I watched the entire @AOC IG thing and I encourage you to do the same. Lots of people are on here caricaturing or mischaracterizing what she said. She is *not* ride-or-die for Biden. She's not dismissing anyone's fears about him. She's not telling anyone what to think.
What she's doing is acting like a fucking adult, ie, thinking through the problem in a systematic way, raising concerns that have been obscured by the unbelievable groupthink stampede of pundits & rich donors.
She's speaking to her constituents honestly, without bullshit. She wants them to know that the people behind this are not just averse to Biden, they want to parachute in the exact white moderates of their choosing, despite the near-impossible logistics of it.
She wants them to know that there are rules & laws involved here, & if Dems merrily break those laws, Republicans will sue. And guess who will end up hearing the case? The most nakedly corrupt, partisan Supreme Court in history. Do you want SCOTUS deciding this?
She's not doing what everyone else is doing -- stomping her feet & insisting on exactly her favored outcome. She says, over & over & OVER again, "I'm not telling anyone what to think or what to want." She just wants people going into this eyes wide open, aware of the ...
... *enormous* stakes for communities like hers & the many, many unanswered questions. (It's no coincidence that the pundits most willing to back West Wing fantasy scenarios are those most likely to weather a Trump regime just fine. It's all a f'ing game to wealthy white men.)
Anyway, watch it. I'll just say: I trust AOC's intellect & political instincts more than any 10 of these glib interchangeable pundits that are dominating discourse. She's on the ground, in it, representing a community that simply can't afford to lose this year.
Further, at risk of the inevitable "I hope she sees this bro" replies, I'll just say: AOC is the best, most effective, most down to earth, no-bullshit communicator the Dems have & I would walk over broken glass to see her in the WH some day.
Oh, one other thing AOC raises that's getting somewhat glossed over: the convention is in 4 weeks & then early voting starts 4 weeks after that, in September. There's not nearly as much time for a bunch of Dem infighting as people seem to think.
Oh, one other other thing I meant to say: if you watch none of the rest of it, at least tune in at around minute 15 to watch her lay into her cowardly, pissant colleagues who are busy giving anonymous quotes to gossip journalists. It is righteously satisfying.
Since several people have asked, here's a link to the whole video: instagram.com/reel/C9l41vgOA…
The final thing I'll say is that AOC is one of the few people involved in this discourse who seems to be talking to voters, trying to let them in on all this. Everywhere else I look I see glib pundits talking to other glib pundits (and big donors). So f'ing insular.
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