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Old 12-02-2019, 11:45 AM   #16
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Default Re: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Originally Posted by mcflux View Post
It would be good to see these fourteen projects come into fruition.
If that were true there is nothing stopping you getting off the grid and living in a commune for example that is self-sufficient.

But you won't do that.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/43282...-emily-zanotti

Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez and her advisers began running a full-scale operation to distract and deflect from criticism of the Green New Deal, suggesting first that conservatives had circulated a handful of "doctored" versions of her FAQ, and then, when that line of attack failed, that the posted FAQ, which suggested, among other things, a universal income even for those "unwilling" to work, was an irrelevant "early draft."

But instead of laying the blame where it belonged — squarely at the feet of Ocasio-Cortez and her advisers, who clearly botched their own Green New Deal rollout — the media immediately blamed conservatives for "pouncing" on Ocasio-Cortez's plan.

Business Insider provided the most egregious example, accusing conservatives of unfairly "attacking" Ocasio-Cortez for "accidentally" leaking a document posted to her website and delivered directly to several members of the news media.

Business Insider was ultimately forced to rewrite the headline and issue a new tweet after right-leaning reporters pointed out that the leak appeared to be far from "accidental." Ocasio-Cortez's team posted the FAQ to the congresswoman's official website, and members of her press team sent a pitch containing the FAQ to a number of high-profile media outlets, including National Public Radio, which posted the document in full on its website as soon as the congresswoman's embargo on the material lifted.

Even The Washington Post, which could not deny that the FAQ appeared in multiple outlets on Thursday and Friday, tried to sow skepticism about the document's validity, calling the sheet a "mystery."

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