Your sarcasm is correctly placed, but what everybody seems to be missing is that regardless of her mental fitness, she most certainly has advisors prepping her in clothing and cosmetics that produce stunning images to capture the attention of the ever-increasing segment of society whose focus is on appearance.
That is a golden ticket to media attention, as well as her bold statements that though illogical, make headlines that float the carefully crafted photoimagery--almost Hitlerian in impact and scope.
This is the factor that no one should disregard. It ia an aspect that opposition can only respond to, not block from exposure. Without it, she would be a zero.
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The FEC complaint asserts that AOC's COS, Saikat Chakrabarti, early on established two PACs that raised big bucks for AOC's campaign:
<><> the "Brand New Congress PAC,"
<><> the "Justice Democrats PAC."
After mucho money was raised, Chakrabarti systematically transferred $885,000+ in PAC contributions to his private companies with similar names:
<><> the "Brand New Campaign LLC,"
<><> the " Brand New Congress LLC."
Saikat Chakrabarti's LLC's (private companies), unlike PACs, are exempt from reporting all of their significant expenditures.
NOTE WELL: it's a much-used criminal act to enrich oneself, to open bank accounts using similarly named
entities to siphon off money, to hide it from partners, associates, investors, etc.
SIPHONINGS A CINCH It's easy to siphon off money for oneself by putting checks into the new accounts with similar names, depositing checks that were made out to
the original entity. Even your bank advises that if a check-writer "mis-spelled" your name, to just endorse the check with the correct name.
AND PRESTO: a check made out to Brand New Congress PAC, is deposited in the Brand New Congress LLC account.