AOC Tries To Single-Handedly Take Out Dem. Pres. Contender for Doubting Socialism
By Shaun Hair
Published June 4, 2019 at 8:14am
The enemy of your enemy is your friend … unless your name is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The democratic socialist representative from New York has made a name for herself by using emoticons on social media, standing up against cow farts, displaying unprecedented economic ignorance and most importantly, being a full-throated advocate for transforming America into a socialist nation.
Now she can add betraying her own party to that list.
Rep. John Delaney, a former Democrat representative from Michigan's Sixth Congressional District, was the first Democrat to announce his 2020 presidential bid.
And like all the candidates who aren't named Joe Biden, it isn't looking good for Delaney.
At the California Democratic convention on Saturday, Delaney made the mistake of admitting a completely true and fiscally sound concept.
In fact, it's the kind of idea that, until the last decade or so, would have been considered so obvious, it didn't need to be stated.
Not so in 2019 America.
Delaney's faux pas consisted of the following sentence: "Medicare for all may sound good, but it's actually not good policy nor is it good politics."
Presidential candidate John Delaney booed at CA Dem convention for saying: "Medicare for all may sound good but it's actually not good policy nor is it good politics." pic.twitter.com/aWwdeHM8nH
— The Hill (@thehill) June 2, 2019
Well, duh. That's a no-brainer on all counts.
Yet Delaney's completely correct statement was booed loudly by those in the room.
But far be it from the mush-headed leftists of today to go any deeper than "it sounds good."
That's all the policy analysis the left will engage in. If it sounds good, it must be good.
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Do you think Ocasio-Cortez is capable of meaningful debate?
Health care for all? Let's do it.
More money for education? Tell me where to sign.
Letting anyone they want claim to be whatever they want and compete, potty and work where they want and sue if they don't get their way? God bless the United States of I-don't-know-what-the-heck-I'm talking about.
Immigration, abortion, free speech — the list goes on and on where the left has no desire to engage in meaningful debate but, dang it, if it will impress some 25-year old barista in Austin, Texas, they will definitely keep saying it.
Speaking of meaningful debate, Ocasio-Cortez decided to respond to Delaney's statement with — wait for it — emoticons and insults.
Since there's so many people running for President (& not enough for Senate), instead of obsessing over who's a "frontrunner," maybe we can start w some general eliminations.
This awful, untrue line got boo'ed for a full minute.
John Delaney, thank you but please sashay away 👋🏽 https://t.co/0RDOwbfcgv
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2019
"Since there's so many people running for President (& not enough for Senate), instead of obsessing over who's a 'frontrunner,' maybe we can start w some general eliminations," she wrote. "This awful, untrue line got boo'ed for a full minute."
"John Delaney, thank you but please sashay away."
Please Ocasio-Cortez, teach us more from your storehouse of wisdom.
She followed up that tweet with a technical lesson about the benefits of socialized medicine, complete with — wait for it — even more emoticons.
"Medicare for All IS sound policy – one may disagree w/ it, but plenty of other countries have single payer + better outcomes than the US," she wrote.
I don't know if by "better outcomes," she means the pet eating in Venezuela or the 55 percent personal income tax rate in Denmark, but let me assure you, neither one of those options is better than what we have right now in the U.S.
✅ Medicare for All IS sound policy – one may disagree w/ it, but plenty of other countries have single payer + better outcomes than the US✅ M4A IS good politics – it polls VERY well in swing states✅ "Third-Way" (aka lobbyist-backed Dems) WILL lose the presidency to Trump
Second, Ocasio-Cortez simply equates the fact that something is polling well as being good politics. I know a lot of terrible ideas and candidates that won majority votes. That doesn't mean the idea is good governance or that the candidate is wise.
Lastly, she drops her 29 years of life experience on us by claiming lobbyist-backed politicians will not beat Trump.
I'm no fan of powerful lobbyists, but last time I checked, no candidate has won on a national stage without some form of help from them.
Whatever principles Ocasio-Cortez seems to be living by, it certainly isn't "stand with your party."
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there — in Venezuela and the Democratic Party.
Shaun Hair
Executive Editor, The Western Journal
Shaun Hair is the Executive Editor of The Western Journal and the Vice President of Digital Content for Liftable Media. He manages the content and social media presence of one of the most viewed online news sites in the world.
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Shaun Hair is the Executive Editor of The Western Journal and Vice President of Content at Liftable Media.
After graduating law school from the Cecil C. Humphries School of Law, Mr. Hair spent the last decade as an attorney practicing at the trial and appellate level in Arkansas and Tennessee. He represented clients in civil litigation, contractual disputes, criminal defense and domestic matters. He spent a significant amount of time representing indigent clients who could not afford private counsel in civil or criminal matters. A desire for justice and fairness was a driving force in Mr. Hair's philosophy of representation. Inspired by Christ's role as an advocate on our behalf before God, he often represented clients who had no one else to fight on their behalf.
Mr. Hair has been a consultant for Republican political candidates and has crafted grassroots campaign strategies to help mobilize voters in staunchly Democrat regions of the Eastern United States.
In early 2015, he began writing for Conservative Tribune. After the site was acquired by Liftable Media, he shut down his law practice, moved to Arizona and transitioned into the position of site director. He then transitioned to vice president of content. In 2018, after Liftable Media folded all its brands into The Western Journal, he was named executive editor. His mission is to advance conservative principles and be a positive and truthful voice in the media.
He is married and has four children. He resides in Phoenix, Arizona.
Homeschooled (and proud of it); B.A. Mississippi College; J.D. University Of Memphis
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