The reason everyone is upset by the newly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is that she won a Congressional seat away from a long time incumbent Democrat without much money. See, she is the way elections are supposed to work. She put together some information about herself and went door to door to speak to the residents in her district, introduced herself, asked them to vote for her and they did.
She did not have a huge war chest to run ads and send out flyers and the like, she used shoe leather. She is an example of why "Citizens' United" is wrongfully decided. There should be election laws that restrict money in politics to force those seeking election to face the voters. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the very essence of the constitutional political theater that should exist with every election.
She is an average American who decided it was time for a change and when she looked around and found no one ready to fill that space, she decided to fill it herself. She is doing a great job. She earned her place in Congress. She worked hard for it and now she is winning the hearts of Americans in her forthright belief in her ability to bring about the change she ran on.
She is a good person. My favorite statement by her is when she commented on a media article that tried to say she was a millionaire and lying to the public because she had some nice clothes in the early days of her office. She said, “If I walked into Congress wearing a sack, they would laugh & take a picture of my backside,” she wrote on Twitter. “If I walk in with my best sale-rack clothes, they laugh & take a picture of my backside. Dark hates light — that’s why you tune it out. Shine bright & keep it pushing.”
She is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and I don't know why that is the case, except, Americans are convinced an election costs enormous amounts of money. The USA Constitution clearly states the minimum age for an elected House of Representative member is 25 years old. By 25 years old most adults have attained an education (In her case, she graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, majoring in international relations and economics.), knows what the meaning of a dollar is, and has made at least one major purchase in buying a car. So, what does it take to be a Congresswoman other than knowing what life is like for her district and willing to make her vote count for those people?
When Rep. Ocasio-Cortez hears about a bill regarding international law and decisions, she actually knows where the country is on a map.
She also doesn't seem too engaged in distancing her constituents either (click here). She has a minimal Congressional website and a newsletter. What better than to reach out to constituents in a newsletter? SHE REACHES OUT TO THEM AND DOESN'T EXPECT THEM TO COME LOOKING FOR HER. Something tells me she holds herself accountable to them.
She is a breath of fresh air. She won without big money and she is anchored in doing the best job she can for her constituents while being accountable to them. I do believe that is called a moral character. She takes herself seriously and works hard to prove herself.
Yep. She is a threat.
