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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:01 AM Feb 2019

The other brilliant thing AOC did in her questioning of Cohen.

She didn't just lay out a clear case for possible tax fraud, and why the House needs financial disclosure forms and tax returns.

She did it while crediting two other "Colleagues" by state, saying that she was following up on their questions.

She sure knows how to "win friends and influence people."




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The other brilliant thing AOC did in her questioning of Cohen. (Original Post) pnwmom Feb 2019 OP
I liked her line of questioning. She furthered the specifics of who next to talk to ffr Feb 2019 #1
Hope there is a video clip NJCher Feb 2019 #2
I like how earlier posters right here on DU were belittling her for not knowing her place... DRoseDARs Feb 2019 #3
You *like* that people belittle her? More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #5
Tweak your sarcasm detector, appears to be slightly off-calibration... DRoseDARs Feb 2019 #6
Yep. Should have been obvious. dameatball Feb 2019 #7
but, but, she hasn't opened her district office yet! waaahhh! KG Feb 2019 #8
I was impressed Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #4
And then she yielded time malaise Feb 2019 #9
she impressed me Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #10

ffr

(22,670 posts)
1. I liked her line of questioning. She furthered the specifics of who next to talk to
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:31 AM
Feb 2019

and what information needs to be subpoenaed.

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
3. I like how earlier posters right here on DU were belittling her for not knowing her place...
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:47 AM
Feb 2019

...and not giving due respect to more senior congresspersons acting as if she were the only one asking the hard questions.



I really do not understand the hostility towards her from our side.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)
5. You *like* that people belittle her?
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:53 AM
Feb 2019

I don't agree with a lot of her positions, but she is ALWAYS prepared, and she was laser focused today.

I figure that it's the job of young people to reach for positions that older people, like myself, might not think are possible.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
4. I was impressed
Thu Feb 28, 2019, 02:53 AM
Feb 2019

She accomplished plenty in short time, including the local anecdote which will play well in her district. Then Cohen helped her out by adding that Trump had similarly cheated property value on another golf course, this time in Florida.

Normally the right wingers attack her but they've been strangely silent tonight on the sports sites I frequent, so that must be a sign they acknowledged she was effective. There was even one thread debating her looks, with marks ranging from 6.5 to 9 on a 10 scale, and 8 as most common.

After the questioning CNN kept the camera on Ocasio-Cortez. She stopped and greeted another female. They had a long warm chat with plenty of smiling.

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