A Bronx office of the US House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was vandalized early on Monday, according to New York City police, who say they are investigating.
The vandalism occurred after Ocasio-Cortez on Friday voted against a defense spending bill amendment authored by the Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia that would have eliminated funding for the system protecting Israel from missiles.
Her vote on Greene’s amendment prompted the Democratic Socialists of America to issue a statement accusing Ocasio-Cortez of backing Israel’s “eliminationist campaign against the Palestinian people”.
Everyone is so ready to drop her based on vibes so quickly that it kinda shines a light on why progressives fail. They could do a million things you agree with, but as soon as they do one thing you don’t like they are immediately the devil. They are held up to such high standards that it’s basically impossible to do everything right. I’m not saying her decision was correct or that her reasoning is correct. What I’m saying is that she is still one of the only politicians actively going against the encroaching fascism and oligarchy.
Like, I get it. Every single time I see Israel getting more money it pisses me off on a deep level. But I’m not going to hate someone for one of their decisions in a swimming pool of the exact opposite. Trump could shoot someone in broad daylight and be in the Epstein files and still have a base yet we hold our side up to such high expectations that we’d alienate them if they made a faux pas during an interview.
Maybe stop expecting everyone to be perfect and exactly what you want them to be and lower your fucking expectations a bit. She’s still trying to fight for you while everyone else is doing exact the opposite.
Edit: Based upon the fact that most of y’all are saying that I’m defending genocide kinda proves my point. We should absolutely be angry at what’s going on over there and we should never defend people that support genocide. But at the same time you should maybe direct your anger towards something productive instead of lashing out at people over the internet. Join a protest, advocate for ending support to Israel, and keep bringing up the issue and make it stay relevant. But don’t think for a second that your anger will accomplish anything in a vacuum. This was literally one of her talking points 3 months ago and y’all have forgotten it in your anger. And maybe if you’re expecting people to just “be better” you should probably be prepared to be disappointed every once in a while without feeling the need to attack people.
“it’s just one genocide come on! stop letting perfect be the enemy of good!!”
i’d rather not lower my expectations to the point where genocide is acceptable thank you
Except AOC actually voted against the funding bill. All this is about a meaningless political stunt of a doomed amendment put forth by a racist conspiracy theorist conservative (MTG).
AOC herself defended “”“defensive”“” weapns to Israel. She was against the amendment on those grounds.
Her and other progressives vote for “doomed” bills and amendments all the time, as do most politicians. They vote for them to signal their position and push those positions publicly as much as anything else.
Rashiba Tlaib voted for the amendment. AOC called her a nazi.
What vibes? AOC said she wants to send weapons to Israel using American taxpayer dollars so Israel can keep committing genocide. There is no mistaking her intentions.
Stop calling genocide supporters progressives. AOC is not a progressive. She is full establishment.
Isn’t that the exact opposite of what she said in your screenshot? Support for defensive equipment and against offensive weapons.
Let’s send defensive weapons to nazi germany during the holocaust.
“Defensive” as Israel invades and occupies multiple countries.
The distinction between defensive and offensive is meaningless.
Don’t let facts get in the way
Alright, if that’s the case then you should hold everyone in the house and senate to the same standards because they are all doing this. You say it’s not based on vibes yet I bet you can’t even name half the people in the house that voted for it without looking it up. Why does she have higher standards than the rest of them?
I’m just saying you need to pick your battles. Whether you like it or not, AOC is still one of the best chances to end this when you look at the entirety of the US government. Why make an enemy at this stage?
Maybe she is the focus because her and her fanbase insist she is so great, like you are doing here, yet she constantly proves the opposite.
You don’t have to constantly warn that the blatant Zionist is a Zionist, they tell you themselves.
I expect people to not support genocide.
That’s the bare minimum. That’s my red line.
I’m willing to compromise so far with liberals over every fucking thing, but genocide is the limit. Israel’s Iron Dome enables it’s genocide, voting for it makes her complicit.
And if you’re willing to compromise over genocide you are complicit too.
Justice will come.
Well, this was pretty much Kamala’s stance on the issue yet millions in the US had no problem voting for her, and those that did take a stand against her decided fascism in the US was a good compromise. I’m not saying she’s right and I’m just as pissed at her for her vote. I’m just saying that shortsightedness accomplishes next to nothing. The only thing being pissed off at AOC accomplishes is making the other side, and Israel itself, more powerful in the long run. And we are actively going after AOC specifically and not even holding all the other people that voted for it accountable.
You are a cycnic. You believe Kamala and AOC are as good as it gets and expecting anything better is a waste of time.
Last election Democrats tried defending genocide instead of pushing their politicians to do better. Look where that got you. Are you still refusing to learn from it? Stop trying to defend it already.
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/aoc-is-a-genocidal-con-artist
Lot of folks are willing to draw the line at genocide.
And people should. But they would’ve got the money anyway so why are we specifically pissed off at her but not anyone else in the house? Seriously, give it a week and everyone will still be pissed at AOC specifically while everyone else that voted for it will be out of the public eye.
because she dons the progressive hat and takes it off according to her convenience, and people don’t like to be played upon.
So she’s like 90% of politicians? Don’t get me wrong, I get it. I’m definitely not as much of a fan of her after this just like everyone else, but I’ve seen people making death threats and calling her the worst things imaginable. To me this is starting to sound more and more like a parasocial type situation where they think that because she’s popular on social media that she’s their friend when in reality she’s just doing what politicians do. I mean, even though Bernie Sanders has been trying to advocate for Palestinians he also refuses to call it a genocide and still gets crazy support.
When you spend your career painting yourself as a saviour of leftism in government, then stab leftism along with the rest of the government, you will get more backlash.
It’s “wolf vs wolf in sheep’s clothing”.
Also Bernie is a Zionist pos as well. He (wrongfully) gets grace because he’s old and a lot of peoples first forrays into politics was 2016 and 2020 when he was blatantly robbed by the DNC.