AOC hunting his Mitch ass DOWN

[bigtree]

UnsilentMajority @The_UnSilent_ 3m3 minutes ago
@AOC is hunting his Mitch ass DOWN.

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'Where's Mitch?' AOC And Friends Hunt Down Mitch McConnell
It's a new game! "Where's Mitch," AOC asks, as she and several of her colleagues go on a hunt to try and find him so they can get the government reopened.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and some of her colleagues are tired of Senator Mitch McConnell shirking his duty and causing a lot of people a lot of pain by making them work with no paychecks. They went on a hunt for him. A "Where's Mitch" hunt.

In her own words: "We have voted over and over to reopen the government. Now we're on the senate side. We're roving out. The senate side because the thing is we went to his office in the Capitol. we went to the his office in the Russell building, the cloak room...He's not in the Capitol, he's not in the Russell building, the floor of the senate and 800,000 people don't have their paychecks. So where's Mitch?"

Did she check the sandbox where turtles hang out?

read/watch: https://crooksandliars.com/2019/01/wheres-mitch-aoc-and-friends-hunt-down

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. When she finds him she should flip him over on his back and let him flail for awhile.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Get him!

[RussBLib]

3. Love it

I'm glad I'm on her side.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. Wouldn't want to be Mitch when this lady finds him....especially if it's caught on film.

Check the gym bathroom? Lotta toe tapping going on there. Ipods doncha know.....or not?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. Seriously!! AOC kicks Rethuglicon azz!!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

12. Girls got moxy.

I just hope somebody doesn't run her aground. She's easy on the old eyes too.

[demmiblue]

19. "She's easy on the old eyes too."

[UTUSN]

5. I'm willing to have AOC in this role

[jcgoldie]

6. She has some stones!

[bullwinkle428]

7. K&R. I would die a happy man if she started walking up and down the halls

waving a lettuce leaf around!

[JoeOtterbein]

8. AOC is A-OK. Also, Nancy should have joined her...

...it would have been a shutdown, shutdown!

[PufPuf23]

36. Nancy Pelosi should have joined AOC. +1

[smirkymonkey]

9. Good for her!

She's growing on me. I am becoming more and more impressed. I like her fire.

[Atticus]

10. Have they checked under Trump's desk? nt

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

14. Ba'-URN!

Hahahahahaha.

[burrowowl]

53. Good One!

[brush]

13. I like that she's finally going after repugs.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

15. +1

[demmiblue]

18. I guess you haven't been paying attention. n/t

[brush]

20. I have been. Closely. Before she was targeting other Dems.

I support what she's doing now.

[bigtree]

21. show us where the congresswoman said she 'targeting other Dems'

...you're spreading right-wing (Politico) propaganda.

[brush]

25. Oh, please. Guess you didn't follow her challenging several Dems...

in other states during the primaries. Ya can't rewrite history.

I support what she's doing now.

[bigtree]

27. she expressed her opinion in the Democratic primary season?

...I'm sure that's allowed.

[demmiblue]

29. Having an opinion in the primary is not allowed.

It is xyz's turn and/or they are an incumbent so don't even.

[H2O Man]

58. Opinions are dangerous.

[George II]

33. She more than expressed her opinion, she went to the midwest and actively campaigned...

...against Democrats, including a very popular African American incumbent Missouri Congressman and a WOC in Kansas.

[bigtree]

42. in a Democratic primary

...not unprecedented or particularly remarkable, except for all of the histrionics about the endorsements and campaign appearances (exactly one per candidate that she supported).

It wasn't the least bit disruptive or untoward, and the attention she brought to those races energized more Democrats to participate in those contests.

You're not entitled to those seats in our Democratic primary elections, that's why they call it a contest, George.

[George II]

45. It's highly unusual for a Democrat from out of state to endorse and/or campaign...

....for a Democrat against another democrat, particularly when one has his/her own campaign to worry about.

Our discussion began because you objected to me calling Justice Democrats "her organization". Care to address that now?

Thanks bigtree.

[bigtree]

65. we might be able to discuss that

...if you can acknowledge that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has not said a word about 'targeting Democrats' or 'targeting Henry Cuellar,' as you claimed.

Can you point to any specific action by the congresswoman, or any specific statement from Rep. Ocasio-Cortez about 'targeting Democrats?' I'm not talking about a shitstirring Politico article, or the like, but some actual evidence that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has said or done something in office that can be construed as 'targeting Democrats.'

Can you produce that evidence (to the point the poster I was responding to made), instead of deflecting to the subject of whether Justice Democrats are her organization? Was there a statement by the congresswoman? Was there a specific action taken by the congresswoman that you can point to?


Btw, Cuellar has voted with Trump more than 63% of the time. I'd hope we can do better than that. Imagine a Democratic party that voted with Trump over 63% of the time... I'd like to see someone defend that. At the very least, there should be more than enough support in our party to oppose that situation.

evidence here: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/henry-cuellar/

[George II]

67. You're just playing word games here, zeroing in on "action taken by the congresswoman", etc.

Does that mean that all of her life prior to becoming a congresswoman 14 days ago is discounted?

Justice Democrats has said, more than once, that they will be targeting Democrats (indeed they already did in 2018). She is a member of Justice Democrats, at one time (if not still) a Board member. Her campaign manager and now chief of staff was (if not still) a board member of Justice Democrats.

Did you see the 9-minute video that Justice Democrats just released, that features her? I won't post it, but you can find it here:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425633-ocasio-cortez-makes-video-for-progressive-effort-to-oust-more-incumbent

You're trying to tell us that she's not deeply involved with the decision making of Justice Democrats, and they make proclamations on which she hasn't weighed in?

By the way, if you're going to throw out that "voted with trump" stuff, keep in mind that in this young 116th Congress Session, Cuellar has voted with the Democrats more than she has, which can be taken that she has "voted with trump" more than Cuellar. Is that a reasonable conclusion to draw?

[bigtree]

70. you think advocating against sitting Democrats in our primaries is some sort of heresy

...behaving as if there was some grievous wrong that occurred because AOC advocated for folks who supported her own congressional bid.

You describe it in all sorts of drastic ways, but you've failed to show just what harm was done in those races that AOC chose to support a particular candidate (as most folks on this political board do from time to time).

I maintain that the paltry physical support she actually lent those candidates (like one campaign rally appearance per candidate) served to elevate those races and provided an influx of new voters who demonstratively showed up in the fall to fill out our Democratic tickets.

All of the caterwauling about AOC challenging Democrats in a Democratic primary is silliness. That meager effort was less than advertised, but oh so important to the future of the party which needs the fresh eyes and voices of the folks like AOC in order to carry on our Democratic legacy.

That's why you've seen Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi embrace this freshman congresswoman. The Speaker understands that the majority of candidates who experienced hyped-up races, nonetheless, drew in record numbers of new voters to the party's benefit in November.

She understands that it's a benefit to the party for new candidates to aspire to political office under our Democratic banner, not a threat; that it's a benefit to have new voters looking to our party to fulfill aspirations that, perhaps, current members aren't yet attuned with.

You express a fearfulness of the political process, hoping, I suppose, to insulate candidates you feel are worthy from political challenge from within the party. That would really be something if sitting legislators had a firm expectation they wouldn't be challenged.

Fortunately, as Lincoln once said: "By the frame of the government under which we live, this same people have wisely given their public servants but little power for mischief; and have, with equal wisdom, provided for the return of that little to their own hands at very short intervals."

[George II]

71. Her "meager effort" got national attention. And what she (along with her mentor Sanders) did....

....in the midwest to work against Democrats (one of whom was an incumbent very popular with his constituents and ultimately crushed the candidate she campaigned for and his ultimate republican opponent), are not normally done. Thankfully most of the Democratic candidates that they barnstormed for (it was a well publicized, multi-stop trip) lost their primaries against better Democratic candidates. It wasn't meager.

And there were other incidents, among them:

Joe Crowley graciously conceded yet she attacked him two or three days after the primary.
Tammy Duckworth answerwed a simple question in a Sunday morning talk show interview with a logical response, she attacked her.
Kirsten Gillibrand wasn't quick enough in endorsing her and she bashed her.

The stunt in the hallway outside Nancy Pelosi's office even before being sworn in was disrespectful, yet Pelosi was gracious about it.

Now her organization (yes, HER organization) has announced that they are going to "target" incumbent Democrats in upcoming primaries.

"That would really be something if sitting legislators had a firm expectation they wouldn't be challenged" is fine, but let's not start eating our own. There are plenty of republicans that should be "targeted" or challenged, not Democrats who aren't pure enough in the eyes of some Democrats.

That's not the way we should be working with each other.

[bigtree]

72. you're focused on all of the negative, rehashing the primary

...for the life of me, I don't know why you believe this is good political strategy to keeping harping about this in AOC threads.

This has to be my fourth or fifth discussion with you, all in wholly unrelated threads to your complaint. Some completely contradictory to your argument. Despite your repeated efforts, I'm neither interested in discussing your negative frame, or the least bit persuaded that you even know a fraction of what Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says or does.

It's certainly not reflected in what you've presented here; a string of weak complaints with no evident victim except the fellow she bested in her own contest.

[George II]

73. I'm not harping on the primary at all - a number of things I spoke of happened AFTER the primary....

...including the three specific instances.

I don't think it's good strategy for Democrats to be highly critical of other Democrats or Democratic leadership.

If a representative or Senator has issues with the leadership or Democrats in general, they shouldn't be doing so publicly, but privately. THAT is how to get things done and build relationships.

[bigtree]

74. meh

...welcome to the big city.

Link to tweet

[George II]

76. I don't need a welcome to the big city. I was born in Brooklyn (Bed Stuy) and moved to Queens....

...at about 8 years old, just a mile from what is now the 14th District. I've seen it all and I know New Yorkers. Maybe that's why when I see stuff like this I take it personally.

I really DID grow up with a working class background, and I DO know what it's like to struggle to get ahead. In almost 50 years of working at several jobs I never walked into any of them thinking I knew more than my superiors, nor did I ever try to undercut any of my peers.

Period.

[bigtree]

78. hey!

...I was born in Brooklyn!

[George II]

79. Born in Peck Memorial Hosp. (Bed Stuy), lived on Madison St. (Bushwick, right next to BS)....

....moved to Flushing when I was 9 years old.

Funny thing, the last job I worked at was with a guy near Old Saybrook, CT, for 16 years. Just before I retired we were talking about our background. When he was born his family lived on MADISON ST. in Brooklyn! We lived within blocks of each other before we both moved - me to Queens, him to outside of New Haven.

VERY small world.

[demmiblue]

26. There has been a small cell here spreading that propaganda. n/t

[bigtree]

35. she's hunting Mitch, and they're hunting her

...wrong target.

[George II]

31. Well, for one it's come out that her organization announced they're targeting Henry Cuellar.

And there are others, too.

[bigtree]

34. "her organization"

...has been a slick way for opponents of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to associate the views and actions of others with her own.

The congresswoman has a public record of what she's actually said and done. Nothing, so far, from AOC about, "targeting Henry Cuellar."

[George II]

37. Yes, Justice Democrats. Are you familiar with them?

[bigtree]

38. can you point to anything AOC has said as congresswoman about "targeting Democrats?"

...or are you parroting someone's article?

[George II]

39. Ah, "as congresswoman"? That's less than two weeks. So anything done before January 3...

....is irrelevant? Again, are you familiar with Justice Democrats?

You may want to read this article:

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425633-ocasio-cortez-makes-video-for-progressive-effort-to-oust-more-incumbent

[bigtree]

41. are you familiar with what happens in a Democratic primary?

...you're beating a dead horse.

You're conflating this demonstratively false accusation by the poster with normal and traditional advocacy of other Democratic candidates in a Democratic primary election season.

It's not working.

[questionseverything]

68. primaries are exactly the correct time to move the party left

or even right (heaven forbid) if that is the will of the constituents

the idea that once a dem is elected they become a sacred cow is just wrong

[George II]

83. Move the party left in Laredo, Texas?

[Voltaire2]

82. ACOC

[sheshe2]

24. I have been paying attention. nt

I am fully aware.

[hueymahl]

49. Congratulations!

[hueymahl]

48. You are hilarious!

So funny!

[murielm99]

50. I have been paying attention, too.

Got someone rolling with laughter for me? It is just so funny to primary one's fellow Democrats.

[hueymahl]

56. Stop it. Your killing me!,,

[Voltaire2]

69. Lulzd.

[cwydro]

80. Is that all you ever say?

I’ve seen your responses on several threads, and it’s always this.

[Voltaire2]

81. ACOC.

[cwydro]

84. Ah, I see.

Well, it’s as good a way as any to build post count, eh?

[Voltaire2]

85. Eh? Do we get prizes for post counts?

Anguish Caused by Ocasio-Cortez is an interesting phenomena.

[JCanete]

77. why the entirely counterfactual framing? She's always been going after repugs. Please with this shit

[UpInArms]

16. A Mitch hunt

Very nice ...

Should be interesting to see if he tags any place with his name ... the hunt for Waldo with a twist

[Volaris]

57. It's like pokemon, only with consequences!

[MLAA]

63. Haha a mitch hunt, great one!

[ProudLib72]

17. Best guess

Link to tweet

LOCATED: @senatemajldr is at the @WhiteHouse eating leftover hamberders.

[bdamomma]

22. Hey this

should be a billboard sign.
I like her spunk!!!

Get a banner and drape on the Senate building or in view so all can see.

[babylonsister]

23. Brava! Great question! Laurence O'D is

covering this, too.

[demmiblue]

28. Watching... excellent!

[jeffreyi]

30. #Wheresmitch

Is a hashtag on twitter. May it trend trend trend.

[meadowlander]

32. Basking on a rock somewhere?

[kozar]

40. I like me some AOC

But in my old guy opinion,,,stunts like this,,just make her look like the one we don't name. I thank God for Nancy right now as she is country first.
Lil things, like AOC with this short film. is same. pretty much what Im seeing now,, all our party throwing hats in for Pres.. I havent heard more than a peep from most.

Our country needs leadership,, not talking points,,,FOR ALL OFFICES


Koz

[dlk]

43. Will AOC Find Mitch's Secret Hideaway Office on the Senate Floor?

This could get even more interesting.

[Pepsidog]

44. He's in his shell of course.

[saljr1]

46. I believe if someone would check the restroom you would find Mitch

in there taking a Trump.

[roamer65]

47. AOC rocks!

[orleans]

51. where's mitch?

probably on the toilet with a horrible case of diarrhea (i hope)

[cheezmaka]

52. Wow! You talk about a "Witch" Hunt...

Oops. I meant a "Mitch" Hunt....

[DBoon]

54. is he with Waldo?

?v=1526582337

[durablend]

75. Or maybe with Carmen Sandiego?

[Volaris]

55. Lol is she single?!?, I wanna ask her to marry me hahaha

That's fucking awesome. I want her to be Nancy's Party Whip now.

[Gore1FL]

59. Me too. I love her immensely, but I don't think I could keep up.

I'll just admire her platonicly from afar.

[Volaris]

60. I could keep up...I love a challenge heh!

[TygrBright]

61. Has she checked the fenceposts? n/t

[LonePirate]

62. She did not find him because she did not check the Russian embassy.

[bigtree]

64. kick

[Hermit-The-Prog]

66. if he's not with Trump, check with Putin