this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
269 points (99.3% liked)

politics

29715 readers
2643 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The position puts her at odds with some on the left, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, another potential 2028 contender, who said he wants to find “common ground” with people like Greene.

In a conversation Friday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics moderated by David Axelrod, the onetime political strategist to President Barack Obama, a student asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she stood by past remarks that there were “legitimate white supremacist sympathizers at the core of the House of Representatives caucus” and, if so, why she worked with some of them.

Ocasio-Cortez did stand by them and said she wasn’t scared of reaching across the aisle, holding up her work with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. But she set a clear boundary.

“I personally do not trust someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, a proven bigot and antisemite, on the issue of what is good for Gazans and Israelis,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think it benefits our movement in that instance to align the left with white nationalists. I don’t think it serves us.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

MTG supported Israel right up until Trump ruined her reputation in the party. She wasn't remotely shy about her support either. Now she doesn't? I mean we can support her current disdain, but she's obviously not authentic in her stance.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

MTG supported Israel

Dunno why she supported them in the first place, what with them being the number one manufacturer of space lasers she was so scared of.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Because fascists, at least at the time, viewed support for other ethnostates as a means to an end for their own goals. Their opinion turned on a dime because it was no longer a popular and largely positive example of an ethnostate working, at least in the mind of Americans, who she wants to appeal to.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I believe she is authentic, she was a true believer.

Regardless we need to win over more people, including and especially in red country. Rejecting defectors is something the administration and their allies pay influence agents to get us to do.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"This grifter wants to defect, so you need to visually be seen supporting them so that their patsies know they can defect too" Bro, she's a grifter, which is why she's not let into the club. Don't scam people for personal gain and of course you're welcome. We don't need to be idiots about this.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don't agree at all, and think you are being played by the right wing/Israeli superfans.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You don't get in bed with antisemites because the zionists conflated zionism with semitism. It's not goddamn rocket science.

You're literally falling for the same shit that communists did when they helped elect Hitler into power.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca -1 points 1 hour ago

The fact you use that terminology makes me question your understanding. You do realize Arabs are semetic?