AOC accuses people of creating drama over the word 'Latinx' despite overwhelming opposition to the term https://www.foxnews.com/us/aoc-drama-latinx-despite-opposition Rep. Alexandria Ocaso-Cortez, D-N.Y., accused people of creating "drama" over the term "Latinx," a word that Hispanics have overwhelmingly rejected. "I want to have a note on gender inclusivity in Spanish language," Ocasio-Cortez said in a video posted to Instagram. "People sometimes like to make a lot of drama over the term Latinx." She went on to explain that before Latinx, people were attempting to be inclusive by coining the term "Latin@," and argued that the drama over which inclusive term to use was unnecessary. "Gender is fluid, language is fluid," Ocasio-Cortez said, noting that sometimes people use an "e" at the end to spell "Latine" in an effort to "be as inclusive as possible." "Don't have to make drama," the New York lawmaker advised her followers. But Latinos themselves have roundly rejected the attempt at being inclusive, with one 2021 poll finding only 2% of Hispanic voters use the term. The term "Hispanic" led the way among those voters, with 68% saying they prefer it. Latino/Latina came in at 21%, while "something else" garnered 8% support. Perhaps more troubling for Democrats who have insisted on pushing the term, the poll found that 40% of respondents said the term "Latinx" bothers them and 30% indicated they would be less likely to support a politician who used the term. "That’s the irony of ‘Latinx’ — it’s supposed to be inclusive but erases a crucial part of Latin American identity and language, and replaces it with an English word,’’ read a Miami Herald editorial reacting to the poll at the time. Ocasio-Cortez's comments also come at a time when Hispanic voters, who have traditionally supported Democrats, have been drifting away from the party in recent years. According to an NPR Marist poll released last month, 52% of Hispanic voters said that they would prefer a Republican candidate in the November midterms. Wayne Hamilton, who runs Project Red Texas, told Fox News Digital at the time that Democrats have begun to take the Hispanic vote for granted. "South Texas is as diverse of a place as you could imagine and going around saying that because someone has a Hispanic surname that they're a Democrat, like most people outside of Texas and most in the media do is just blatantly racist," Hamilton said. "Hispanics are individuals. They think for themselves."
Looks like AOC is going to be native american for the near future. So, she is beginning to diversify a little as they all do. She might be Cis-Native or some fucking thing you never heard of that will be all the rage in a few years. Our first Cis-Native-Trans-species Press Secretary type of thing. Won't that be special. AOC says she had ‘awakening’ about her indigenous heritage at Standing Rock in 2016 https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/aoc-had-awakening-about-indigenous-heritage-at-standing-rock-in-2016/
Seems like she's been doing some of that Lakota-Cherokee shit, to get in touch with her spirit guide, because she is absolutely wasted in that thought process about being Native American, Lakota/Cherokee blah.
It was popular to be gay for a while and now Native American... Cannot wait until all these white politicians start thinking its cool to be Chinese or Viking...
That will be something to see. Harvard professors putting " gay Viking" on their resumes to get preferential treatment in hiring. Elizabeth Warren can advise them on how it works. Yeh. I don't mind mixing it up a little.
So tell us -- how is AOC's record of backing Progressives against sitting Democratic member in primaries is going. Is it doing anything other than pissing off the Democratic party. AOC endorses Democratic primary challenger to DCCC chief Sean Patrick Maloney New York election is one example of an ongoing battle within the Democratic Party between more established members and younger progressives https://www.foxnews.com/us/aoc-endorses-sean-patrick-maloney-democratic-primary-challenger
Former Obama campaign manager minces no words in saying AOC cannot get much dumber than this... Former Obama campaign manager calls AOC backing challenger to DCCC chair ‘dumb sh—' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced her endorsement of a Democratic primary challenger to DCCC chief Sean Patrick Maloney on Tuesday https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-obama-campaign-manager-aoc-challenger-dccc-chair-dumb
‘I THINK NOT’: AOC, dozens of other Dems vote against protections for Supreme Court justices after Kavanaugh assassination attempt These 27 Democrats voted against protections for Supreme Court justices The Supreme Court Police Parity Act passed the Senate on a 100-0 vote last month https://www.foxnews.com/politics/27-democrats-voted-against-protections-supreme-court-justices
There is a little more to the story though: Democrats who opposed the bill argued that it also needed to include protection for court staff, including clerks, and their families. "I wake up this morning and I start to hear murmurs that there is going to be an attempt to pass the Supreme Court supplemental protection bill the day after gun safety legislation for schools and kids and people is stalled," she said in the video. "Oh, so we can pass protections for us and here easily, right? But we can't pass protections for everyday people?" she continued. "I think not." She is nuts but she does raise a point. Not about the clerk staff because no one is threatning to kill a SC clerk but that children are killed and Congress does nothing but SC is threatened and suddenly it is a national emergency to protect them. The bill was going to pass regardless obviously but it just proves Congress can do something when they feel they should and can easily drop the ball when they dont give a shit.