Is She being Discriminated against because she comes from a lower socio economic environment or just because she was a bar tender?
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congressperson used to work a shitty job
Republicans: "Unqualified"
congressperson come from rich family
Republicans: "OMG ITS THE ELITES, dRaIn tHe sWaMp!"
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I don't even know how they thought this was a dunk. Did they really expect us to say something like "I can't believe AOC worked as a bartender one point in her life! I would never elect a bartender!"
They really think that the country is THAT STUPID. Which is just sad since they'll probably be half right. Everyday I become more and more ashamed of my country so we'll see...
Give it a couple of months. They'll be dunking on AOC for not being a pedophile next. How can you be qualified for public office if you never went to the island? To a fascist, anything which denotes "them" is an acceptable insult.
He's right. I'd rather vote for some PedoCon to represent me, than a smart, moral person who has actually held a real job. /S
GTF Outta here with that shit.
Every time they mock her for having had a working class job they just prove they think they’re elite.
I love the fact that he's making fun of her for NOT having an elitist background. What trash.
Whenever I'm arguing with someone about TACO I just point out that what we really needed was another rich, old, white man. That'll fix our problems.
Not just rich, born rich.
If someone worked themselves to death 80hrs/week to build a fortune, forgoing family or personal development. That might not be "healthy" but at least we could all point at their work ethic and tenacity as something worthwhile.
But this fuck was just born into it. Never had to work a day in his life, just living off daddies dime.
I bet he feels slammed
TBH I don't think any republican anywhere is qualified for any sort of leadership role of any kind.
many behaviors, traits, characteristics that lead them to ’conservativism’ should preclude them from being public servants
I don’t want anyone in any political office who didn’t work at least six continuous months in a food service job.
~~months~~ years
Nepo baby say "what", Bob?
i love how fucking terrified the GOP is of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. to be fair, they should be.
if the only thing you can think of to criticize is "you worked at a bar," then your position is absurdly, pathetically, hilariously weak
People still mock her for her bartending work?
Yup, pedophiles trying to distract how corrupt and demonic they are.
Just for numbers sake, "Accommodation and food services" (which would include bartenders) is the third largest US workforce at ~8%.
~~Congress~~ The US House of Representatives has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.
Sounds like we need more AOCs.
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One of the few politicians I'd vote for president.
I don’t know much about AOC beyond the occasional headline, but I do know that every time a right winger complains about her to me like “Look! See, she’s absolutely crazy!” it’s because she’s doing or saying something that is common sense.
That’s probably a good sign.
or "look at this commoner trying to be a politician, she even had a real job once.. what a loser!"
Bartending is not easy, i know it's not obvious for somebody out there, but it is not an easy task.
The hours are brutal. Working 12+ hour shifts with the bulk of the labor happening at the tail end.
Then you're dealing with other people's droll and piss and blood. Managing angry drunks, happy drunks, and piss drunks. Tracking orders, periodically against people who want to cheat or rob you. Scouting for underaged drinkers, dealing with sex pests, and still politely catering to the whims of the bulk of your clientele.
I don't envy bar work even slightly. Crazy to think it's "easy", unless you're already four drinks in. At which point, you're one of the people making the job more difficult.
She is correct.
Look at Trump, he has never really worked a day of his life. He is basically detached from the reality of 99% of us.
How much could one banana cost?
AOC lives rent free in these people's heads.
I mean, she's almost tailor-made to make them practically short out.
One, she's obviously a smoke-show and we might as well acknowledge that fact. Add to that, she is obviously very smart and a great speaker, and not afraid to speak up. Being a woman and a POC compounds their feels. She's also often aligned with the likes of Bernie on many issues.
Add all this up, and it's no wonder most Republicans behave like confused middle-school boys and don't know what to do with their conflicted feelings and end up saying/doing things that more or less boil down to the equivalent of pulling her hair and snapping her bra.
It usually comes out so incoherent and cringe - I seem to remember some winger(s) saying something about how she was a "hypocrite" for dating a white guy?
I'm more than happy not to charge her rent.
…that sounds creepy, but I just mean I'm glad she's in politics fighting the progressive fight, and I support her. lol
They are making fun of a normies citizen what became a representative of the people. Do they not realize that?
Rich folks should be banned from being in politics, honestly.
Rich people should just be banned
Imagine not being a wealthy nepobaby
All she needs is heavy, HEAVY use of the words "prosecute" and "list" and she's got my full support.
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