By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--December 2, 2018
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“Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said the reports are “really concerning” and said she is interested in learning what else investigators will dig up now that former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen, in a guilty plea this week, claims to have lied to Congress about the work he did on a Trump Tower Moscow project in the middle of the campaign."The so-called “fixer” is, of course, faking it.
“I’ve been supportive of impeachment for some time now,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez told reporters Friday outside the U.S. Capitol. “I think it just adds to the case.” (Washington Times)
“The New York Democrat questioned how congressional Republicans could have supported the efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton in 1988 over a sex scandal but have been silent when it comes to Mr. Trump’s potential wrongdoings.” (Washington Times).Bill Clinton was found guilty as charged in his sex scandal. “Trump’s (never ending) potential wrongdoings” have never been proven. Twenty-nine-year-old know-it-all newcomer Ocasio-Cortez is being loudly touted as the youngest person ever elected to Congress. The median age of House members recorded in 2016 shows age 57 for House Members and 61 for Senate members. Touting her as the youngest elected Congress member would be the equivalent of New York’s Rep-Elect saying, that Barry is her favorite uncle, when in fact Barry is her ONLY uncle. Ocasio-Cortez is not the youngest member of Congress, but the youngest FEMALE member. (Wikipedia) Ocasio-Cortez is more foolhardy than competent. A competent politician is one who is careful about what he/she says in front of a mic. It has been in front of a mic where Ocasio-Cortez has been spouting off so many less than prudent things, before moving on to biting remarks on Twitter.
'We are the party of King, of Roosevelt, of the ones who went to the moon,' she told the liberal Netroots Nation conference in August. “Ocasio-Cortez and other young environmentalists are pressing for what they call a 'Green New Deal,' including what she demanded in her campaign platform: 'transitioning the United States to a carbon-free, 100-percent renewable energy system, and a fully modernized electrical grid by 2035.’ “She is also calling on members of Congress to refuse political contributions from companies that mine, pump, refine or sell fossil fuels. “At least 15 incoming House Democrats have endorsed an Ocasio-Cortez plan to create a new legislative committee dedicated strictly to global warming issues.”Cartoons by Dag Barkley
“Her victory in the November general election was a foregone conclusion in New York's 14th Congressional District, where 77 per cent of voters chose Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016. “But in an area of the Bronx and Queens that's home to 214,750 active registered Democratic voters, only 27,744 cast ballots in the primary.“The district's U.S. Census-estimated population in 2016 was 691,715. Fewer than 16,000 voted for Ocasio-Cortez.” (emphasis CFP’s) Cartoons by Dag Barkley
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