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>> Jesse: AS LONG AS THERE HAS
BEEN TELEVISION, THERE HAS BEEN
PEOPLE ON TELEVISION SELLING YOU
THE LATEST AND THE GREATEST.
ONE OF A KIND.
NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
MIND BLOWING MUST HAVE ITEMS.
BUT DOES IT EVER REALLY DELIVER?
REMEMBER THE FIRE FESTIVAL FROM
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO?
>> ALL THESE MODELS LIKE IN THE
BAHAMAS.
SPECTACLE, THE WORLD HAS EVER
SEEN.
>> ISLAND GET AWAY TURNS
DISASTER.
>> IT BECAME VERY BARBARIC.
>> Jesse: WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE THE CAN’T MISS PARTY OF THE
MILLENNIUM TURNED OUT TO BE A
CATASTROPHE.
THE MODELS THAT WERE PROMISED
NEVER SHOWED UP.
THE GOURMET FOOD THEY ADVERTISED
TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING FROM
A SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
AND THINGS GOT SO BAD THE
PARTY’S ORGANIZER EVEN ENDED UP
IN JAIL.
BUT P.R. SCAMS LIKE THIS OH,
THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND.
NEW COKE WAS HAILED AS THE
FUTURE OF SODA.
AND WAS GOING TO TAKE THE
BEVERAGE WORLD BY STORM IN THE
1980s.
WELL, THAT DIDN’T WORK.
JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, THEY
WERE BACK TO THE CLASSIC.
AND HOW ABOUT THE SEGWAY?
ONCE BILLED AS MOST
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE TO
TRANSPORTATION SINCE THE HORSE
AND BUGGY BECAME NOTHING MORE
THAN A PUNCH LINE IN BAD MOVIES.
>> HOW IS THAT? IS THAT VALID ENOUGH FOR YOU?
IS THAT VALID ENOUGH FOR YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
>> THAT WAS PRETTY VALID, HUH?
>> Jesse: MOST OF THESE
MARKETING FAILURES HAVE LITTLE
CONSEQUENCE.
MOST OF THE WRONG PEOPLE STILL
GET PAID BUT AT LEAST THEY LEAVE
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
FOR THAT, SAME THING CAN’T BE
SAID ABOUT ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
THE NEW COKE OF POLITICS.
IN 2018 AOC WAS THE FRESH FACE
ON THE BLOCK AFTER SHE UPSET
LONG-TIME DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT
CONGRESSMAN JOE CROWLEY.
THE MEDIA FELL HEAD OVER HEELS
FOR THEIR IT GIRL.
>> SHE RAN BECAUSE SHE WAS
FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE IN HER COMMUNITY CARED
ABOUT.
>> ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, SHE
IS THE HOTTEST TICKET IN
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.
>> SHE ABSOLUTELY IS.
>> ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ IS
JUST A SUPER STAR.
I HAVEN’T SEEN ANYONE IN RECENT
YEARS EVER REALLY BEING ABLE TO
HARNESS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA
FOLLOWING.
>> SHE IS 29 YEARS OLD.
SHE IS A WOMAN.
SHE IS HISPANIC AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, SHE IS REPRESENTS
THE FUSION OF MOVEMENT POLITICS
AND ELECTORAL POLITICS THAT
SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE ENERGY ON
THE LEFT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> Jesse: AOC WAS ALL CIVIL AND
NO STEAK LITERALLY I THINK SHE
IS VEGAN.
QUICK RISE TO THE TOP WASN’T AN
ACCIDENT.
PLANNED, PACKAGED AND PROCESSED
CANDIDATE SOLD TO A HUNGRY YOUNG
GENERATION BY A SLICK AND
SHALLOW MEDIA.
EMPTY CALORIES CORTEZ.
HER STORY BEGINS WITH BERNIE
SANDERS.
HIS FAILED RUN FOR THE
PRESIDENCY IN 2016.
WHERE A CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER IN
SILICON VALLEY EXECUTIVE SHOCK
ROW BATTY BEGAN REPUTING
HUNDREDS OF PROGRESSIVES FOR HOW
FAST RACES.
HE IDENTIFIED AOC AND AFTER
REALIZING HIS PRODUCT’S
POTENTIAL, HE DECIDED HE WOULD
RUN HER CAMPAIGN.
HE CAST HER, SHE WON, AND THEN
HE NAMED HIMSELF HER CHIEF OF
STAFF.
SO IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT
WRITING THE SCRIPT AOC WAS
MAKING NOISE ON THE LEFT.
HE WAS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
NOT AOC.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A COMPLIMENT
BECAUSE THAT WHOLE THING IS
CRAZY.
BUT, THE MORE PLAN DOESN’T MAKE
SENSE THE MORE THE MEDIA LOVES
IT.
IN EARLY 2019 SHE APPEARED ON
THE COVER OF "TIME" MAGAZINE AND
ROLLING STONE AS THE ANOINT THE
HEIR, THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRAT
PARTY.
BUT THE FUNNY THING HAPPENED
ONCE HER MASTERMIND AND CHIEF OF
STAFF EXITED IN AUGUST 2019.
OCASIO-CORTEZ LOST THE HEAT ON
HER FAST BALL.
>> SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF FATIGUE
OUT THERE.
HE SEEMS TO HAVE LOST SOME ZIP
ON HIS FAST BALL.
>> Jesse: WITHOUT THE MAN BEHIND
THE CURTAIN, SHE STOPPED MAKING
A SPLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
NEVER GOES VIRAL ANYMORE.
HER TIMING AND WIT VANISHED WITH
HER CHIEF OF STAFF.
WAS HE AOC’S OZ?
ALMOST DEFINITELY.
MOST PEOPLE NO LONGER CARE WHAT
AOC HAS TO SAY ABOUT HEALTHCARE.
WHILE SHE MAKES DINNER IN HER
LITTLE APARTMENT.
AND WHEN SHE IS PRESSED ON REAL
ISSUES.
SHE HAS NO REAL ANSWERS.
>> MEDICARE FOR ALL WOULD SAVE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WHY AREN’T WE INCORPORATING THE
COST OF ALL THE FUNERAL EXPENSES
OF THOSE WHO I DO BECAUSE THEY
CAN’T AFFORD ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE?
>> YOU LOOK AT THESE FIGURES AND
SAY OH, UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW.
EVERYTHING IS FINE, RIGHT?
WELL, UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW
BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TWO JOBS.
>> YOU USE THE TERM OF
OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE, WHAT
DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> OH, UM, I THINK WHAT I MEANT
IS LIKE THE SETTLEMENT.
>> Jesse: IN FACT, DID AOC RUN
FOR CONGRESS JUST TO BE FAMOUS?
SHE IS ON THE RED CARPET MORE
THAN RYAN SECREST.
OCASIO-CORTEZ SAYS SHE
REPRESENTS THE DOWN TRODDEN OF
SOCIETY.
BUT HAS SHE ACTUALLY DONE
ANYTHING FOR HER CONSTITUENTS?
SINCE TAKING OVER, NEW YORK’S
14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THE
AREA HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES.
AOC FORCED AMAZON OUT OF QUEENS,
PUSHING AS MANY AS 40,000 JOBS
OUT OF THE AREA ARE JOBS SORELY
NEEDED IN THAT DISTRICT.
WAGES ARE DOWN AND CRIME
SUSPECT.
SO, AS SHE FAILS HER
CONSTITUENTS, WE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT THEY REALLY THINK OF HER.
NOT WHAT CNN OR VANITY FAIR,
CHUCK TODD THINKS OF HER.
WE KNOW WHAT CHUCK THINKS.
AND WE WISH WE DIDN’T.
SO WE SENT SOME PRODUCERS TO HER
DISTRICT TO ASK AROUND.
>> WHO REPRESENTS YOU IN
CONGRESS?
>> IT’S AOC.
OCASIO-CORTEZ.
>> AOC.
>> OCASIO-CORTEZ.
>> I’M GUESSING IT’S AOC.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHO
REPRESENTS NEW CONGRESS?
>> NO.
>> DOES AOC SOUND FAMILIAR?
>> NO.
>> HELLO.
>> NEVER HEARD OF HER.
WHO IS AOC.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY AOC STANDS
FOR?
>> UM, MAYBE --
>> AOC STANDS FOR DEMOCRACY,
BASICALLY.
>> YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY,
DON’T YOU?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK AOC STANDS
FOR?
>> HERSELF.
>> I THINK IT’S INTERESTING THAT
SHE IS DOWN IN FLORIDA PARTYING.
>> I THINK AOC FANTASTIC.
>> YOU LOOK FABULOUS.
>> WHAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU
SAY AOC HAS DONE FOR THIS
DISTRICT?
>> WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR THE
DISTRICT IS HARDER FOR ME TO
NAME SPECIFICALLY.
>> I’M NOT REALLY TOO SURE.
A LOT OF PHOTO OPS.
>> AOC KILLED 40,000 AMAZON JOBS
TO THIS COMMUNITY.
DO YOU SUPPORT THAT?
>> YES, I DO.
>> HOW COULD YOU EVEN SAY THAT.
>> IT WASN’T NECESSARILY BAD
THING THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS
HERE ALREADY.
>> SHE DIDN’T KILL IT OUT OF
MEAN SPIRITEDNESS.
>> MAYBE NOT.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
NEEDS JOBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> STRUGGLING AND GREAT TO HAVE
ALL OF THOSE JOBS.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT CRIME.
IT’S BIG TIME HERE IN THE CITY.
WHAT HAS SHE DONE TO ADDRESS
THAT?
>> I HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING
ABOUT HER ADDRESSING CRIME.
>> SHE WAS BEHIND THE BAIL
REFORM AND THAT TURNED OUT TO
NEED A LOT OF TWEAKING.
>> MIGHT HAVE TO TWEAK THAT A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THINGS ARE A LOT MORE
EXPENSIVE HERE IN QUEENS.
SO DO YOU THINK AOC IS DOING
ANYTHING TO HELP THE RISE IN
PRICES?
>> I HOPE THEY ARE.
DO I SEE IT?
NO.
OBVIOUSLY EXPENSIVE.
>> I MEAN, IT’S ONE BANANA,
MICHAEL, WHAT COULD IT COST?
$10?
>> IF YOU COULD TELL YOUR
CONGRESSWOMAN SOMETHING, WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY?
>> I WILL VOTE FOR YOU IN 20024
IF2004IF YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> YOU LOOK LIKE A WONDERFUL
DRESSED NEW YORKER.
>> KEEP WE FINDING YOURSELF.
EVERYBODY HAS TO GET BETTER AT
THEIR JOB.
>> I CAN DO BETTER.
>> MAYBE A LITTLE IDEALISM AND A
LITTLE MORE TRYING TO HELP
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
>> LEAVE OFFICE.
DO US ALL A FAVOR.
>> Jesse: EVEN HER OWN VOTERS
CANNOT COME UP WITH ANY ANSWERS
ON HOW SHE IS COMBATING THE OUT
OF CONTROL TIME IN NEW YORK
CITY.
HOW SHE IS WORKING TO FIGHT THE
SURGE INFLATION THEY ARE DEALING
WITH THIS IS BECAUSE AOC IS THE
AMONG THE LEAST PRODUCTIVE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
SHE SPONSORED 34 BILLS IN
CONGRESS.
NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS
BEEN PASSED INTO LAW.
SO, WHAT IS SHE DOING ALL DAY IN
CONGRESS?
>> WHAT IS SHE DOING?
I NEVER KNOW WHAT SHE IS DOING
BACK THERE.
>> Jesse: TURNS OUT SHE IS DOING
A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING.
BUT DON’T TELL HER THAT.
BECAUSE AOC THINKS IF YOU
CRITICIZE HER, IT JUST MEANS YOU
REALLY WANT TO DATE HER.
WELL, WE JUST FOUND YOU A BUNCH
OF DATES, CONGRESSWOMAN.
RIGHT THERE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AOC IS JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE
OF POLITICIANS WHO HAVE DONE
NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE THEY
REPRESENT.
AND WE WILL BE CALLING THEM OUT
ONE BY ONE.
THE MEDIA MIGHT LOVE HER NOW,
BUT IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE SOMETHING NEW COMES
AROUND.
THEY MAY HAVE TO GET THE OLD