Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — the real one — shared this image from outside of her DC office last night that shows a note left by an alleged Trump supporter that read, “Trump supporters for Ocasio-Cortez”:
About an hour ago, I was walking out of my office for the day.
There was a man what I believe was his teenage son hanging a small sign they made outside my office (we let people leave well wishes on our wall).
Astonishingly, his sign read: “Trump supporters for Ocasio-Cortez.” pic.twitter.com/IjVKbvetEI
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
We’re suspicious. And that new AOC parody account has a suggestion of its own. Is that Ilhan Omar letterhead?
About an hour ago, I was walking out of my office for the day.
There was a man what I believe was his teenage son hanging a small sign they made outside my office (we let people leave well wishes on our wall).
Astonishingly, his sign read: “Trump supporters for Ocasio-Cortez.” pic.twitter.com/C7wD9eg8oZ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Office (Parody) (@AOCoffice) May 10, 2019
???
The real AOC, however, is pretty psyched about the note and it’s giving her hope:
I was pretty astonished.
We shook hands, he introduced himself, and told me he wanted to show his support.
I could barely get my question out – I wanted to honor his positivity, yet respectfully find a way to ask, “How?”
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
I somehow got it out: “With all respect sir, how do you… manage to support both of us at the same time?”
This is what he said:
“I’ve been saying for years that climate change is our most important crisis. You’re one of the only ones who‘s been willing to be decisive on it.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
Then he said, “I like you. I can tell that you are genuine and fighting for us. You’re real and you get it.”
I thanked him and his family from the bottom of my heart.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
All of this is to say don’t let any politician, no matter the party, lecture you about what is “possible” or “electable.”
Don’t ever let a politician imply that working people are “less-than” or “uneducated” – aka that they are the ones in the way of solving the climate crisis.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
The forces getting in the way of solving our climate crisis are politicians themselves + lobbyists. It is the willingness to bend to corporate power – the same ones that use coal miners’ plights for a tax break, yet refuse to pay for those same miners’ healthcare for black lung.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
If you don’t understand this man’s sign – or don’t approach it with a desire to – then you do not understand this political moment.
The same folks who said Trump was impossible in 2016 are the same ones lecturing on what’s “electable” in 2020.
Don’t buy it. Vote your values.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
Is this really a thing?
I'm not the only one who can go from being a Trump supporter to someone who is now supporting someone as far left as @aoc. https://t.co/vgtKsOo2Ik
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 10, 2019
Or maybe not:
Run girl it's a trap https://t.co/FYAMviI0ZC
— rabia O'chaudry (@rabiasquared) May 11, 2019
And with all of the stories like this and woke 7-year-olds, etc., what’s the point?
Interesting anecdote. Note sure I see the point. https://t.co/JSYIoqEq92
— Bob Chipman (@the_moviebob) May 11, 2019
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