The responses included:
“I feel like Trump and you are both real.”
“I feel that you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less ‘establishment.’”
“It’s real simple… Trump and you care for the working class.”
“Trump is going to get us the money and let’s men have a voice. You’re brilliant and have amazing passion!”
Trump doesn’t fit in with republicans because he’s objectively insane and will disregard any and all rules and conventions to get what he wants.
AOC doesn’t fit in with Democrats because she’s not from a rich family, seems to have actually had a minimum wage job and seems to want to actually improve the middle and lower classes lives instead of submit to corporations and collectively disregard what the voter base actually wants.
It is so depressing people see both of these as equivalently important.
Sadly, the average American really is just stupid
I feel like a specific half of the population is really dragging that average down.
Credit to AOC for doing so.
People want someone who will reform politics, get rid of the two party system and get billionaires and corporations to pay their unfair share for decades of exploitation of workers.
They will even give up their individual rights and vote for Trump to try and get it.
Now is the time for AOC, Bernie, Walz and Whitmer to form the SPA (Socialist Party for America)
Issue is a 3 party system is only going to give us a far right wing party, a right wing party and a centrist party that has to vote for right wing party or the far right wing party will win. A 3rd party won’t help. Election reform has to happen first. The only thing we can hope for is a progressive movement inside the democratic party. That sweeps then getting election reform. Then we can get ranked choice or whatever system .
The democratic party has been effectively blocking the progressive movement since the bill Clinton days.
People have shown they are ready to vote against the establishment. Just look at how many Democrats and Independants voted for Trump.
This 3rd party needs to go strong left and not get baited into a compromise party.
She’s already a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The SPA was renamed “Social Democrats, USA” in the 70’s.
Time to revert to its roots.
God damn, people make me hate people.
I feel like her direct communication vow is not the right deal. They need to hook into social media just like Republicans did. Door-to-door might help but not as much as they think.
For young people, definitely and should be part of their strategy and that includes going on progressive podcasts to answer tough questions.
The Internet in general, but especially social media, is a cesspool of AI slop, bots, algorithm manipulation, and less exotic/high-tech forms of disinformation. How about instead of telling our politicians to meet us there we get the fuck off of it and meet each other in the streets. They can join our party if they want but we’re starting it.
If democracy isn’t gone by then, she needs to run in 2028.
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