Monica Crowley: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a "monster" that Democrats won't be able to control
Oh, brother. 
I like AOC even more now.
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/18/monica-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-a-monster-that-democrats-wont-be-able-to-control_partner/?fbclid=IwAR0h-BZK3W1z_Fe3Yqaly_8PEbEZIpQBarW2SlgW8qffwAmd4ficsrhWvVk
Monica Crowley: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a “monster” that Democrats won't be able to control
A far-right journalist slams the newly-elected Democratic socialist as "too big for her britches" in a new op-ed
Alex Henderson
January 18, 2019 5:41PM (UTC)
This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
When a Monica Crowley op-ed with the headline “Newly Elected and Too Big for Her Britches” appeared in the Washington Times this week, it wasn’t hard to guess who the far-right journalist was referring to. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was sworn into Congress on January 3, has been the subject of countless attack pieces on right-wing websites. And sure enough, AOC is the one Crowley goes after in her op-ed, which expresses her disdain not only for the 29-year-old congresswoman, but the Millennial generation in general.
Ocasio-Cortez, as she sees it, is a prime example of what Crowley calls Tall Poppy Syndrome. Crowley explains, “Tall Poppy Syndrome occurs when someone gets cut down to size after becoming too big for her britches, too important too fast, too superior to those around her. The tall poppy must be pruned back, lest she think she can easily dominate her peers. She must be taught a lesson.”
And Crowley goes about trying to teach Ocasio-Cortez a lesson, employing an abundance of anti-Millennial imagery to make her point.
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One older liberal Crowley doesn’t quote in her op-ed is veteran economist and New York Times economist Paul Krugman. On Twitter, the 65-year-old Krugman addressed GOP disdain for Ocasio-Cortez when he posted that Republicans’ “insecurity in the face of a bright, charismatic woman of color is spectacular. I particularly like the constant claims that she’s stupid when, let’s face it, the average GOP House member knows as much about policy as the average house pet.”
Crowley ends her op-ed on an especially overwrought note, characterizing Ocasio-Cortez as a “monster” the Democratic Party will be unable to control.
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Fuck Crowley's stupid lesson.
a FB fight with some rw relatives who keep.posting smearing posts on her. Finally have had enough and blasted them for believing crap like Nazis did (they are Jewish and Evangelicals) and supporting a monster in the wh! Don't think I'll be hearing from them anymore.
Oh, please.
I wondered who would feel threatened by it.
Thanks for the emojis!
