Maxine probably views herself as the reincarnation of Lazaro Cardenas, who nationalized the oil industry in Mexico in the 1930s (much of which was drilled by William F. Buckley Sr.).
Since I brought up Lazaro, I met his son, Cuatehemoc when I was a student at the University of Chicago, back when he was running for President of Mexico. He was one of the dumbest public figures I ever talked to (couldn't answer the most basic questions about Mexico-US relations), so he and Marxine would be pees in a pod...
I’m guessing Maxine views herself more like Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.