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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:03 PM Jan 2019

'Medicare for All and Equal Rights Aren't Trends': Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back....

'Medicare for All and Equal Rights Aren't Trends': Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back After Aaron Sorkin Lectures Young Progressives

From the article:

"News flash: Medicare for All and equal rights aren't trends," the New York congresswoman wrote, referring specifically to Sorkin's flippant dismissal of the push for equal rights for transgender Americans as a "Republican talking point they're trying to distract you with."....

Sorkin's unsolicited advice to young congressional Democrats—who, in just a short period of time, have helped push bold solutions like a Green New Deal and a 70 percent tax rate into mainstream political discussion—was widely panned by progressives, who characterized the screenwriter's comments as a sad attempt to shoot down the party's surging left-wing energy.


To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/21/medicare-all-and-equal-rights-arent-trends-ocasio-cortez-fires-back-after-aaron?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=%27Medicare%20for%20All%20and%20Equal%20Rights%20Aren%27t%20Trends%27%3A%20Ocasio-


The agenda must include striking back at these conservative talking points, not ignoring them.

And the current crop of Congressmembers, led by Speaker Pelosi, is doing so.

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'Medicare for All and Equal Rights Aren't Trends': Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back.... (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP
She is making me love her! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #1
Agreed. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Agreed.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:23 PM
Jan 2019

She knows how to connect with people. And I hope that she is just starting. I can see her learning from more experienced members even as she tries to reframe the debate.

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