She ain't an imperialist, donno what to tell you all.

https://twitter.com/GuillaumeLong/status/1329836004287639554

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    Also from that article:

    We were greeted warmly in [Crowley's] rather funky local office – a striking contrast with AOC’s soulless corporate-style digs, where underlings refer to her as “the Boss” – and were encouraged to speak our piece. Crowley never pretended to be an opponent of US imperialism, but he gave us a respectful hearing, stated his position, and engaged in what felt like meaningful discussion of the war. At a minimum, as Twitter’s bluecheck pundits would say, we felt “seen.”

    They're saying that they prefer an openly-imperialist politician who's friendly over a less-friendly politician who made some material progress towards keeping U.S. weapons away from the coup government. That's poor judgment to say the least.

    None of this shit -- not her statements, not her office decoration, not her photo ops -- matters half as much as what she actually does.

    • UnironicWarCriminal [any]
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      AOC also supports US imperialism

      https://www.leftvoice.org/aoc-lines-up-with-pelosi-bolton-and-trump-in-support-of-coup-attempt-in-venezuela

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        I defer to caucus leadership on how we navigate this.” That was how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district, responded to a question by the National Review about how she views the US-orchestrated coup attempt in Venezuela.

        Zero substantive support, then. It's a non-answer to a bait question; she's not even on a foreign relations committee.

    • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
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      Exactly....like meeting with fash and having a photo op during a coup

      Glad you see my point

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        Caring more about a photo op than a bill to keep weapons away from a coup government is pretty :LIB: