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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unloaded on critics of “progressivism” in a lengthy thread on social media.
The self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist from New York took to Twitter Friday to make excuses and call out Democratic candidates who are “blaming progressives for their problems.” After winning a second term this week, Ocasio-Cortez claimed she could find no “compelling evidence” to show that progressives hurt the Democratic Party.
“There are folks running around on TV blaming progressivism for Dem underperformance,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
“I was curious, so I decided to open the hood on struggling campaigns of candidates who are blaming progressives for their problems,” she added. “Almost all had awful execution on digital. DURING A PANDEMIC.”
There are folks running around on TV blaming progressivism for Dem underperformance.
I was curious, so I decided to open the hood on struggling campaigns of candidates who are blaming progressives for their problems.
Almost all had awful execution on digital. DURING A PANDEMIC.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
The “Squad” member cited “underinvestment” as a reason for some of the challenges Democratic candidates faced, claiming some spent nothing on digital campaigns while others spent funds “in very poor ways.”
“If I spent only $12k on TV the week before an election & then blamed others after, you’d ask questions. That’s how it looks seeing this,” she wrote.
Ideology + messaging are the spicy convos a lot of people jump to but sometimes it’s about execution and technical capacity.
Digital execution was not good, polls were off, ironically DCCC banned the firms who are the best in the country at Facebook bc they work w progressives!
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
Essentially dismissing the radical rhetoric and agendas that the Party’s left spewed over the last few months, Ocasio-Cortez looked at other factors such as the “decision to stop knocking doors” as a factor in underperforming campaigns.
Noting that Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan “never stopped” their outreach she suggested it may “have helped delivered a Biden Presidency.”
Margin for House Dem challengers, supportive of M4A, in Trump-won districts
Eastman (NE-02) -4.9
Mitsch Bush (CO-03) -5.9
Siegel (TX-10) -7.2
Kulkarni (TX-22) -7.0
Oliver (TX-25) -14
Imam (TX-31) -9.2Trump voters turned out in Trump districts. Digital wasn’t going to save them
— Bill Scher (@billscher) November 6, 2020
“There are swing seat Dem incumbents who cosponsored the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, etc and if I’m not mistaken every single one won re-election,” she added.
“So the whole ‘progressivism is bad’ argument just doesn’t have any compelling evidence that I’ve seen,” the congresswoman wrote. “When it comes to ‘Defund’ & ‘Socialism’ attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective.”
So the whole “progressivism is bad” argument just doesn’t have any compelling evidence that I’ve seen.
When it comes to “Defund” & “Socialism” attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
She targeted the ” hand-wringing about slight” increases in voter turnout by “people of color” for Republican candidates, claiming there is an answer to that as well, and it has nothing to do with the far-left policies progressives were pushing.
She concluded her defense of “progressivism” by laughably reminding Democrats that “finger pointing is not gonna help.”
And btw I’m happy to cede ground on things that aren’t working in some areas! But finger pointing is not gonna help. There’s real workable & productive paths here if the party is open to us.
(After all, I got here by beating a Dem who outspent me 10-1 who I knew had bad polling)
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
Whether or not the party “is open” to progressives remains to be seen, especially if Joe Biden secures the election and is sworn in as president.
Plenty of Twitter users reacted to Ocasio-Cortez’s social media thesis with a stark reminder of the massacre that may be coming in 2022 midterms.
AOC is determined to cost more House Dems their seats in 2022. Rep. Spanberger got this right. https://t.co/zaR6EWiaBF
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 6, 2020
You believe in your own worldview too fully to be selfaware or critical.
The people did not vote in progressivism.
As badly as you want your true faith to be accepted, the opposite is objectively true. We are tired of your race essentialism and bigotry and controlling demands. https://t.co/fM09ri2d34
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) November 6, 2020
😂😂😂keep talking lady…thank you for that gift.
— Elizabeth Mitts (@ebmitts) November 6, 2020
LMAO! “Defund the police” and socialism drove MINORITY voters to vote in outsized numbers for Republicans. See, e.g., Florida. https://t.co/J2WF20jyF4
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 6, 2020
Don’t tell them! Really looking forward to another two years of it so we can take the House in 2022.
— LexyPenn (@LexyPenn) November 6, 2020
Let her talk we will win in a landslide in 2024
— Christa Cavanah (@cacavanah) November 6, 2020
“Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
— David Gaw (@davidgaw) November 6, 2020
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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