AOC to the Rescue for Texas.

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Booray
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Raised over 2 million for Texas charities working the front line of storm relief. Maybe Ted could take a lesson?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aoc-announces-that-shes-raised-2-million-for-texas-relief-efforts-in-under-24-hours-173941755.html



Chipoople
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In all sincerity, she should donate that money to charities in her own district, which has about as many unemployed people as there are Texans without power.

Political grandstanding at its worst. About as genuine as Ted Cruz's apology.
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Chipoople said:

In all sincerity, she should donate that money to charities in her own district, which has about as many unemployed people as there are Texans without power.

Political grandstanding at its worst. About as genuine as Ted Cruz's apology.

People here should worry less about motives and more about results. Who gives a **** why she did it? $2 million is $2 million.

And so as to satisfy the cynics among us, I'd be saying the exact same thing if Matt Gaetz did this. We just all know that would never happen. His grandstanding ends on Twitter and the house floor (and maybe under Trump's desk) and helps literally no one.
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Good for AOC.

Well done.
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Chipoople said:

In all sincerity, she should donate that money to charities in her own district, which has about as many unemployed people as there are Texans without power.

Political grandstanding at its worst. About as genuine as Ted Cruz's apology.
Tell that to the people she actually benefitted with real help. I wish more politicians would grandstand like this. You live in a sad world
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Wrecks Quan Dough
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It is being filtered through ActBlue.
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Oldbear83 said:

Good for AOC.

Well done.
Agreed - regardless of motives.
BaylorOkie
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People that are extremely bitter and often play the role of the victim still oftentimes seem to have a genuinely compassionate side. Seems like this is coming out in her (I've always believed it to exist). Kudos to her for stepping up.
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What's the Catch!!??
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nein51
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Something is better than nothing. Lots and lots of politicians do nothing. I don't care for her politics but good on her for doing something.
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Booray said:

Raised over 2 million for Texas charities working the front line of storm relief. Maybe Ted could take a lesson?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aoc-announces-that-shes-raised-2-million-for-texas-relief-efforts-in-under-24-hours-173941755.html




Very nice.

Somehow, someway Beto will reap the biggest benefit .
whitetrash
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To put it in perspective, that's enough to give every resident of Texas............















7 cents.
nein51
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Which is still more than 0 which is what many other politicians did...even in Texas
RD2WINAGNBEAR86
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Good for her. This and her calling out of Andrew Cuomo makes me think maybe she is growing up a little before our eyes. We still gotta work on her on that bat**** crazy New Green Deal thing.

Blue star for AOC this week.
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Mulder
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An Objective Fan of The Former Baylor Lady Bears.
GrowlTowel
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She also announced that Ted Cruz tried to have her killed.

Call me skeptical but raising 2 million in less than 2 days seems fishy. It took JJ Watt longer to raise the same during the flood and he has a much greater following.

Would like to see the books on this in a couple of months.
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GrowlTowel said:

She also announced that Ted Cruz tried to have her killed.

Call me skeptical but raising 2 million in less than 2 days seems fishy. It took JJ Watt longer to raise the same during the flood and he has a much greater following.

Would like to see the books on this in a couple of months.
Agreed...and there's going to be strings attached....
Wrecks Quan Dough
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GrowlTowel said:

She also announced that Ted Cruz tried to have her killed.

Call me skeptical but raising 2 million in less than 2 days seems fishy. It took JJ Watt longer to raise the same during the flood and he has a much greater following.

Would like to see the books on this in a couple of months.


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boognish_bear
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RG donating 21,000 meals....that falls 28,979,00 short of providing a meal for every Texan....what a jerk

Dnicknames
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She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.
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Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.
Nah., she's smarter than that. AOC does not know enough about power transmission to touch the issue without looking dumb. She would lose the cred she has built up

But she can help real people, stay out of Texas, and smile as Ted Cruz and other politicians try to explain their behavior while AOC was doing something to really help.
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Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.


That probably won't happen, Dicknames. This is a 7 day trial period of what AOCs America looks like. Most of us will take a pass.
ATL Bear
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Good on her. Now let's wait until the terms are disclosed and the check clears before we anoint her the Texas saviour.
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GrowlTowel said:

She also announced that Ted Cruz tried to have her killed.

Call me skeptical but raising 2 million in less than 2 days seems fishy. It took JJ Watt longer to raise the same during the flood and he has a much greater following.

Would like to see the books on this in a couple of months.


AOC has 12M plus Twitter followers.

JJ Watt has 5.5M.

Say what you will about her, but she markets like crazy. I have no doubt she could raise $2M that fast.
nein51
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It's ok to think that...but not so much to say it.
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Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.
The State of Texas was building a wall? That's news to me.
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Good socialists know how to ingratiate themselves to the public downtrodden through acts of charity. Hugo Chavez did the same thing. The more marks in the win column for collectivism, the better able these Marxists can win and maintain power. Sure, raising 2 million is great and is very considerate and caring (and certainly better than what Ted Cruz did), but the raising of her favorability and thus, her agenda, is what may prove all this to be a net minus.
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Oldbear83 said:

Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.
Nah., she's smarter than that. AOC does not know enough about power transmission to touch the issue without looking dumb. She would lose the cred she has built up

But she can help real people, stay out of Texas, and smile as Ted Cruz and other politicians try to explain their behavior while AOC was doing something to really help.


Not knowing has never kept her from speaking out ...
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Carlos Safety said:

Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.


That probably won't happen, Dicknames. This is a 7 day trial period of what AOCs America looks like. Most of us will take a pass.
How do you figure that? Republicans have had control of Texas for decades and refused to winterize power plants. You can't blame this on renewables. This disaster is the failure of prioritizing profits over people's lives.
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Meladee said:

Carlos Safety said:

Dnicknames said:

She is going to come to Houston and say perhaps Texas should have been building an electric grid instead of a wall.

And the MAGA group is going to lose their minds.


That probably won't happen, Dicknames. This is a 7 day trial period of what AOCs America looks like. Most of us will take a pass.
How do you figure that? Republicans have had control of Texas for decades and refused to winterize power plants. You can't blame this on renewables. This disaster is the failure of prioritizing profits over people's lives.


Because power failure, shortages of food and fuel, and general misery have characterized communism and socialism since those systems came into existence. Somehow, the bartender from New York and her acolytes believe they have a new path to prosperity. The only people who prosper under what she is pushing are her and those like her.
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We all know this check is coming with a lecture attached
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nein51 said:

Something is better than nothing. Lots and lots of politicians do nothing. I don't care for her politics but good on her for doing something.


Agreed. She's still an existential threat to freedom, but kudos where kudos are due. Still think she's kinda cute...
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curtpenn said:

nein51 said:

Something is better than nothing. Lots and lots of politicians do nothing. I don't care for her politics but good on her for doing something.


Agreed. She's still an existential threat to freedom, but kudos where kudos are due. Still think she's kinda cute...
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Thee University
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F her.

She'll need to raise $100M or more to cover the damage she will do to our state and our citizens. Far more.

nein51
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curtpenn said:

nein51 said:

Something is better than nothing. Lots and lots of politicians do nothing. I don't care for her politics but good on her for doing something.


Agreed. She's still an existential threat to freedom, but kudos where kudos are due. Still think she's kinda cute...

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