AOC made some lofty accusations against the president today on Twitter.
It’s amazing how an elected official has so much time to tweet, and we don’t mean ‘amazing’ in a good way.
Virtually every policy Trump pursues works to steal public money & personally enrich himself & his friends.
?Gutting National Monuments pays ➡️ Fossil Fuel CEOs
?Border concentration camps pay ➡️ Private Prison CEOs
?Betsy DeVos pays ➡️ loan sharksIt’s always about the con. https://t.co/ggINFg52Kw
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 3, 2019
And AOC would know all about the con.
From the Washington Examiner:
Two political action committees founded by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.
The cash transfers from the PACs — overseen by Saikat Chakrabarti, the freshman socialist Democrat’s chief of staff — run counter to her pledges to increase transparency and reduce the influence of “dark money” in politics.
Yeah yeah, he doesn’t work for her anymore but still.
Since corruption isn’t popular policy, racism works as the cover for the con. That’s why addressing racism isn’t a “distraction” – it’s key to understanding the hustle against working people.
Culturally, racism is used as the unspoken cudgel against pro-working class policy. /2
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 3, 2019
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Huh?
So Trump uses racism to hide his con?
She can’t be serious with this crap.
For example:
By rallying support for super racist immigration policies, (Muslim Ban, concentration camps,etc), supporters look the other way at the billions of public dollars going to private prison CEOs – who then kick some that ? back to Trump (ex. his inaugural committee)
/3— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 3, 2019
There is no damn Muslim ban.
Concentration camps?
She really is awful, folks.
The corruption of Trump – of many admins – wouldn’t be politically possible without relying on sympathy for racist policies.
That’s what Reagan’s Black “welfare queen” was all about, too.
If people think they’re “paying for someone else,” they’ll dismantle their own healthcare.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 3, 2019
Beyond the moral wrong, racism is a powerful political tool used to dismantle public goods & civil rights.
So long as bigoted sympathies exist (subtly or loud), they will be used. That’s why convincing people racism is a sidenote,¬ broad or institutional, is a strategic move.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 3, 2019
What the Hell did we just read?
Wait, you know what? Don’t answer that.
These pseudo intellectual socialist tweets are becoming more irrelevant by the day.
— mallen (@mallen2010) September 3, 2019
It is rather boring and uninspiring.
I am dumber for having read this. Thanks for nothing
— Northern MN white guy (@angry_ande) September 3, 2019
Join the club.
That’s exactly what you’re Using “racism” for too. To divide and conquer. You are part of the problem. Always crying sexism and racism where it doesn’t exist.
— Lemi (@_meowmeow420) September 3, 2019
Someone really needs to get AOC a mirror.
Just alot of bla bla bla. #yawn
— Vee (@dionysiusverna) September 3, 2019
And what have you even done for your District
— Shaggystclaire (@shaggystclaire) September 3, 2019
And that’s the real question here, isn’t it?
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