Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well.
So, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, or Red Cortez as
I like to call her, has caused a bit of a stir since being elected
to Congress during the midterms in 2018.
An avowed democratic socialist, which she tries to insist is somehow
different to normal socialism, even though it’s really just the same
pig, different lipstick, she has been spouting some of the most
radically left wing rhetoric US Congress has heard for some time,
possibly even more so than Bernie Sanders.
The extent of her radical progressivism was revealed when her
famous Green new Deal was rolled out early last year; which was, if
you took it bit by bit, a plan for a grand rollout of a socialist regime in
the USA, disguised as an environmental welfare plan.
Don’t believe me?
Well, Red’s former chief of staff admitted just that
in a interview with the Washington post, saying to the publication,
“Do you guys think of it as a climate thing?
Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy
thing.”
Hmmmm…
She’s also notable for refusing to condemn Antifa when asked
And for fundraising for their bail money on Twitter
“One way to support the local LGBTQ community impacted by
Boston’s white supremacist parade?
Contribute to the Bail Fund for the activists who put themselves on the line
protecting the Boston community:”
For the record; it wasn’t a white supremacist march, or anything of
the sort; it was a so-called straight pride parade held as a joke to troll
the radical left.
But, you know, since the regressive left thinks anyone
to the right of Bernie is a white supremacist, it’s not surprising Red
Cortez would pander to her rabid base by spreading this kind of lie.
Then of course, there was the video she made recently with her
boyfriend, on how white people can apparently avoid being
racist
Speak for yourself, my guy.
Anyway; it’s not just her extremist policy decisions, or her defence of
political violence when it comes from her own side, or her radically
leftist rhetoric, or the fact she has decided to use the word radical to
describe herself as if that’s a good thing, that little Red is known for.
She’s also made a number of very public gaffes, for lack of a better
word, which have made her the butt of a number of Republican
jokes.
And while yes, these are, admittedly, low hanging fruit, she
and her regressive leftist pals are absolutely not above seizing on the
equally low hanging fruit of their opponents when it suits them.
So, in honour of keeping the playing field entirely level, here are four
of my favourite Red Cortez slip ups; all of which are a fascinating
insight into what is behind the public veneer.
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Number one; the fake economist.
As a democratic socialist, Red Cortez obviously has an interest in economics,
and in fact has an economics degree.
Which is why it surprised an awful lot of people
when recently, she appeared on Instagram citing the work of
someone called Milton Keynes
Now, Red sounds pretty sure of herself here, which makes all the
more interesting when you realize that Milton Keynes doesn’t exist.
There is no famous economist called Milton Keynes.
As it turns out, Red Cortez had mixed up Milton Friedman, known
for his enthusiasm for the free market, and John Maynard Keynes,
a 20th-century British economist, whose work she was actually
referring to.
Fortunately for her, she realised her mixup, and posted soon after,
“UGGGH TYPO.
It’s John Maynard Keynes.
Mixed his name with Milton Friedman – a (very) different
economist,”
Now, we all make typos, I know I do…but the fact remains that Red
Cortez not only typed Milton Keynes, but said it as well
Whoops!
Also, in a rather glorious coincidence, Milton Keynes is actually the
name of a small town in England, which is famous for being the most
ridiculed town in the UK, because of its terrible design, and excess of
roundabouts, 1300 to be precise, more than any other town.
You couldn’t write it, really.
Number two; misunderstanding metaphor.
Last week, when discussing the level of poverty in the USA,
she had this to say about the well-known saying, “to pull yourself
up by your bootstraps”
Okay, so it sounds at first glance like she is taking the saying literally
and totally missing the metaphor; I mean, we all know it’s physically
impossible to literally pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Certainly, her spiel raised a few eyebrows in conservative
circles, who picked up on the fact she seemed to have confused
a metaphor with reality.
However, what she was actually saying, none-too-clearly, was that
the saying to pull yourself up by your bootstraps started out as an
ironic expression, referring to doing something completely absurd.
Since pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is physically impossible,
the original meaning was, of course, to do something impossible.
Red Cortez simply articulated this badly, very
badly, hence the ridicule.
Obviously, the saying has evolved since then to mean succeeding
without any external help.
The point Red was trying to make was that it’s impossible to succeed with no
external help whatsoever, and therefore the fact conservatives apparently
use that metaphor to describe striving for the American dream is,
well, a joke.
However, what she’s failed to realise is that no conservative would
assert that a self-made person succeeds with zero help from other
people.
Even the most self-made of millionaires, coming from the
bottom, has to be given a break somewhere.
The point of the metaphor, from a conservative standpoint, is an
argument against big government and obscenely high taxes.
It refers to the potential of human beings to create
a life for themselves without the help of excessive government handouts.
So, the point Red is making is pretty evident; she’s just
not making it very well.
Poor Red.
Number three; disregard for facts.
Now, we are all very aware that the progressive, or regressive left is a little
bit soft on facts, to say the least.
To the casual observer, they seem far more concerned with
what they consider to be “moral”, and holding that over people as
the only kind of moral absolute to live by, and therefore everyone
who disagrees is a bigot.
And while they insist that it they, not everybody else, who has the
facts of the matter correct, what they really mean is that their
opinions are supposedly correct, because facts are secondary to
morality, or least what they consider to be moral.
When you put this to a regressive leftist, they will deny it, and call
you some sort of name like racist, sexist, bigot, etc.
Which is why it came as such a lovely surprise when Red Cortez
accidentally admitted that yes, facts are, indeed, secondary
to what she and her pals consider to be moral.
Take a look at this infamous interview she did with Anderson Cooper of CNN
Well…that pretty much sums it up, really.
Number four; soft on the details.
Red Cortez is a long-time advocate for Palestine, and has spoken out about it
time and time again.
Now, you’d think that someone who is so seemingly
sure of their point of view, and so quick to denounce anyone who
disagrees with them as not only wrong, but evil, would have an extremely
thorough knowledge of the subject matter.
I mean, by publicly advocating so vehemently for anything, with such
a confident manner, it would stand to reason that any question
someone threw at you about the topic, you’d be able to answer on
your head.
Well, not in the case of Red Cortez.
Soon after being elected, she had this to say when asked her
opinion on the Israel
Palestine situation.
I am certain that since then Red, has strengthened her knowledge of
the topic.
The point is, however, that if you make strong, general
statements in public, you should probably have a few things to back
them up with.
After all, the devil is always in the detail.
Well, there you have it; my four favourite Red Cortez faux pas.
While she is certainly an impressive orator, and
extremely sure of herself, there are certainly times when the curtain
slips, and her lack of substance comes shining through.