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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Democrats shouldn’t trust Marjorie Taylor Greene (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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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.”

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[–] CarpalTunnelButt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Republicans who acknowledge the war in Iran is wrong are moving to our position. We won't trust them to lead us, but if they have influence over their party, then I think it's beneficial to show that to their supporters and get them on the side against genocide, illegal wars, and war crimes. I believe Ro Khana realizes this is an issue that can unite the country in the same way the Epstein files has. If we are winning over the right and bringing them to sanity on a single, gigantic issue, that is a good thing.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

And she's absolutely correct.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If the DNC goes anywhere near MTG, they should be sued for... something bad.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I don't trust inbreds.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Empty G is going to have a harsh new year.

[–] RosaLuxemburgsGhost@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t trust MTG, but I also don’t trust AOC!

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah by some amazing miracle if these two women were in a presidential race then on election day, I would make sure I sit at home and not vote for anyone. Both are completely untrustworthy, exactly the same. /s

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The self serving, backwards, hateful, idiotic, conspiracy theorist wacko isn't a trustworthy political ally. No shit?

Where you need to, and their broken clock happens to align for good, use the anti-Trump Republicans for their votes. But never ever trust them. They're not your friends and they will fuck you at the first opportunity.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Yeah this doesn't really excuse AOC's poor positioning on Israel while a genocide was happening. This is a complete strawman on AOC's part and the hogs are just eating it up. And thats a problem because instead of working to improve her own political instincts on this issue, she's enlisting a terminally online army of sportsfans to white-knight for her.

The fact is AOC did bad on Israel and funding Israel while a genocide was happening. A blind dog like MTG finding a bone eventually has no bearing on AOC doing very poorly on these issues. And judging by the ratios in this thread, the hogs have spoken.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one should trust that used tampon.

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

Better to reject defectors to your cause, that is losing, as Israel has their agents spread such sentiments.

No wonder "we" are losing. Fucking sheep.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca -1 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Trust? Trust what? Agree with her when she says something we agree with? I disagree. And I also don't trust Cortez. But I don't have to, we aren't voting MTG into the presidency here, we are supporting or rejecting her defection to the good guys, because half the left are sheep that Israel plays like a fucking fiddle.

I'm talking about you all.

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social -2 points 1 month ago

Fuck Ro Khanna

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So she was willing to endorse Joe Biden at the peak of the genocide but working with a Republican goes too far? Can it be any clearer AOC is a grifter?

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm sorry do you think biden is president of israel or something?

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

More like president for Israel, and he did it for free. They didn’t even have Epstein files on him, he just did it for the love of Zionism.

[+] HexParte@lemmy.zip -17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I look at what is happening with Greene and can’t help but think of this as something akin to cancel culture. While I align closer with AOC than MTG, I’m not sure distancing yourself from somebody like Greene - who has genuinely started changing their views despite her Bill Burr style rhetoric stating she’s not changing and has always thought like this - is helpful to your cause. I think it could do a few things like alienate potential partners, keep Greene from moving closer to you on the spectrum, etc. and none of them are particularly good.

I think all we can really do is welcome Greene over with open arms. Now, I’m tempered because I’m not sure she will shift any farther than where she is now, but I think alienating her is a good way to keep her as your enemy. And I don’t need more of those. Frankly, I applaud Green for this last year she’s spent in the ire of Trump. It take courage to speak out. And now that she is speaking out we want to alienate her? I don’t like that, even knowing that welcoming her over will come with a lot of strain.

Edit: I’m gonna stand by what I’m saying and say you are exactly who this message is for. No one is perfect, and I’m not saying she hasn’t done or isn’t doing some horrible stuff. That has nothing to do with what I said. What I said was that casting her aside just hurts all of us because we are alienating people who are trying to change. Think back to who you were as a teen or even ten years ago, did you like who you were? We’ve all done horrible shit. We aren’t magically better people. This is like telling an addict to get help, then when they do, we tell them we can’t have them on our lives because they used to do drugs.

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