Ocasio-Cortez, the darling of the left, might not have started out as a socialist. Fox News reports:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist congressional candidate from New York who touts honesty and authenticity as her greatest strengths, used to describe herself as a follower of Adam Smith, the so-called father of capitalism — and said that terms like “feminism” and “empowerment” were “relics from the past.”
Since then, Ocasio-Cortez has come out as an unapologetic democratic socialist, wishing to see greater taxation and expansion and creation of wide-ranging social programs such as a single-payer health care system, free education, and housing as a right.
“I think my strength is I’m honest and authentic,” she told “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah last week. Those qualities helped her in June to beat top Democrat Joe Crowley, whose name was floated as the next speaker of the U.S. House.
But not that long ago, 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez harbored a lot milder if not radically different views. During her time at Boston University, where she studied economics and international relations and graduated in 2011 with cum laude honors, she described herself as a believer in Adam Smith’s analyses and wrote a number of blog posts hinting at her views, according to posts reviewed by Fox News.
Whether this disappoints her fans remains to be seen.
Was this educated idiot truly educated or endoctrinated?? Socialism is really enslavement of the lower class.
As Lenin said: “useful idiots”
Expose/boycott,prosecute all these deep state treasonous NAZI commie liberals demoncrats post-haste ,Patriots! Drain the rat infested swamp President Trump! Vote Republican in November, no RINOs, please!
What kind of economics did she study ? It was embarrassing to hear her logic on a cable news interview. Did she graduate Boston U. The same way Obama graduated from Harvard. Shrouded in mystery.
With Social/Communism they have to do away with elections by strong arm tactics 1. because S/C is so bad for the country 2. The people find out it makes them slaves to S/C masters 3. they vote them out in 4 years & go back to tried & proven capitalism. 4. Before that happens S/C masters will start jailing their slaves to get their minds right with & final solution is to murder their deniers
With Social/Communism they have to do away with elections by strong arm tactics 1. because S/C is so bad for the country 2. The people find out it makes them slaves to S/C masters 3. they vote them out in 4 years & go back to tried & proven capitalism
As an American Citizen, but, born in India, I’d say…! WHAT SOES THIS GIRL KNOW ABOUT SOCIALISM…. I was born & brought-up, in that system, and can debate her anyday….(without getting angry) as to how WRONG SHE IS… Wealth DISTRIBUTION, is NOT the ANSWER….. wealth creation is the solution… In SOCIALISM, there are Govt. Masters…..In Capitalism, there are GOVT. SERVANTS…. People remember November…. Talk to your family, friends, acquaintances, to vote for “anti-socialists” & liberals… Is that NOT what brought us, LEGAL CITIZENS to this Country? Is that NOT our AMERICAN DREAM?… Think & ACT…..
This Socialist/Commie is the worst kind of fraud. Honesty is definitely not her best asset. I doubt that anyone knows if she even has a best.
She even stole tips from a fellow waitress while she was still waiting tables, before running for office. That’s pretty low.
Libs seem to be taking to her, since they have nothing better to offer. Sad isn’t it?
So who got to her that changed her so drastically? Who ever it is, they need to visit Venezuela. Cortez needs to visit Venezuela, too!
She needs to move to Venezuela