Don’t be so mean to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, they say.
Don’t pick at her, she’s still learning, she’s young, they say.
Well, if she would stop making a ninny out of herself we would stop picking at her and to be honest, she was ALMOST there with this tweet exposing lobbyists at an orientation with briefings on issues:
Right now Freshman members of Congress are at a “Bipartisan” orientation w/ briefings on issues.
Invited panelists offer insights to inform new Congressmembers‘ views as they prepare to legislate.
# of Corporate CEOs we’ve listened to here: 4
# of Labor leaders: 0— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 6, 2018
We dig the transparency, true story …
BUT she missed the point of calling lobbyists out when her big complaint was that Big Labor wasn’t invited.
Our “bipartisan” Congressional orientation is cohosted by a corporate lobbyist group. Other members have quietly expressed to me their concern that this wasn’t told to us in advance.
Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where‘s labor? Activists?Frontline community leaders?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 6, 2018
She’s really trying hard to play the ‘private corporations are evil but big labor rules’ card here. If she’s going to come out against lobbying it should be all of it, not just the groups she disagrees with.
Imagine if she had come out against all lobbyists? How powerful a statement she could have made …
But she won’t because truth be told, she needs big labor, she’s a Democrat.
Why should overpaid Big Labor Bosses be there?
— Matt Batzel (@MattBatzel) December 7, 2018
You do know the labor union leaders are lobbyists right?
— Their nonnie ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@ceastwoo) December 7, 2018
Shhh, quiet you!
“Where‘s labor? Activists?Frontline community leaders?”
For everyone’s sakes as far away from Capitol Hill as possible. https://t.co/7eLjXAodnf
— ?Patrick? (@ArgentineTea) December 7, 2018
Preach.
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