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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes another embarrassing gaffe – and Bernie Sanders tweets it out
https://www.theblaze.com ^ | 7/20/18 | Carlos Garcia

Posted on 07/20/2018 11:55:11 PM PDT by BBell

In an embarrassing gaffe that is being ridiculed by left and right, far left New York candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accidentally misidentified what party she is campaigning for.

Here’s what she said

After her shocking upset in New York’s 14th congressional district that unseated party boss Rep. Joe Crowley (D), Ocasio-Cortez has gone on to campaign for other similarly far left candidates wishing to bend the politics of the Democratic party.

But on one campaign stop with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), she appeared to forget, or simply misstate, what party she was campaigning for.

And Bernie Sanders tweeted the video of the gaffe out from his social media account.

He wisely neglected to quote her directly, saying, “Here in Kansas City with [Ocasio-Cortez] to support [Brent Welder] and flip this seat in November.”

Ocasio-Cortez unfortunately said something else entirely.

“We’re gonna flip this seat red”

“Hello everybody,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “um, so excited to be hopping on here, Senator Sanders’ account, and we’re here in Kansas City to rally for Brent Welder, we’re gonna flip this seat red in November!”

But red is typically considered the color signifying the Republican party, while blue is considered the color signifying the Democrat party, so Ocasio-Cortez was saying that she was going to help Republicans win the seat.

Ocasio-Cortez has become a controversial figure even among Democrats, where some of the more traditional party adherents have chafed at the upstart campaign.

Welder has an uphill battle in unseating Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-N.Y.) in the district.


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; alexandria; aoc; berniesanders; communist; democrat; election2018; election2020; gaffe; gaffefest; joecrowley; newyork; ocasiocortez; socialist; walkaway
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To: originalbuckeye

Dunno why, IIRC the first CBS & NBC News color election maps had the GOP in blue and the DEMs in red. Today, of course, they’re flipped.

Be an interesting subject for someone to research.

Anyway, socialist du jour Cortez is scheduled to appear on “Face The Nation” this Sunday.


21 posted on 07/21/2018 2:42:46 AM PDT by Sam_Damon
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To: BBell

At first I was concerned that a genuine socialist had been nominated. But the more I listen to Casio the more she seems a gift. She has no thought-through positions and her comments are poorly worded so that she seems like a complete idiot. One would think that the fact Crowley, the ten term Democrat she defeated and who is running against her as an independent, would create an opportunity for Republicans. But, I have not even heard the Republican’s name or seen it in any article. I had to try several times on Google to find it. Perhaps it’s time to send Republican Anthony Pappas some love.


22 posted on 07/21/2018 3:01:46 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Don W
After the 1980 election, where Reagan turned the nation “red”, the press decided that it was a “most opportune moment” to stop the alternation of colours and permanently assign the COMMUNIST colour to the Republicans, and assign blue to the demonrats.

Yes, the television networks used to alternate colors. Then they ALL switched to Republican red and Democrat blue. ALL of them. At the SAME time. With the change in the SAME direction. Funny how the hive operates. But we're not supposed to accuse them of collusion.

23 posted on 07/21/2018 3:01:54 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Sanders honeymoon was actually in the Soviet Union. That country going for world domination was definitely RED then. All literary references to communism used the color red. Those references are still there. Just another way to try to fool people.


24 posted on 07/21/2018 3:04:10 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: BBell
But they make such a cute couple.

It would great if they ran as a 3rd party ticket in 2020. Great for us.

25 posted on 07/21/2018 3:11:54 AM PDT by McGruff (We want very much to have a strong Russia - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton)
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To: BBell

I think Cortez has sucked on one too many Tide pods. She might want to cut down.


26 posted on 07/21/2018 3:21:21 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: BBell

Or she was saying they want to flip that seat to be communist since red is the color associated with the russian communists who won the civil war in russia against the whites.

http://www3.telus.net/EKaminski/redsvswhite%20notes.htm

JoMa


27 posted on 07/21/2018 3:27:56 AM PDT by joma89
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To: Don W

The “press” used to alternate the blue and red between the incumbents and the challengers.

After the 1980 election, where Reagan turned the nation “red”, the press decided that it was a “most opportune moment” to stop the alternation of colours and permanently assign the COMMUNIST colour to the Republicans, and assign blue to the demonrats.

It also helped the MSM to exacerbate the divisions in the country. You can’t foment hatred unless you permanently label your “enemy”.


28 posted on 07/21/2018 3:32:35 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation.)
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To: sphinx

It used to be incumbent blue, challenger red on most TV channels

Media switched it in 2000. Bush Gore

https://www.npr.org/2014/11/13/363762677/the-color-of-politics-how-did-red-and-blue-states-come-to-be


29 posted on 07/21/2018 3:43:42 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: BBell

The woman tells the truth - Commie trash.

I think it would be a real mind-game for republicans to take over blue as their color and just use it.

Always insist on blue.

Point out that red is the color of communists and socialists and that CONSERVATIVS PREFER TO BE INDENIFIED WITH THE COLOR BLUE, NOT THE COLOR OF WORLDWIDE SOCIAL AND ECONONIC FAILURE, RED.


30 posted on 07/21/2018 3:46:35 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: BBell
I love it when the mask slips and their true nature is revealed! Just like Obama saying "57 States." It's like animal instinct -- they just blurt out what is ingrained in them.

Wiki..."Red is traditionally associated with socialism and communism. The oldest symbol of socialism (and by extension communism) is the Red Flag, which dates back to the French Revolution in the 18th century and the revolutions of 1848. Before this nascence, the color red was generally associated with monarchy or the Church due to the symbolism and association of Christ's blood. The colour red was chosen to represent the blood of the workers who died in the struggle against capitalism. All major socialist and communist alliances and organisations—including the First, Second and Third Internationals—used red as their official colour. The association between the colour red and communism is particularly strong. Communists use red much more often and more extensively than other ideologies use their respective traditional colors."

"57 States":

Wiki..."The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; Arabic: منظمة التعاون الإسلامي‎; French: Organisation de la coopération islamique) is an international organization founded in 1969, consisting of 57 member states, with a collective population of over 1.3 billion as of 2009 with 47 countries being Muslim Majority countries."
At the time, many of us really thought Obama's gaffe was going to sink him.
31 posted on 07/21/2018 3:50:47 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BBell

Honest mistake when you think about it...


32 posted on 07/21/2018 3:53:35 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: originalbuckeye

We’re better off with red. It’s a more energizing color.


33 posted on 07/21/2018 3:59:15 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: BBell

Red Star Over Queens


34 posted on 07/21/2018 4:12:13 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: McGruff

Third party? I thought I heard Bernie was interested in running as a Dem candidate for president in 2020 (seriously). Hillary lost due to diminished black support (compared to Obama); these two unassimilated, un-American dopes would lose due to NO black support.

The race-baiting and gender warring hurt Hillary badly, it would hurt these two as well. Despite the portrayal of Hispanics as a monolithic voting group (similar to blacks), it is just a myth. While a Puerto Rican on the ticket may solidify performance in the urban sh!tholes in which the largest clusters live, I know from the invasion of my town by Central and South Americans that many people in those groups don’t have a very high opinion of Puerto Ricans.


35 posted on 07/21/2018 4:23:40 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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This B*tch is NOT ready for PRIME TIME!
36 posted on 07/21/2018 4:23:44 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: Gen.Blather

She is truly a gift; I hope she keeps the cameras on herself for years to come. She is from a sh!thole district (defined by the fact that the Dem primary is the de facto general election), and a dying socialist nanny-state that would be tough for Republicans to win.

The more the Dems parade their freak show nationally, the more motivated normals (of any color) are motivated to support Republicans. The Republican wave in 2016 was fueled by many traditional Dems voting the “normal” line from the top of the ticket down.


37 posted on 07/21/2018 4:29:23 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Flick Lives

And best answer is . . .

When that didn’t work the media shed its objective facade altogether.


38 posted on 07/21/2018 4:37:10 AM PDT by Thickman (Libsteria is funnier than confounded GOP "leaders".)
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To: cgbg

“By causing intellectual whiplash the MSM’s goal was to break-down and eliminate rational thought.”

Well, I’ll be danged iffen they didn’t have a fair degree of success!


39 posted on 07/21/2018 4:39:53 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: BBell

Commie reds?


40 posted on 07/21/2018 5:17:56 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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