Summary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 35-year-old veteran lawmaker, spoke to NPR about her party’s path forward.
She predicts Republicans will face backlash over Medicaid cuts and federal worker firings.
Despite some Democrats suggesting a new immigration approach post-election, she maintains support for a path to citizenship and recently held a know-your-rights seminar that drew threats of investigation from Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.
AOC told NPR “everything feels increasingly like a scam” for ordinary Americans while government serves the wealthy well.
Unlike Trump, she opposes drastically cutting government agencies but questions programs like Medicare Advantage.
Yeah, I love how that argument completely ignores all the other advantages that come along with ‘doing it the right way’
It’s like being on a cruise ship in the ocean that rescues some sailors in distress, and then someone gets pissed because the rescued people didn’t buy a ticket like everyone else.
That’s a very apt comparison, and I would bet cold hard cash that there are people who act exactly like that on a cruise.