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The position puts her at odds with some on the left, such as Rep. Ro Khanna, another potential 2028 contender, who said he wants to find “common ground” with people like Greene.

In a conversation Friday at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics moderated by David Axelrod, the onetime political strategist to President Barack Obama, a student asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she stood by past remarks that there were “legitimate white supremacist sympathizers at the core of the House of Representatives caucus” and, if so, why she worked with some of them.

Ocasio-Cortez did stand by them and said she wasn’t scared of reaching across the aisle, holding up her work with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. But she set a clear boundary.

“I personally do not trust someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, a proven bigot and antisemite, on the issue of what is good for Gazans and Israelis,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think it benefits our movement in that instance to align the left with white nationalists. I don’t think it serves us.”

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[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 days ago
[-] kartoffelsaft@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

She was one of the first republicans to pivot against trump, particularly wrt the epstein files. I'd venture to guess there's some people who see that and think that means she has some acceptable moral framework, and not either the absolute minimum we should expect of our representatives and/or high-risk high-reward manoevering within the GOP.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

She is a grifter that changed strategies once she got burned and was kicked out of Trump's favor and became all about telling everybody how bad the grift is, that is a shameful past not one that makes her more redemptive, she would have had to take one of the million opportunities she previously had to quit while she was ahead before she hit that brickwall for it to matter.

[-] NotFrenchJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

ITT: Uniparty-ists thinking anyone with a brain trusts anyone of them, from any faction, current or former.

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

You also shouldn't touch a hot stove, if we're covering things folks should already know.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I mean before MTG was elected she got fame by being a lunatic yelling through AOCs congressional door mail slot in DC.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

[-] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago

You would be an absolute fool to trust a MAGAt.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Jfc there is someone left in this party that hasn't lost her mind. Maybe reaching across the isle towards monsters is a bad idea.

[-] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 days ago

Way ahead of you, AOC. I don't trust ANY of you political elites.

In fact, I'd prefer you all dangling a few feet of the ground.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 0 points 2 days ago

MTG is to the left of AOCIA on Palestine

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