It's easy to be a YouTube host or bomb thrower on Twitter concluding someone is a sell out or a fraud. Lot harder to be in the halls of Congress and have to balance trying to fight for the entire progressive movement vs getting tangible things NOW for the people of your district
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I don't think
@AOC has shown a pattern of selling out--she has taken some bad votes just like Bernie has. I think it remains to be seen if she is going to go the way of Bernie, or Warren, or an entirely different path. But folks dubbing her a sell out are doing what the...Show this thread -
establishment wants—dividing the left. I will say this (not that
@AOC reads my tweets!): it doesn't matter how much you work on building relationships with corporate servants masquerading as public servants. It ultimately doesn't matter if you play ball and agree to go along w/Show this thread -
some of Pelosi's terrible bills and messaging efforts. Sure, they will throw you crumbs here and there and olive branches. But the folks you're trying to build relationships WILL NEVER agree to
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Their donors WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO AND THAT'S WHO THEY WORK FOR. To me, your job is to expose them all and fight to raise the consciousness level of Americans (including older people voting for these neoliberals) regarding the corruption and selling out of their interests
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While continuing to work to get reinforcements to get elected and join you in Congress. Ultimately, the strength AND LEVERAGE will come in NUMBERS. WE NEED MORE PROGRESSIVES to join
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Sell out. She doesn't want to go back to bartending. She is not willing to sacrifice.
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Thank you! The lack of introspection of a lot of people before they type something on here with their twitter fingers is just, ugh. Don’t like what she’s doing send her an email, a DM, a letter, call her office. No one is perfect, she just has to be held accountable.
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