According to Politico, Ocasio-Cortez donated $160,000 to 32 “frontline” Democrats, a list that includes many prominent “CIA Democrats,” former representatives of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies.
On Friday, Politico reported that New York Democratic Congresswoman and Democratic Socialists of America member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez transferred $160,000 in campaign funds to a slate that includes “CIA Democrats”—right-wing congressional Democrats with intelligence and military backgrounds. Politico reported that the contributions were unsolicited and were aimed “to help keep the House majority ahead of a tough cycle.” While Politico only lists Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Carolyn Bourdeaux of Georgia by name, it appears based on the report that Ocasio-Cortez donated $5,000 to each of 32 “frontline” candidates selected by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in high-profile midterm races.
It looks like she donated to every Democratic candidate with a contested midterm, and "CIA Democrats" includes not just people with actual intelligence connections, but any candidate who was ever in the military.
If any of these candidates have a primary challenger from the left, obviously they shouldn't be supported. But otherwise this is a non-issue at worst.
If there's a toll to Pelosi it's DCCC dues, which she doesn't pay. Choosing where her money goes is clearly better than just cutting Democrats a blank check, even if there's room to criticize her current appraoch.
This is $5K each to reps who will face strong Republican challengers in 2022. Maybe some of those reps aren't worth supporting at all, but the DCCC could have easily taken her money and cut a $160K check to someone in a safe blue district who's facing a primary challenger from the left.
It's literally no different, she's still saving them that amount of money they can use to fund centrist primary challenges and that's 160k less she can use to fund other Rosa killers like her.
"AOC killed Rosa" isn't a historical take; it's an ideological one. And insults from intraleftist feuds (from a century ago and a continent away) aren't going to accomplish anything in the U.S. in 2021.
Wow I guess I have to spell it out, it's a historical fact that social democrats will always side with capital, and repeating that history sure as fuck isn't going to accomplish anything in the US in current year.
"Social democrats will always side with capital" is also an ideological take. So is calling AOC -- a member of a democratic socialist org -- a social democrat. And of course, predicting AOC's future behavior is an ideological take.
It looks like she donated to every Democratic candidate with a contested midterm, and "CIA Democrats" includes not just people with actual intelligence connections, but any candidate who was ever in the military.
If any of these candidates have a primary challenger from the left, obviously they shouldn't be supported. But otherwise this is a non-issue at worst.
days since Trots are ultraleft CIA adjacent wreckers: zero
Lol what are they wrecking, social democracy?
More shit for Jimmy dore to complain about
She's paying her toll to Pelosi, maybe that's a non issue to you
If there's a toll to Pelosi it's DCCC dues, which she doesn't pay. Choosing where her money goes is clearly better than just cutting Democrats a blank check, even if there's room to criticize her current appraoch.
This is $5K each to reps who will face strong Republican challengers in 2022. Maybe some of those reps aren't worth supporting at all, but the DCCC could have easily taken her money and cut a $160K check to someone in a safe blue district who's facing a primary challenger from the left.
It's literally no different, she's still saving them that amount of money they can use to fund centrist primary challenges and that's 160k less she can use to fund other Rosa killers like her.
I'm not sure this is going to help build a mass socialist movement.
Well ignoring history definitely won't.
"AOC killed Rosa" isn't a historical take; it's an ideological one. And insults from intraleftist feuds (from a century ago and a continent away) aren't going to accomplish anything in the U.S. in 2021.
Wow I guess I have to spell it out, it's a historical fact that social democrats will always side with capital, and repeating that history sure as fuck isn't going to accomplish anything in the US in current year.
"Social democrats will always side with capital" is also an ideological take. So is calling AOC -- a member of a democratic socialist org -- a social democrat. And of course, predicting AOC's future behavior is an ideological take.
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