I did not realize that AOC had done this. Good for her. I'm more impressed with her every week. - ThreadSky

jvl.bsky.social • 26 days ago

I did not realize that AOC had done this.

Good for her. I'm more impressed with her every week.

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

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writeslisa.bsky.social•26 days ago

Her IG live was great. Informative.

catzinthehouz.bsky.social•26 days ago

I have been impressed by her lately. She has matured and been more measured while still being a warrior.
Certainly beats Jeffries bible verse and the geriatric cane waving.

turnitup5000db.bsky.social•26 days ago

She’s the single most respectable democrat in the nation right now.

stalinjoey.bsky.social•25 days ago

She is my hero.

colororange.bsky.social•26 days ago

Agreed - the AOC-Kristol caucus is real.

richarddoz.bsky.social•25 days ago

It seems that she has grown quite a lot in the office.

dokterrudi.bsky.social•26 days ago

Strongly agree, and yet I can’t help but feel like she has been sidelined somehow. Right now we need fighters.

kupperware.bsky.social•26 days ago

Party leadership hates her guts. It’s so pathetic.

dokterrudi.bsky.social•26 days ago

Status Quo

ilikeeating2.bsky.social•26 days ago

She does not get enough credit for how much she does. The MAGA media ecosystem targets her for a reason; because when people actually sit down and listen to her, she makes a lot of sense.

shammon.bsky.social•26 days ago

Her and Jasmine Crockett have been the only two in congress who have been SCREAMING on the daily about any of this bullshit the Cheeto King and his maga regime have been doing! WE NEED MORE! STAND THE HELL UP DEMOCRATS! Props to Al Green, the ONLY one in attendance who did the right thing👏

dkstorm.bsky.social•25 days ago

She was live on IG until 1am or later. With 15k + people. She covered the gop tax scams, SS and Medicaid and what to do if your gop rep won't hold a town hall( hint have a community TH or have a nearby dem come instead), in the 20 minutes I watched.

dmerrifield.bsky.social•25 days ago

When Green looked around and no one walked out with him. They should have.

mauricevelghe.bsky.social•26 days ago

She knows what to do and is deft at doing it. And best of all, she's shown herself to be better than the hectoring and finger-wagging at her colleagues and teammates. She is as good a teacher as she is legislator and politician. And she will eff someone up if she has to.

wedgeantilles.bsky.social•25 days ago

One of the few who gets the assignment

mleity.bsky.social•26 days ago

But she wasn’t there to hold a little sign!

lcp62.bsky.social•26 days ago

You should be paying much more attention to her. It feels quite intentional on the part of the establishment dems that she's not out front more. She's also one of the few spreading the word about the FL special elections coming up April 1.

nerdbro3000.bsky.social•26 days ago

In hindsight, this was the right move. A near empty theater would have been better than the wimpy signs and just the one guy (Al Green) standing up and showing some backbone. That made all the rest look weak just sitting there…

voxindie.bsky.social•26 days ago

I never understood why she was underestimated. She has a degree in International Relations and Economics. She's always been well-spoken and smart. Funny how some are finally recognizing that fact....we are lucky to have her.

bopodoq.bsky.social•26 days ago

It’s largely because she’s bootstrapped her political rise all by herself from scratch. She didn’t work in political circles around government to build a cadre of benefactors. On the contrary, she challenged and beat an entrenched establishment candidate in a primary to launch her political career.

voxindie.bsky.social•26 days ago

Good point....

goulash-guy.bsky.social•26 days ago

Same. Are she and dems like her, the way forward? There aren't many, at least not elected. The old guard are clearly out of touch.

shammon.bsky.social•26 days ago

Definitely the way forward. Probably because they are the only ones who weren't alive when dinosaurs were. So out of touch with the present mindset and stuck in the 50's.

th1ngsfallapart.bsky.social•26 days ago

I used to despise her as a progressive rabble rouser attention hog.

Over the last couple of years, she has shown a willingness to get serious. There's been significant growth.

alanfrady.bsky.social•26 days ago

Totally agree!

lesleyswc.bsky.social•26 days ago

So am JVL, she is a leader and a fighter!
Always prepared and thoughtful as well as passionate.

lesleyswc.bsky.social•26 days ago

Should have been:
"So am I"

kellylmiller.bsky.social•26 days ago

The coverage of her sometimes would have you believe she's the Democrats' MTG but AOC is a serious person who takes the job seriously. In committee hearsing she's always one of the best prepared and she never grandstands. I underestimated her initially myself but she's a great public servant.

infinitelyloopy.bsky.social•26 days ago

She’s a baller. Full stop. It’s a travesty Pelosi actively worked to shank her committee leadership bid.

mattwisnefske.bsky.social•25 days ago

Gerry Connolly seems like a nice enough guy, but he's in his mid 70s and has cancer... how can he be the person you want leading Dems on House Oversight!?!?!?!

cpanza.bsky.social•26 days ago

Why did any of them show up?

enviroaggie.bsky.social•26 days ago

I believe it was to keep all of those seats from being filled by Republicans, because then the entire chamber would have been cheering for him.

amyrschmid.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yes. Mike Johnson could have literally brought in the proud boys if he wanted to. Although everyone leaving once it started could have been really effective.

corgibuzz.bsky.social•26 days ago

I thought it was pointless and meaningless.

50megatonfbomb.bsky.social•26 days ago

She's incredibly savvy about the optics.

thegoodword.bsky.social•26 days ago

Same!

joshuak08.bsky.social•25 days ago

AOC ‘28

sarahdissents.bsky.social•26 days ago

More democrats should have done this in protest. I’m tired of hearing about decorum. Where is the decorum in any of this? When Rep. Green got tossed from the chamber last night they should have all got up and left and let Trump just completely implode.

amyrschmid.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yes! Like Elissa Slotkin's address afterword. Who decided that it would be her? If you look at her voting history, she's no better than Klobuchar. Can you imagine how much more effective AOC would have been?

lysro.bsky.social•26 days ago

AOC, Pritzker, and Murphy. Not sure anyone else among the Dem party meeting the moment.

mattkavanagh.bsky.social•26 days ago

Walz still hitting all the right notes.

lesleyswc.bsky.social•26 days ago

JB and AOC... now that would be a ticket! Although I would hate losing the best governor ever!

liberalcynic.bsky.social•26 days ago

There's a lot of stuff Democrats are doing. Maybe someone who's part of a large media platform could start showing and bringing attention to it.

grumpy-old-vet.bsky.social•26 days ago

Gotta wonder why Pelosi sidelined her from a House leadership role.

aordover.bsky.social•26 days ago

Her ability and willingness to use the Internet to speak directly to her constituents to help them understand how our government works (and doesn't) has been, from Day 1, impressive.

adkstarvingartist.bsky.social•26 days ago

I did not watch. Someone tell me what he said that we didn't already know. I've watched clips. Those infantile paddles the democrats used was the equivalent of bringing whiteware to a fucking gunfight. Jeffries is clueless. No democrats should have been there. They all looked neutered. Kudos AOC.

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