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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:20 AM Jun 2019

Trump Cites AOC to Say He Shouldn't be Impeached, AOC Responds: 'I'll Call Your Bluff'


By Connor Mannion Jun 16th, 2019, 10:02 pm

President Donald Trump attempted to cite Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to put down talk of impeachment, but the progressive lawmaker quickly responded “I’ll call your bluff any day of the week.”




Trump tweeted out a partial quote from AOC’s interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl Sunday morning, using it to argue against impeachment.

Her full quote was “I think that we have a very real risk of losing the presidency to Donald Trump if we do not have a presidential candidate that is fighting for true transformational change in the lives of working people in the United States.”

Ocasio-Cortez herself later responded directly to the president via his favored medium.




https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-cites-aoc-to-say-he-shouldnt-be-impeached-aoc-responds-ill-call-your-bluff/



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marble falls

(57,112 posts)
4. I'm talking about her potential. She's been effective speaking in Congress, too ...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:43 AM
Jun 2019

she young and developing. I also think she's the real deal. I can't wait till she gets her feet and some experience, she will be a force to reckon with. She hasn't made any "rookie" mistakes and she hasn't allowed herself to be trolled into any missteps, yet. She's still new but there's something more there than someone who hasn't had enough time or opportunity to mess up. She's got smarts, soul and a lot of grit.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
5. I think that she has made some rookie mistakes. I hope that she learns from them.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 09:49 AM
Jun 2019

Getting into twitter wars with journalists who fact check her statements is one of them.

She will need to grow a much thicker skin if she intends to last as long as Pelosi.

When you say "effective speaking in Congress" how do you define "effective?"

marble falls

(57,112 posts)
7. I mean it wasn't boiler plate, it was effective and she wasn't doing a series of sound bites: she ..
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:07 AM
Jun 2019

was speaking truth to power as a freshman and doing it effectively. I don't care if she becomes speaker or POTUS (its toooooo soon), but let's put it on the level we're on: she has the makings of a good Congressman.

I am not a partisan. I do want the best Democratic Congress we can get. Not represented by my abysmal GOP Congressman and Senators. Williams, Cornyn and Cruz.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
8. I'm always interested in how people define "effective" when it comes to politicians.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:17 AM
Jun 2019

I guess I still don't know what you mean when you say she speaks "effectively."

If someone does their job 'effectively' that means that there are measures of success that they met, results obtained.

What are the results that you have seen that makes AOC's speaking truth to power 'effective?" What has "power" done in response?

"Not boilerplate" means that she doesn't speak in a typical manner? What would you say is 'boilerplate?"

"Not doing a series of sound bytes" I see many of those as memes with her photo on FB.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
10. So are you saying that she's effective at speaking in congress because there is video?
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 10:55 AM
Jun 2019

Not clear on what the results are that you say make her "effective" at speaking truth to power. If it's that there is lots of video of her speaking, then you could say that about most others in Congress. There are many who speak out against the Trump administration, corruption, and income inequality, both outside and inside of congress.

If you mean by effective, she gets you to like what she says, then that is a metric. You just need to acknowledge that.

Also, not seeing what you mean by "boiler plate." Can you define that?

marble falls

(57,112 posts)
11. So I'm saying I am too involved with other things in life to put any finer point on this ...
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 03:09 PM
Jun 2019

I find contemplating my navel a fruitless endeavor.

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