The New York congresswoman bashed the former president during her speech before the Democratic National Convention.

Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bashed former President Donald Trump throughout her speech at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention Monday, while highlighting Vice President Kamala Harris’ promises to working class Americans.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    Some of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen leveled at AOC amount to her national ambition running contrary to the demands of her local constituents. Some of her biggest defeats involved backing down and submitting to the demands of Dem leadership.

    i mean being a congressional representative in washington has always been about representing your district on national issues.

    being a state representative is about representing your district on local issues.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      i mean being a congressional representative in washington has always been about representing your district on national issues.

      The conflict is between climbing the leadership ladder within the institution (which periodically means compromising your constituents to ingratiate yourself with leadership) and serving your constituents with relatively little influence in party leadership (which means being strident but ineffectual, because you’re not in a powerful committee).

      In order to climb, AOC has repeatedly been forced to downplay issues and vote in ways that alienate her from her constituency. And that’s what lead to her predecessor’s downfall.