All we have to do is sit back and watch, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will inevitably jam her foot into her mouth.
This, from Ocasio-Cortez on Abdul El-Sayed's campaign in Michigan, is a surprising thing to tell a reporter on the record: "So long as the majority of people don’t vote, then the majority of votes are there to win the primary." https://t.co/aU4PAjCVI8 pic.twitter.com/AnQSvh7z4E
— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) August 7, 2018
Oh.
Where is her media coach???? pic.twitter.com/uuzfH7Tg8T
— Amene (@Ange_Amene) August 7, 2018
Good question.
https://twitter.com/joftius/status/1026913364864389120
Yes — and she explicitly replied with primary elex data, so that’s the part of the question she chose to answer. What’s your point? Her answer is even odder if she’s talking about the general.
— Steve Friess (@SteveFriess) August 7, 2018
Odd answers are pretty much par for the course with her.
Oof.
— Anna Maltese ? (@MalteseAnna) August 7, 2018
“Oof” is right.
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) August 7, 2018
Here’s a thought: If you’re spreading the gospel of mobilizing voters for primary elections …
If there’s one takeaway for America from last night: VOTE IN YOUR PRIMARY ELECTIONS! ?
There are more candidates like me, fighting for an ambitious + accountable agenda for working class people, that can be elected THIS YEAR.
Find them + mobilize now: https://t.co/2LHBkYpoiX
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 27, 2018
… maybe don’t say stuff that makes it sound like you’re cool with low primary voter turnout.
This is… not a good look. Especially for someone whose message is heavily predicated on the idea that we should try to *increase* voter participation.
— Jeff Rector (@jrector83) August 7, 2018
She’s not exactly advocating low turnout per se, but it’s kind of tough to be all rah-rah about increasing participation while simultaneously relying on low turnout to carry the day for you.
— Jeff Rector (@jrector83) August 7, 2018
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