Posted on 10/20/2019 1:57:07 PM PDT by Kaslin
Before progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) officially endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for president on Saturday, the duo sat down with The Intercept to discuss the need for a progressive grassroots movement in America.
According to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most influential people in Congress and she has made great strides over the last year.
"It's hard to believe that a year ago today you were waiting tables, is that correct?" Sanders asked AOC. "I cannot recall any political in modern history of this country who, in the course of one year – and she's the youngest woman ever elected to Congress – I cannot recall one person who has played a more transformative role in American politics than Alexandria has. It really has been extraordinary."
Sanders said Ocasio-Cortez has inspired millions of young people and has a "strong legislative record."
"When we talk about the Green New Deal and combatting climate change, and transforming our energy system, this freshman member of Congress, that was her idea. That's pretty extraordinary," he said.
The freshman congresswoman defended grassroots activism, saying continual pressure is a good thing.
"So long as we remain principled and focused in our activism, so long as we remain committed to Kingian principles of nonviolence then I don't think that civic engagement and activism can be too much," AOC said. "I think that it is too much for people who are protecting the interests of the very few. It can be too much to those who want to prioritize the needs of billionaires over the needs of working people. But that's because once it gets to being to the point of too much, then you overwhelm the system with positive change."
The presidential contender said the Democratic Party needs a bigger grassroots movement, similar to what Ocasio-Cortez has inspired across the country.
"The essence of my politics and I think Alexandria's as well, is that we need an ongoing grassroots movement of millions of people to pressure Congress, to pressure the corporate establishment so that we can bring about the changes that this country desperately needs," Sanders explained.
"I have said that I will not only be commander in chief but I will be organizer in chief," he said with a smile. "So that's what that means."
“Right after you hand the US over to the United Nations”?
Or soon after he sold the US Navy to the Communist Chinese.
****
PING
to #33.
Thanks, Brown Deer.
Dear Bernie, we don’t wanna be organized, damnit!
We are Americans!
we value our individual liberty, thank you very much.
go organize the toilet tissue at the bus station
You mean like a kommunity organizer?
Like a good Bolshevik Kommisar.
He’ll be Dictator In Chief.
He’ll be the second coming of Karl Marx.
Actually, no he won’t.
Yeah, plus he already has his comfortable high party official dachas in the country away from the peasants.
Pol Pot had more or less the same ambitions.
In your dreams lightweight.
“Bernie: When I’m President I Won’t Just Be Commander In Chief, I’ll Also Be Organizer In Chief”
Well, Bernie, being Organizer In Chief is a pretty handy skill when you retire in a few months as president of your own three houses ...
“we need an ongoing grassroots movement of millions of people to pressure Congress, to pressure the corporate establishment”
So, while his regime puts the screws to the USA, Bernie Obama will have his brownshirts mau-mauing congress and ‘corporations’ (and people) to intimidate them into going along with the plan.
“Organizer in chief”? Didn’t we label the jug-eared, purple lipped meat puppet that?
You can’t even comb your hair right, Bernie.
Churchill makes a case that there exist three classes of Jews: ordinary Jews who want to earn a living, raise a family and contribute to the nation they live in; Jews who work to undermine the nations of the West via socialism; and Jews who want to create a national homeland for Jews in Israel.
I don’t know if it should be done, but the President should consider a setup similar to the Obama column collosus thingy just to make the Dems cringe.
He would be a figure head controlled by the rest of the world and this country would be raped to its demise.
....there, I feel happy...... because Trump is going to win, Bernie!
That right there is quite a crowd he draws...watch out President Trump..
You ain’t gonna be president, old bolshevik.
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