Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals why she was talking to far-right Republicans

Martin Pengelly
@MartinPengelly
Wed 4 Jan 2023 12.20 GMT

During a succession of votes for House speaker on Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was seen talking on the House floor with the far-right Republicans Matt Gaetz and Paul Gosar, the latter who once tweeted video depicting him slashing her in the neck with a sword.

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On Tuesday, he was among 20 Republicans opposing McCarthy by the third ballot. So was Gaetz of Florida, a ringleader who nominated Jim Jordan of Ohio, a rightwinger loyal to McCarthy, to give the rebels someone to vote for.

Ocasio-Cortez, popularly known as AOC, was seen talking to Gosar and Gaetz. She told the Intercept her conversation with Gaetz was a “factcheck”.

“McCarthy was suggesting he could get Dems to walk away to lower his threshold,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “And I factchecked and said absolutely not.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/04/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-reveals-why-she-was-talking-to-far-right-republicans

[RockRaven]

1. Kevin may have emboldened the lunatics by bluffing them and getting busted. It looks weak. nt

[Historic NY]

2. Why should Democrats do anything to help the Republicans,

Why should Democrats do anything to help the Republicans, there were only a handful that cooperated with legislation over the past two years. Walkaway, gives the insurrectionists a pass.

[GenXer47]

3. agreed - cut a deal

to get some dems to vote for McCarthy in exchange for the resignations of MTG and her disgusting crew.

[brush]

5. That'll never happen. See post 4.

[brush]

4. I saw a bit of AOC being interviewed and she said she's with...

Hakeem Jeffries all the way and will make no deal with republicans.

If the repubs fuck up, they could mess around and get Jeffries elected if enough of them vote present, which will lower the threshold of votes needed for getting elected. He already has 212 votes, all the Dems, for speaker, more than McCarthy's 203.