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Real question:
What would AOC gain by spending time in the Senate?
Or how specifically would it make her a better candidate?
Regan, Clinton, Bush, Bush Jr, and Rump never spent time in the Senate.
She is super fucking smart, and she could probably do a killer job right now, but the next Dem Prez needs to be a serious warrior that progressive fighters can respect and follow, and the MAGA enemy can fear. They just aren't going to do that with AOC at this point, she's too young. She can inspire a following, but not fear. We need someone that has the courage to crush MAGA, and inspire a following to help, and I think that could be Kelly.
Once MAGA has been purged, we will have to reconfigure our government for the future, and having AOC leading the Senate, with an equally committed progressive in the House, could accomplish ground-breaking legislation like FDR's New Deal or LBJ's Great Society, put guardrails on conservative Sedition, and put us on a proper path for the future,
She's going to be an AMAZING president someday, but I would like her to have some seriously deep experience and connections before that, perhaps even including a Cabinet post. Imagine her becoming president with that sort of experience behind her?
Right now, Kelly seems like the kind of guy that MAGAs are going to have a hard time fighting against. The guy is an actual, genuine, bona fide war hero AND an astronaut. Exactly the kind of guy MAGAs would drool over. Put him up against a dweeb like Vance? In a debate? Kelly will siphon off at least 25% of MAGA votes.