The freakout on the left continued Thursday with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blaming sexism for Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss — as she warned it is going to be a “scary” time in America below “the fascist” Donald Trump.
“That is going to be a really, very, very, difficult troublesome time … for tens of millions of individuals on this nation. That is going to be a really scary time,” AOC mentioned in an prolonged, funereal Instagram video from the kitchen of her residence.
“I’m not right here to sugarcoat what we’re about to expertise.”
Ocasio-Cortez — who stumped throughout the nation for the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket — mentioned the outcomes are a bitter capsule for Democrats and lefties who purport to battle for working-class People.
Trump gained the presidency with assist from “a number of the working class,” she famous.
“It’s an unlimited setback as a result of the fascist gained a number of working class assist, which has occurred in historical past,” the congresswoman, who represents elements of the Bronx and Queens mentioned in her gloomy evaluation.
She didn’t blame Harris for the loss, noting the vp was given a troublesome task to assemble a marketing campaign in a couple of months.
AOC claimed Harris seemingly misplaced some votes due to deeply ingrained sexism in America — which has by no means elected a feminine president — that transcends ideology or get together affiliation.
“If Kamala Harris was Tom Harris, we might have a distinct consequence right now,” she mentioned.
In a grudging praise, the previous waitress even mentioned Trump received folks’s consideration by vowing to chop taxes on suggestions and social safety advantages.
“The place it turns into difficult for Democrats is we’re alleged to champion the working class,” she mentioned.
Whether or not true or not, AOC mentioned Trump received folks’s consideration by promising “No taxes on suggestions, no taxes on social safety”, placing Democrats on their heels.
“It doesn’t matter that he’s mendacity. He’s saying the factor clearly. He’s saying it,” she mentioned, who famous her background as a waitress.
“Long run, Democrats should ship on a particular agenda for decrease revenue and center class People by delivering on elevating the minimal wage and decreasing the age for Medicare, for instance.
Trump can be troublesome to cease if Republicans management each the Home and Senate, which seems seemingly. He additionally can be extra formidable than his final stint within the White Home as a result of he’s higher ready,” AOC famous.
“When he says he’s going to do one thing, consider him,” she mentioned.
At one level, she mentioned temperatures will rise as a result of Trump will roll again or decelerate local weather change initiatives.
“We should take care of the results for the remainder of our lives,” she mentioned.
She additionally mentioned the billionaire class — significantly naming Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos — may have extra sway with Trump.
Furthermore, AOC frightened about Trump giving vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. affect over federal well being regulators and vaccine coverage. Kennedy has talked about eradicating fluoride from ingesting water.
“We’re speaking about vaccines taken off the market completely,” she mentioned.
The lefty Democrat mentioned liberals should unite as an alternative of turning on one another.
She mentioned it’s time for folks to lean on one another, urging supporters to get to know and befriend neighbors, in the event that they haven’t already.
“We’ve to construct neighborhood. We shouldn’t have a selection. Our selection is to proceed to battle,
she mentioned.
“We can’t hand over.”