As we've mentioned before, we cats are perfectly happy to have the Trumpsters, the GOP and their idiot allies over at Fox & Friends pick on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Have at it, guys!
Why not? It just makes her star shine brighter and serves as an in-your-face reminder that we Democrats have a deep, deep bench. In addition to the thousands of great Democratic candidates running for President — that would exclude Tulsi Gabbard, who loves Bashar al-Assad, Bernie Sanders, who is not a Democrat, and after his stupid town hall flub last night, John Hickenlooper — 2017 and 2018 brought a ton of highly qualified young Democrats into elected office. Delegate Danica Roem of Virginia, for one. AOC for another.
Ocasio-Cortez is only 29 years old. Unless she truly screws up, she'll be around for years.
But we don't see her screwing up. When she beat Joe Crowley in their Congressional primary, we were surprised and, at first, unhappy. We liked Joe, and we were afraid that, as a House member, AOC was going to be a pain in Nancy Pelosi's behind. Then we realized how much Joe had taken for granted, and how lazy he'd gotten about his campaign. And of course once she got to Congress, AOC has been a pain not in Pelosi's behind but in the Republicans'. Good for her!
She's been terrific. Her trolling of the GOP online and her no-nonsense, substantive questioning in hearings have been both amusing and deeply satisfying. We cats say, you go, girl — and we PURR.
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