A lot of people seem to think @AOC was a loser in this election. Strong disagree. The majority is further left, and ready for innovative leadership, with an 80 year old Speaker who has won her last election - and a base hungry for young, passionate leadership.
Additionally, @AOC can actually leverage cross-partisan unanimity against a White House that is going to be super corporatist, pro-Big Tech and pro-Wall Street. You think that won't play with the base?
The eagerness to write off the most talented social media activist politician in the country after an election where milquetoast Democrats underperformed dramatically is just ridiculous.
Chuck Schumer's promise today to "change America, change the world" if Ds win Georgia Senate seats reads like a desperate attempt to keep progressives from realizing he means "change it like Citibank wants".
Exactly this. The Squad is now going to occupy a Freedom Caucus role. They represent what the loudest members of the base wants, and Pelosi has no levers to control them.
https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1325215166720581632?s=19
The Biden White House will need @AOC more than the other way around, and it won't be close. How much she extracts from them depends on her political acumen. But she was a winner this year, not a loser.
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