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Home Front: Politix
AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues' opponents
2020-01-10
Somebody's getting a little too big for her britches. L' État, c'est moi!
[FoxNews] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already topped the fundraising charts in her short time in Congress, but the liberal darling won’t donate a cent of her millions to Democrats' House campaign organization -- a position that has rankled some of her colleagues, Fox News has learned.

Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is building her own fundraising operation for fellow progressive candidates to bypass the official Democratic Party infrastructure. Already, she's actively funding primary challengers to oust certain Democratic colleagues.

"Sometimes the question comes: 'Do you want to be in a majority or do you want to be in the minority?'" Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., told Fox News, when asked about AOC's stance. "And do you want to be part of a team?"

Another source was less diplomatic: "Deadbeat Cortez should pay her bills," complained a House Democratic aide. "She's always whining about people paying their fair share and here she is leaving her friends with the bill."
More Dem infighting at link
Posted by:Frank G

#8  ^ Fine with me. Split the Dems into two, roughly equivalent (in size) parties: the new "Progressives" and the old Global Grifter Dems (GGD).

The GGD can absorb Flake, Delecto, and the Weakly Standard crowd. Maybe they'll get 30% if the national vote, and the Progs will get ~20%.

That leaves 50% for the new Trump-Pompeo National Party. Or "Citizens Party," if you prefer.

Or maybe Jacksonian Party.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-10 15:31  

#7  This is all to plan. She was hired by an political action group to run for office. As were a few others. This action group is not the DNC or DNC dues payers. What this little group of hers is doing is firing up another party based on socialist ideals. She duped the dems into believing she was a dem. Last week she said Biden and her should be in different parties, trial balloon. She may be a dumbass, but her handlers are not.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-01-10 15:21  

#6  Ah, now I've remembered - there was a story she wouldn't share tips as a waitress.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-10 12:14  

#5  Great leadership Nancy. Big tent coming down.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-01-10 12:00  

#4  *Petrograd Soviet
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-10 11:51  

#3  'Do you want to be in a majority or do you want to be in the minority?'

Ha ha... The irony's delicious.

This guy apparently knows his Revolutionary Russian history: the self-labeled Bolsheviks ("majority-ites") were actually a tiny faction, and the Mensheviks ("minority-ites") the main, dominant party organization.

I suppose the Moscow and Letrograd Soviet equivalent would be... all these shitty little city DAs like Foxx in Chicago and corrupt mayors like DeBlasio??

Fun times for historians. Popcorn!
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-10 11:51  

#2  Bolsheviks had that same debate with Mensheviks back in 1917. You don't hear much about the Mensheviks anymore.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-01-10 11:37  

#1  My girl Sandy.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-10 11:07  

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