Summary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 35-year-old veteran lawmaker, spoke to NPR about her party’s path forward.
She predicts Republicans will face backlash over Medicaid cuts and federal worker firings.
Despite some Democrats suggesting a new immigration approach post-election, she maintains support for a path to citizenship and recently held a know-your-rights seminar that drew threats of investigation from Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.
AOC told NPR “everything feels increasingly like a scam” for ordinary Americans while government serves the wealthy well.
Unlike Trump, she opposes drastically cutting government agencies but questions programs like Medicare Advantage.
It is a scam. Neo liberals control the democratic party and they serve the elite. They were never going to save us.
We need a true populist movement. The parties haven’t served us my entire life.
Some would say, “we need to seize the means of production,” even.
Grab 'em by the means of production
socialism yes. communism no. Communists are just as corrupt as the capitalists. We arent limited to just capitalism or communism, why pick from failed strategies?
I’m 40 years old and I have never felt represented by my government.
A 40 year old would have been born in 1985. No president has been born after 1961. If you exclude Obama, no president has been born after 1945.
55 here and it’s been the same
You change the parties the way the Tea Party and Maga changed the Republicans. You start a faction and then work on taking over the existing party.
This could be the right way. Unless Democrats cease to exist in their current form they will never save us from the greed machine.