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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) has “been with the Republicans” since Congress returned, after the Michigan Democrat endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the midterms.

“She’s been with the Republicans ever since she’s come back. So she’s been on the Republican side of the aisle,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an appearance on “The Don Lemon Show” that aired Thursday.

“This is just the epitome of a certain kind of transactional politics,” she added. “And it’s really sad.”

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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 24 points 1 day ago

She's going to switch parties. They can have her. Then she'll lose her election in 2028.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Like Sinema she may try to go Independent but her cover is blown and at this point she may take more from Republicans than Democrats lol.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago

Really dodged a Fetterman shaped bullet there

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

send her and fetterfuck off to russia(siberia) to spend the rest of their terms on ice

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago
[-] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago

She received over $15,000,000.00 in AIPAC donations. Hrmmm...

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 33 points 1 day ago

The worst part is that's just money that our government has sent over to Israel. It's like money laundering for traitors.

[-] Manjushri@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago

Yep. Every year we send Israel billions in American tax dollars, and they send back a couple million in bribes to our leadership. They've always said that the American government is the best government money can buy. It just amazes me how cheaply it can be had.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Think this is more embezzlement than money laundering. Not that either is a good thing.

[-] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

It's money laundering in the sense that it starts off in a state where it can't be used for the purposes they want, then they send it out into the world, a big chunk of it vanishes, and it comes back in the condition that it can be used to finance their campaigns.

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[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 day ago

Has been a vassal for the Israeli state.

It seemed clear to me: Israeli handlers told her to jump, and she immediately obliged.

Good riddance to her. I can only hope to see all of them kicked out of our government and military affairs during my lifetime.

[-] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 8 points 1 day ago

Yep Round one is done. We've got 5-6 more

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 147 points 1 day ago

The "moderate" Dems are just Republicans in sheep's clothing. It's a large reason why the symbolism behind removing Jefferies and Schumer is so important and not merely symbolic.

[-] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Adam Hamilton who was just elected to Senate in Kansas was a Republican less than a year ago.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Look at Florida. Democrat establishment loves to run Republicans under a Dem banner

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

We have to start acknowledging that we now have a THIRD party - The Israel Party - that straddles both of the traditional parties. Many legislators are more loyal to the Israeli Party than either of the trad political parties. Dems like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, or Jared Moskowitz, will side with Israel before they support Democrats.

We need to encourage Democrats to NOT be part of the overlap.

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[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

If Stevens had just stayed hidden in the Republican cloakroom for a little while longer, no one would ever have known.

And no, I'm not even joking: that's literally where she's been hiding.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago

Much like Sinema, there are MANY of these DINOs who act as Republican sleepers, just waiting for their activation to inflict the most damage. Once that capital is expended, well, then time to be open Republican.

Schumer, Jeffries, Stevens, Fetterman are Sinema. There are many more (e.g., DWS in FL, and Gilibrand in NY)

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is why. Nothing will change until we get these traitors out

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[-] Tango@piefed.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Was it Jeffries that vetted her?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

For Senate? That was Schumer.

[-] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

Don't you mean with israel?

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