an act that removes the requirement that financial advisers act in their clients' best interest and she voted for the Republican health care bill. Related to this thread, she apparently also avoids her constituents like the plague, haha.

With those things in mind, would you vote for her opponent?

And did he vote for Gov Greitens-R, the guy who cheated on his wife with a woman he would tie up naked, take backmail pictures of her, then force her to give a blowjob before she could escape...

A guy who held a 63% approval rating amongst GOPers a month before he was forced from office.

But, ek, Medicare for all.
 

Jhhnn

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And did he vote for Gov Greitens-R, the guy who cheated on his wife with a woman he would tie up naked, take backmail pictures of her, then force her to give a blowjob before she could escape...

A guy who held a 63% approval rating amongst GOPers a month before he was forced from office.

But, ek, Medicare for all.

Strong Leadership!
 

brycejones

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And did he vote for Gov Greitens-R, the guy who cheated on his wife with a woman he would tie up naked, take backmail pictures of her, then force her to give a blowjob before she could escape...

A guy who held a 63% approval rating amongst GOPers a month before he was forced from office.

But, ek, Medicare for all.

Greitnes was the kind of "leader" empowered by Trump's take over of the GOP.

In all fairness to DSF he says he voted for Koster who if you look at his actual policy positions and actions as AG should be what we would have called a mainstream republican 25 years ago.
 

nickqt

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You might try doing the same Vicky. If this was a Republican, or Trump, doing this, this thread would be 9 pages long with all you TDS suffering fucktards in here claiming he was about to do everything from opening concentration camps to nuking Seattle. The hypocrisy of you little piss ants isn't lost on anyone who isn't completely ate up with TDS.
Says one the the dumbest fucks on the planet.
 

Bitek

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Greitnes was the kind of "leader" empowered by Trump's take over of the GOP.

In all fairness to DSF he says he voted for Koster who if you look at his actual policy positions and actions as AG should be what we would have called a mainstream republican 25 years ago.

That's not actually the point I was going for, and in fairness, it wasn't well made.

I think something about Greitens being discussed as the new "face"of the party, until he wasn't, in spectacular fashion.

So let's not anoit faces until they actually become so.

AOC hasnt even won her election, and even then she'll be 1 congresswoman out of 435.

She couldn't even run for president until 2024 at best as she's only 28. Long was from being the face.
 
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https://mobile.twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1030454533833588736

http://www.qchron.com/editions/quee...cle_e59fba26-ddd9-559a-af62-e11dd76e1191.html

According to Ramos Rios and campaign spokesman Corbin Trent, that unwanted attention led to a press ban both for last Wednesday’s listening tour stop in the Bronx and Sunday’s in Corona.

“We wanted to help create a space where community members felt comfortable and open to express themselves without the distraction of cameras and press. These were the first set of events where the press has been excluded,” Trent said. “This is an outlier and will not be the norm. We’re still adjusting our logistics to fit Alexandria’s national profile.”

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Asked if it was hypocritical for Ocasio-Cortez to ban the press from an in-district community meeting after weeks of interviews with prominent publications and rallying with candidates in other states, Trent said the campaign is committed to maintaining a positive relationship with area media outlets.

Very Trumpian of her. Now the face of both political parties is against the press. 2018 sucks and ‘19 ain’t looking much better.
holy shit, you are boring and predictable.
 
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These "conservatives" believe that the proposition that all persons are created equal is socialism. They believe that equal opportunity is socialism. They believe that equal protection of the laws is socialism. That's why they frequently equate liberalism, even classical liberalism, as socialism, because those are liberalism's highest ideals. Their agenda is to turn America into an illiberal single-party state with tiered levels of citizenship. And they will tell any fearmongering lies necessary to get there.
She's the one that labeled herself a Socialist. Why would you be pissy when we believe her?
 
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Vic

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She's the one that labeled herself a Socialist. Why would you be pissy when we believe her?
As I said in my post that you quoted, because you, and many others of similar ideological opinion, would label classical liberalism as socialism.
Contrary to what you might believe, and no matter how hard you might try, pointing out the extremism of the left doesn't actually distract from the extremism on the right. And as the extremists on the right are the ones in almost complete power right now, while the extremists on the left are all but disenfranchised, you'll have to pardon me if I choose focus my concern on potential threats to liberty on those that are probable, rather than those that are simply paranoid.
 

greatnoob

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As I said in my post that you quoted, because you, and many others of similar ideological opinion, would label classical liberalism as socialism.
Contrary to what you might believe, and no matter how hard you might try, pointing out the extremism of the left doesn't actually distract from the extremism on the right. And as the extremists on the right are the ones in almost complete power right now, while the extremists on the left are all but disenfranchised, you'll have to pardon me if I choose focus my concern on potential threats to liberty on those that are probable, rather than those that are simply paranoid.

Should be noted that “extremists” (if you can even call them that) on the left aren’t the ones stock piling guns and ammunition because of a looney war fetish, instead they’re the ones pushing for (according to Muricans I suppose) “extremist” equality, education and healthcare for all. This is apparently just as bad if not worse than the Nazi praising, anti-science and evident violence the right is known for.
 
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BUTCH1

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Out of context? Are you fucking kidding me? Here's 1 hour and 54 minutes of context.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...ortez_represents_the_future_of_our_party.html

Hell, Tom Perez even stumped for Ben Jealous (a socialist running for Gov in MD). Democrats love these socialists and conservatives are merely pointing out the obvious. Framing them as "right side fringe groups that have some sort of twisted obsession" is dishonest as hell. Like Tom Perez, stand up and be proud of what your Party is becoming.
It has yet to be seen if she becomes "mainstream" democratic, she won a tiny district and closing a town hall to actually hear constituents vs referring to the entire mainstream press as "enemy of the people" or "total scum" is a fuckin* laughable comparison. She garners a lot of attention due to her very young age and few democrats on the horizon to from a new face for the party, Peloski is getting old as is Biden. Personally, I do like her energy, but calls for "free healthcare" and "free collage tuition" are not realistic, I think Democrats should focus on healthcare that's affordable and raising the laughable federal minimum wage. I'd like one elected official try and pay for a life with that tidy earnings.
 
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Should be noted that “extremists” (if you can even call them that) on the left aren’t the ones stock piling guns and ammunition because of a looney war fetish, instead they’re the ones pushing for (according to Muricans I suppose) “extremist” equality, education and healthcare for all. This is apparently just as bad if not worse than the Nazi praising, anti-science and evident violence the right is known for.
Yes they are.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/apxgermany-left-wing-violence-and-extremism-on-the-rise/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-examples-of-left-wing-extremist-violence
 

Jhhnn

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It has yet to be seen if she becomes "mainstream" democratic, she won a tiny district and closing a town hall to actually hear constituents vs referring to the entire mainstream press as "enemy of the people" or "total scum" is a fuckin* laughable comparison. She garners a lot of attention due to her very young age and few democrats on the horizon to from a new face for the party, Peloski is getting old as is Biden. Personally, I do like her energy, but calls for "free healthcare" and "free collage tuition" are not realistic, I think Democrats should focus on healthcare that's affordable and raising the laughable federal minimum wage. I'd like one elected official try and pay for a life with that tidy earnings.

The "tiny district" part is highly inaccurate. Districts are apportioned by population in each state & throughout the nation. The population of her district is ~691,000, slightly below the national average of 711,000.
 

greatnoob

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Lol. Just look at those links I hope theres a list of 1000s of incidents somewhere there. Just kidding theres nothing at all even barely relevant.

Youve linked to a wikipedia page that has absolutely NOTHING related to modern 'left wing terrorism', instead it lists wars against communism and unrelated historic snippets that were relevant 60 or so years ago. The relatively short page itself isn't US centric which is laughable because you thought it would prove a point. If theres anything on that page that is relevant, by all means quote it or maybe next time read your own articles, idiot.

Your second link, unsurprisingly again, isnt related to the US. Instead it is literally about how left wing groups there have ramped up their measures against the increasingly violent right wing groups.... in Germany. Youre against left wing groups defending themselves? Also maybe next time cite an article with more than 200 words and that supports your position instead of copying and pasting unrelated links fron your 3 second googlefu

Your last link is from quora.com you might as well have sourced a self response from Yahoo answers. Somebodys laughably wrong opinion doesnt count as a source just because you agree with it, retard. Anyways, the answer just repeats the same Breitbart bullshit you do here, here have a laugh at this idiocy:

The most violent left wing group is probably Antifa, which consists mostly of communists and anarchists. They largely consists of self hating white anti-whites/anti-police. They are a fascist group claiming to be antifascist. They are so bonkers if a jewish person questions Muslim migration/invaders they would call them a Nazi.

Next would be Black Lives Matter which is within the same category as Antifa, but mostly in America, but have unfortunately made their way to England as of late, likely due to similarities with Antifa. Also very anti-white/anti-police.

Then there would be Trump protesters, which consists of the above as well as people that are just generally misinformed and crazy.

All of these and examples could be easily searched via Youtube or other sites. Any example given by usual media will be biased.

Lol, confirmation bias in full effect. No examples or sources, just conjecture passed as fact to gullible retards like yourself. Would you care to explain to us how Antifa, BLM and anti-Trump protesters (lets pretend for your sake that they were actually 'left wing terrorists') protesting against violence instigated by rightwing neo nazis are equivalent in any sense? A couple of goons destroying property and using megaphones to protest is now just as bad as running over and killing protestors in your mind. Fucking idiot.

This might as well have been written by 0o0ro or yourself since you both rely heavily on scrawny long haired beta fucks on YouTube for your news.

Do yourself and your family a favour and dont breed retard.
 

MrSquished

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Lol. Just look at those links I hope theres a list of 1000s of incidents somewhere there. Just kidding theres nothing at all even barely relevant.

Youve linked to a wikipedia page that has absolutely NOTHING related to modern 'left wing terrorism', instead it lists wars against communism and unrelated historic snippets that were relevant 60 or so years ago. The relatively short page itself isn't US centric which is laughable because you thought it would prove a point. If theres anything on that page that is relevant, by all means quote it or maybe next time read your own articles, idiot.

Your second link, unsurprisingly again, isnt related to the US. Instead it is literally about how left wing groups there have ramped up their measures against the increasingly violent right wing groups.... in Germany. Youre against left wing groups defending themselves? Also maybe next time cite an article with more than 200 words and that supports your position instead of copying and pasting unrelated links fron your 3 second googlefu

Your last link is from quora.com you might as well have sourced a self response from Yahoo answers. Somebodys laughably wrong opinion doesnt count as a source just because you agree with it, retard. Anyways, the answer just repeats the same Breitbart bullshit you do here, here have a laugh at this idiocy:



Lol, confirmation bias in full effect. No examples or sources, just conjecture passed as fact to gullible retards like yourself. Would you care to explain to us how Antifa, BLM and anti-Trump protesters (lets pretend for your sake that they were actually 'left wing terrorists') protesting against violence instigated by rightwing neo nazis are equivalent in any sense? A couple of goons destroying property and using megaphones to protest is now just as bad as running over and killing protestors in your mind. Fucking idiot.

This might as well have been written by 0o0ro or yourself since you both rely heavily on scrawny long haired beta fucks on YouTube for your news.

Do yourself and your family a favour and dont breed retard.

holy shit this is total pwnage. there will be some rubbernecking at this internet mauling for sure.
 
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BUTCH1

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The "tiny district" part is highly inaccurate. Districts are apportioned by population in each state & throughout the nation. The population of her district is ~691,000, slightly below the national average of 711,000.
Good, I'm glad I'm wrong.
 
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