265 points

Like her or not, that lady got some hard as steel balls. AOC for president woooo!

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109 points

Hey, DNC, aren’t you desperate to put a woman up for election? You’ve got a fiery, quick-witted, awesome, young one here that is full of ideas and not afraid to try stuff. The conservatives haven’t had time to run decades of smear tactics against her and she hasn’t been threatening her husband’s SA victims. I bet she already has a plan to deal with someone accusing her of being born in Mexico (I understand she’s Puerto Rican, but that’s not the bogeyman) and shut it down before years of idiocy bring it up again.

She’s standing behind Biden this time around. I’m hoping for a run in 2028. It would be the first presidential candidate in a while that I didn’t hold my nose to vote for.

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41 points

She’s a firebrand—that’s not an insult. But it is a fact that if the DNC puts her to run, she will mobilize a lot of voters who may otherwise sit this one out. Hard to say definitively how many on either side; but I think she’s likely more hated by the rightwing base than she is loved by the left wing/centrist base.

I don’t think it would be a good strategic move in this cycle. Although I’d love to see her in the Oval Office and would vote that way should the chance arise.

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16 points

Uh, late 40s here. I didn’t want to vote for Clinton (I did), but I’ll be first in line for AOC. She’s the right kind of direction to inspire us Genx who vote liberal. Time for Joe to step down.

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16 points

Any good leftist candidate would mobilize opposition voters, that is unavoidable. It’s no reason to not run a good candidate.

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10 points

Agreed on this cycle. Agree or not we’ve got Biden. That’s not changing and that’s who I’ll be behind. But damn, next cycle if she’s in the primary I’m going to get even more involved than I already am.

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21 points

You’ve got a fiery, quick-witted, awesome, young one here that is full of ideas and not afraid to try stuff.

All evidence suggests that’s the opposite of what the DNC wants

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14 points

A moderate Crusty old white guy or bust! And then when he’s too old say he shouldn’t be running…

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8 points

AOC suffers the same problem as Nancy Peloci: she’s too demonized by the GOP. It’s an odd problem to have but she would need to retire from the House for a few years and run later.

If you want AOC-like, Kathy Porter is actually a very viable candidate. The question is whether the DNC is willing to let her actually run or if they’ll pull a “It’s Hillary’s turn” like they did to Bernie.

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50 points

Who gives a shit what the GOP wants.

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17 points

she’s too demonized by the GOP.

This will be true of any candidate another party runs. It is their primary MO, so ultimately, it needs to be factored out of discussions like these. If Joe Voter believes that shit anyway, it doesn’t actually matter what candidate you run.

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11 points

I think AOC has a lot of the same features that made Bernie so popular on 2016 with the added benefit of youth.

The GOP will try to demonize, but she will rise above the noise the same way Bernie did. Given that she is so young, she can stay relevant and pick and choose the exact moment she wants to run for president. Or even VEEP as the gateway to presidency.

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8 points

Katie Porter

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6 points

I was pretty bummed when she lost the Senate race

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6 points

I would gladly vote for her. Hell I’d even volunteer for her campaign.

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I’d vote for her, but I don’t think she’s ready. Better than Biden though.

Personally, I want Jon Stewart. He’s not perfect, but there’s not a single person on the planet better equipped to take down Trump.

I don’t know if Jon or AOC would make a better president, but Jon would be better at campaigning against Trump.

But really just give us someone under 65. (Note: I’ll still vote for the good person who’s too old for the job if the alternative isn’t better.)

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I definitely get the love for Stewart. However, he holds no elected position and has repeatedly stated that he has no interest in running for president. So I’m not going to be the one to hold a gun to his head and force him to run.

AOC has the proper ambitions. If she’s not ready then let her decide that because the only reason she wouldn’t be is because a bunch of out of touch old dudes refuse to mentor her and I’m not sure that’s such a bad thing.

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15 points

pls no more reality tv presidents.

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8 points

I would literally pay hundreds of dollars to see Jon Stewart debate Trump, like pay per view. Jon would eviscerate Trump. He might frustrate him so much he’d have a heart attack right there on stage …. or better yet cause Trump to shit and completely overflow his diaper. Trump should probably wear his brown pants just in case.

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6 points

Stewart would never run.

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Personally, I want Jon Stewart. He’s not perfect, but there’s not a single person on the planet better equipped to take down Trump.

Stewart would be terrible for it.

Smart guy, great at calling BS, but he’s continued to preach understanding and cooperation in the post Trump world in a way that, plainly, isn’t possible when the American right operates in pure bad faith at basically every turn.

Take all the issues Obama had getting walked all over because he tried to work with the GOP and amplify it.

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4 points

What’s an SA victim ?

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13 points

SA is sexual assault

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3 points

Sexual assault victim. Bill Clinton is a rapist and general sex pest.

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3 points

She would have a real chance at winning this cycle…thus there’s no way they’d run her.

This will be the last cycle we have Democrats…a LOT of people are about to fall out of windows Russia style after Trump takes office.

The Supreme Court made him a king and people like AoC will be first on his hit list.

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3 points

Problem: The Democratic Party would rather loose than get a left-winger elected.

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First and foremost, she isnt eligible to be president until next year. She’s only 34, and won’t be 35 until after the inauguration.

Whoops, looks like I misread and was off by a year. I don’t think it’s going to matter this time around, but hopefully they keep her in mind for the future.

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Per US Constitution, Article 2, Section 1:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

AOC was born in New York City, NY, USA on 10/13/1989. On 10/13/2024, as in this October 13th, AOC will turn 35 years old. At that point she will be eligible to take the office of the presidency.

35 would be the youngest age of any president, though. The most recent younger presidents were Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at 47 and 46, respectively. The youngest ever president was Theodore Roosevelt at 42.

It would be a hard line to cross given that the majority of voters seem to be older, but it would be monumental in my nation’s history.

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5 points

If you read the second paragraph they are talking about 2028

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she only turns 35 in october so she’s got a long future ahead of her but she wouldn’t be eligible until 2028.

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26 points

She only needs to be 35 when taking office, from what I understand. So would be eligible now.

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68 points

AOC for president woooo!

She’s eligible right now because she’ll be 35 by inauguration day.

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17 points

OMFG Her vs trump debate. PLEASE!!

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19 points

I don’t want Trump to be around when she’s running. 😇

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13 points

I fully agree with this innocent nonthreatening comment.

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12 points

On one hand, she has more efficacy in congress, on the other hand: fuck those fucking fucks AOC 24 let’s fucking go!

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0 points

Not really, the damage has been done.

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She’s the best, incredibly inspiring.

Pretty open and shut for the both of them, presiding over cases they have material interest in.

Kick their ass.

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65 points

Which is why I’m honestly surprised reich-wingers haven’t tried to murder her

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63 points

Knocking on wood.

There was that creepy anime assassination video by fellow congressman gosar, AOC has mentioned receiving multiple death threats and one of the capital rioters said he’d bring guns next time to “assassinate AOC”, so awful threats are happening.

Same guy that tweeted a selfie from inside the capital "just want to incriminate myself a little lol.”

AOC is very clear that she believes had they not escaped during the riot, assassinations would have occurred.

I’m happy that she is safe.

Knock on wood.

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15 points

I have no doubt they’d have killed more then have people there if given the chance.

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11 points

She hasn’t done anything to directly go after Fuckface 45. Once she does that…

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6 points

The rapist with 34 felonies. I won’t give the honor of calling him 45.

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7 points

They did, though, on January 6th! They were looking for her and others.

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2 points

I’m sure they have tried, I’m also sure she’s probably pretty careful about her day to day life knowing the amount of potential enemies she has

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12 points

Well… they did just legalize gratuities for political favors.

Not quite as open and shut anymore.

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8 points

Open and shut case… if the Dems controlled the house. But not enough democrats were voted into office, so these articles go to MAGA Mike Johnson, and unfortunately, his trash can.

But AOC knows this. Her goal is to keep this in the press so voters remember it in Nov. That’s the real play. No one is actually getting impeached this term. Mike Johnson is a Christian nationalist who loves what those activist judges are doing. No way he’s brining this to the floor. And if he did, AOC doesn’t have a simple majority.

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3 points

Yea, open and shut objectively, not practically.

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3 points

She’d get further just paying them enough to quit.

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1 point

Don’t down-talk John Oliver.

I thought his offer to pay the RV judge to quit was admirable. Was it a joke?

I laughed.

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2 points

Just gotta add a few zeros to the offers. And likely have decent blackmail

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124 points

Good on her for keeping this in the news for another cycle. This doesn’t go anywhere after she hands them the speaker of the republican controlled House. Johnson is basically going to throw them right in the bin.

But I imagine her goal is to get the media to cover the drama, and therefore keep this corruption story in the news.

She and others should just keep filing articles of impeachment every week until Nov. Keep this shit in the news.

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27 points

Forcing them to put it in the trash is good though… Another thing to report on so perhaps it shifts house seats a bit.

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26 points

It also tries to help Democratic congressional candidates in close races. Once these get thrown in the bin, they can remind voters that if they flip enough seats, they can have meaningful impeachment hearings in the next Congress.

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14 points

Doesn’t matter, the attempt had to be made for a firm historical objection.

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8 points

People have no attention span these days. Our media has trained us to move on quickly to the next thing. They will probably only cover it if someone makes a spectacle of it like Trump does.

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94 points

Godspeed.

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I mean, it would literally only pass if the nominees for their replacements were some of Trump’s spawn, but I guess it needs to be done anyways to establish just how corrupt Republicans are. You know.

Again.

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47 points

Thank you AOC for standing up for the American people! Her speech introducing the articles of impeachment is well worth watching: https://youtu.be/1H1R_qtPiVY

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Thanks for posting this. I wouldn’t have gone looking for it and it was definitely worth watching.

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