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| | {{cquote|the people that are producing climate change, that’s right, those people, the ones destroying the Earth, driving entire species to extinction, killing children, ever notice how all those people look alike? ... the people who are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities or corporation, they tend to be predominantly white.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/33898-ocasio-cortez-white-people-are-killing-us<br>https://twitter.com/CreativeDeduct/status/1189799615895351296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>}} | | {{cquote|the people that are producing climate change, that’s right, those people, the ones destroying the Earth, driving entire species to extinction, killing children, ever notice how all those people look alike? ... the people who are producing climate change, the folks that are responsible for the largest amount of emissions, or communities or corporation, they tend to be predominantly white.<ref>https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/33898-ocasio-cortez-white-people-are-killing-us<br>https://twitter.com/CreativeDeduct/status/1189799615895351296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>}} |
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| − | A leading [[anti-Semite]] and rabble-rouser in the House of Representatives, Ocasio-Cortez refused to tour the [[Auschwitz]] concentration camp with Holocaust survivor Ed Mosberg and slandered those who invited her as "far-right"; Mosberg, prior to his death in September of 2021, called for her removal from Congress.<ref>Two references: | + | A leading [[antisemite]] and rabble-rouser in the House of Representatives, Ocasio-Cortez refused to tour the [[Auschwitz]] concentration camp with Holocaust survivor Ed Mosberg and slandered those who invited her as "far-right"; Mosberg, prior to his death in September of 2021, called for her removal from Congress.<ref>Two references: |
| | *Rosenberg, David (July 1, 2019). [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/265332 Holocaust survivor: AOC deserves a Nobel Prize - in stupidity]. ''Arutz Sheva 7''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. | | *Rosenberg, David (July 1, 2019). [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/265332 Holocaust survivor: AOC deserves a Nobel Prize - in stupidity]. ''Arutz Sheva 7''. Retrieved September 24, 2021. |
| | *Lewak, Doree (June 29, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/29/nobel-prize-in-stupidity-holocaust-survivor-wants-aoc-out-of-congress/ ‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress ]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> AOC defended [[holocaust denier]] [[Whoopi Goldberg]] who claimed the [[Nazi]]s really were not racists. She has been criticized for supporting [[Ukrainian Nazis]] and [[NATO]] [[aggression]] in [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ7guWUuliM</ref> | | *Lewak, Doree (June 29, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/29/nobel-prize-in-stupidity-holocaust-survivor-wants-aoc-out-of-congress/ ‘Nobel Prize in stupidity’: Holocaust survivor wants AOC out of Congress ]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> AOC defended [[holocaust denier]] [[Whoopi Goldberg]] who claimed the [[Nazi]]s really were not racists. She has been criticized for supporting [[Ukrainian Nazis]] and [[NATO]] [[aggression]] in [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ7guWUuliM</ref> |
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| | A [[Cafeteria Catholic]], she has been praised by ''America, The Jesuit Review''.<ref>https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal</ref> As of March 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez has 3.4 million [[Twitter]] followers. Ocasio-Cortez had four ethics complaints filed against her in the first six weeks after taking office. The [[Gallup Poll]] gives her a net 10 point negative favorability rating which may be impossible to ever overcome. With the 2020 Census, New York is likely to lose one seat due to the outflow of population from an inhospitable tax environment; Ocasio-Cortez is on the chopping block of the Democratically controlled legislature.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2019/02/09/ocasio-cortez-district-redistricting-2020/</ref> | | A [[Cafeteria Catholic]], she has been praised by ''America, The Jesuit Review''.<ref>https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/06/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-catholic-faith-and-urgency-criminal</ref> As of March 7, 2019, Ocasio-Cortez has 3.4 million [[Twitter]] followers. Ocasio-Cortez had four ethics complaints filed against her in the first six weeks after taking office. The [[Gallup Poll]] gives her a net 10 point negative favorability rating which may be impossible to ever overcome. With the 2020 Census, New York is likely to lose one seat due to the outflow of population from an inhospitable tax environment; Ocasio-Cortez is on the chopping block of the Democratically controlled legislature.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2019/02/09/ocasio-cortez-district-redistricting-2020/</ref> |
| − | [[File:Ocasio-Cortez leads insurrectionists in takeover of Pelosi office.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Rep. Ocasio-Cortez leads group of [[Sunrise Movement]] insurrerctionsts in a takeover of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, Nov. 13, 2018.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sunrise-activists-nancy-pelosi/</ref>]] | + | [[File:Ocasio-Cortez leads insurrectionists in takeover of Pelosi office.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Rep. Ocasio-Cortez leads group of [[Sunrise Movement]] protesters in a takeover of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, Nov. 13, 2018.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sunrise-activists-nancy-pelosi/</ref>]] |
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| | ==Background== | | ==Background== |
| | Ocasio-Cortez is a [[cultural Marxist]] reared to believe the [[dialectical materialism|dialectical materialist]] view that [[capitalism]] is a transitory phase to socialism in which the planet will be ruled by an enlightened elite of [[anti-democratic]] [[technocrat]]s, should it survive a climate crisis. She believes the Marxist notion that capitalism is an [[ideology]], and not a simple paradigm of fundamental [[economic]] laws. A descendant of [[white]] [[Europe]]ans during the [[Conquistador|Spanish Conquest (''La Conquista'')]] of the [[Western Hemisphere]] who imposed [[colonialism|colonial]] rule and [[cultural hegemony]] over [[Native American]]s and trafficked in the [[Africa]]n slave trade, Ocasio-Cortez now thinks she is an oppressed woman of color. | | Ocasio-Cortez is a [[cultural Marxist]] reared to believe the [[dialectical materialism|dialectical materialist]] view that [[capitalism]] is a transitory phase to socialism in which the planet will be ruled by an enlightened elite of [[anti-democratic]] [[technocrat]]s, should it survive a climate crisis. She believes the Marxist notion that capitalism is an [[ideology]], and not a simple paradigm of fundamental [[economic]] laws. A descendant of [[white]] [[Europe]]ans during the [[Conquistador|Spanish Conquest (''La Conquista'')]] of the [[Western Hemisphere]] who imposed [[colonialism|colonial]] rule and [[cultural hegemony]] over [[Native American]]s and trafficked in the [[Africa]]n slave trade, Ocasio-Cortez now thinks she is an oppressed woman of color. |