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In reply to the discussion: AOC's Chief-of-Staff says the Green New Deal was about restructuring the economy - not combating AGW [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)imagine they will be able to get it and to impose socialism under the guise of combating climate change. Everyone who's paid clear-eyed attention knows that. They're a type acting predictably.
But why on earth is he revealing their "secret" plan to everyone now? I can't help wondering if Chakrabarti's current behaviors aren't a way of threatening Ocasio, who is being pressured to fire him and, I suspect, really wants and needs to. She's up for reelection, and he and his far-left anti-Democratic ideology are NOT good for her.
Also, he and the other guys in JD/Brand New Congress started out the relatively powerful ones, she a nobody in need of their help. Now they're her employees, and she's the one with more power who's supposed to be in charge. Is that resentment also behind this? Would they destroy her to reestablish the pecking order? Extremists are deeply flawed, and they're called extremists because of the ruthless, extreme attitudes and behaviors they're prone to.
If she's not a true LW extremist herself, how does she get out of this and keep her seat? She needs friends in congress, and I don't mean 3 others.