That’s awesome! Also, kinda neat being able to tell a story about how you once ordered a drink from a now-sitting congressperson!

That margarita must be really good then, she’s still good at her job. I’ll vote for her

Rich people should just be banned

Congress has 535 members, you’re off by 100. It should be 43 members with food service experience.

Congress has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.

Sorry, best I can do is a bunch geriatric members of congress, political dynasties, and life long politicians.

I mean, she's almost tailor-made to make them practically short out.

One, she's obviously a smoke-show and we might as well acknowledge that fact. Add to that, she is obviously very smart and a great speaker, and not afraid to speak up. Being a woman and a POC compounds their feels. She's also often aligned with the likes of Bernie on many issues.

Add all this up, and it's no wonder most Republicans behave like confused middle-school boys and don't know what to do with their conflicted feelings and end up saying/doing things that more or less boil down to the equivalent of pulling her hair and snapping her bra.

It usually comes out so incoherent and cringe - I seem to remember some winger(s) saying something about how she was a "hypocrite" for dating a white guy?

... And their AI-generated fantasies. Eww....

I'm more than happy not to charge her rent.

…that sounds creepy, but I just mean I'm glad she's in politics fighting the progressive fight, and I support her. lol

Not just rich, born rich.

If someone worked themselves to death 80hrs/week to build a fortune, forgoing family or personal development. That might not be "healthy" but at least we could all point at their work ethic and tenacity as something worthwhile.

But this fuck was just born into it. Never had to work a day in his life, just living off daddies dime.

months years

Give it a couple of months. They'll be dunking on AOC for not being a pedophile next. How can you be qualified for public office if you never went to the island? To a fascist, anything which denotes "them" is an acceptable insult.

Yup, pedophiles trying to distract how corrupt and demonic they are.

How much could one banana cost?

I take it as her response is for people, not for him. Sometimes people need someone to spell out things. Like the representative thing, so they can understand billionaires might not have their best interest at heart over someone that actually has gone through the same struggles they are under.

Yeah, although sometimes ya do gotta let off a little steam… but you are right.

Does he think

I'm going to stop you there. :)

According to stupid right wing narratives and framing, being a centimillionaire or a billionaire is not elitist, but knowing stuff, having an education and qualifications and experience is "elitist".

So, a scientist, still paying off student loans decades later (but when they talk about their subject matter, they make a winger feel talked down to) - elitist.

Scumbag parasitic idle rich jackass born with a silver spoon in their mouth, never worked a day in their lives, and accrued billions - NOT elitist.

Since the cons have so distorted the concept of elitist to mean only someone that's educated, smart, etc., and has no money/power component to it, I'm kind of glad that people have started talking about the Epstein Class. Because when we talk about elitist jackasses, I have the feeling that we are talking about money/power and the base of the Republican Party think "poindexters that went to college".

And even the ones who are not are almost all beholden to our oligarchs and serve at their pleasure.

elitism

Pedofilelitism

I hope she runs for NY governor or something soon. I'd like to see her as president, but I don't think her campaign would have much success if her only political experience is as a congresswoman. Historically, it's hard for a presidential candidate to succeed without first having some experience in an executive role (like governor, or as a general). Plus, imagine how much she and Mandami could get done together if he were running NYC and she were the governor.

Yes

Agreed. That retort was spot on.

• No attacking his personality.
• No attacking his physical characteristics.
• No strawmen.
• No name-calling.
• Just a direct cut at his oxymoronic qualifications and lack of care for the working class.