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Posted on 03/21/2019 5:15:02 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday tried to explain her lack of office hours by saying she’s still taking “baby steps” — but said constituents who can’t work with her sporadic schedule should follow her on Twitter.
"Right now we’re just taking these baby steps and adapting according to community feedback,” the 29-year-old told The Post when asked why her brief availability was in the middle of the day.
“We don’t want to be too concrete, we adapt to the feedback of the community, so if we hear that folks want more evening hours we’re happy to do that.”
Asked what people with jobs should do in the meantime, she suggested: “You can give us a call, you can email us, you can add us on social media.”
But when asked for a schedule of future events she’d be attending so her constituents could find her, the self-described Democratic socialist claimed she wasn’t “allowed.”
“Due to safety reasons I’m not allowed to, so Capitol Police, uh, yeah, it’s intense, so, Capitol Police recommend that we don’t give specific details about where we will be and when too far in advance,” she said.
The Capitol Police said it wouldn’t comment on its “consultations” with “Member offices on security-related matters,” but a Democratic House aide said the cops “have nothing to do with the decision to have a public schedule or not.”
“The police don’t tell us what to do. The police did not send out a memo that we advise you not to send out a public schedule,” said the aide.
“You still have to provide the information publicly so your constituents can come.”
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whenever I see a clip of her talking, it reminds me of The Simpsons where Homer fishes Henry Kissinger’s glasses out of the men’s restroom toilet and presents to be smart for the rest of the episode.
Wait...what? her constituents all work during the day?
But I thought the Trump economy sucked...
I’d think young people would know better; they can see firsthand they have a lower standard of living (at least in the most socialist of states), and any mention of new/higher taxes should be very troubling to them - but only if they intend to work.
Due to the demographic tsunami engulfing our country (actually the whole West), “young” is increasingly synonymous with “non-white”. Sandy Cortez is the face of a new generation - and they hate us, and want our money.
She was ripped apart for saying unemployment was down because people were working two jobs, but there was some truth to that (at least in the NYC metro area). If you aren’t a welfarian with all of your bills paid by taxpayers, then there is a good chance you need to work multiple jobs to live here. Not just NYC, but the whole area (including adjacent parts of NJ and CT). Don’t take her word for it; just look at the working Americans and their employers fleeing the whole mess. Working people are getting crushed with nothing to show for it, so they pack up as soon as is feasible (usually upon the last child’s high school graduation and/or the death of nearby parents) and never look back.
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