I knew she was a serious person when Nancy Pelosi threw a tantrum after her election. Pelosi is like Trump, if you make her nervous, you're doing something right.

they also fetishize her too.

Same with Bernie Sanders (a few years ago mostly). I once mentioned Bernie as part of a funny story I was telling... and man, the whole fucking thing derailed as soon as I said his name. I wasn't even being political, I was just making fun of myself and someone else. It became the definition of "practically foaming at the mouth"... they were triggered just like a Pavlov experiment. It was kinda nuts, ngl

It was confusing, jarring, annoying, and highly ironic all at the same time. They had no individual thought or opinion; crazy

It's why she will probably never be able to be President. They see her as a threat just like they did Clinton. They spent 20 years demonizing Hilary Clinton prior to her running for President, and because the Dems ran her anyway we got Trump. They've been doing the same thing with AOC.

Obama was able to become President because he was an amazing orator who the country had never paid attention to, and the GOP wasn't prepared. John McCain was the best Candidate the GOP ever ran, and he didn't have a chance against Obama because the GOP didn't have a playbook for dealing with a strong, unknown candidate who could speak coherently.

That's the same machine that had been running against the Clintons for decades by the time Hillary ran for 2016. I doubt they had to spend a dime on convincing their base not to vote for her because they were already primed to see her as the devil incarnate. They just had to sway a few independents and they were good to go.

It's why I'm genuinely concerned that AOC might never get a fair shot at the presidency. Maybe if the GOP falls apart post-Trump like some are speculating she could win out against a fractured opposition, but I still worry about that visceral reaction from years of conservative media demonizing her.