Summary

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 35-year-old veteran lawmaker, spoke to NPR about her party’s path forward.

She predicts Republicans will face backlash over Medicaid cuts and federal worker firings.

Despite some Democrats suggesting a new immigration approach post-election, she maintains support for a path to citizenship and recently held a know-your-rights seminar that drew threats of investigation from Trump’s border czar Tom Homan.

AOC told NPR “everything feels increasingly like a scam” for ordinary Americans while government serves the wealthy well.

Unlike Trump, she opposes drastically cutting government agencies but questions programs like Medicare Advantage.

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    6 hours ago

    She also feels like a scam to me for using x and not having a mastodon account

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah why is this politician, who clearly finds it important to communicate her messages as widely and effectively as possible, using a massive social media platform which many American voters and basically all, if not all media organizations regularly use to get their information, instead of using some nobody social media platform that almost nobody cares about?!? The only conclusion is she must be a grifter!!!

      Why yes I am incapable of thinking about a single subject for more than 5 seconds, why do you ask?

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        5 hours ago

        Why is she not even bothering creating a mastodon account?

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            4 hours ago

            If you don’t know an alternative to X in 2025 you sound like a scam to me

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          4 hours ago

          Because she could probably yell her political messages out of her window and reach more people?

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            4 hours ago

            Scammers goal is also to reach more people. Masodon is free and the best alternative to X, there aren’t many excuses not to have an account

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              3 hours ago

              Yeah and it’s also a politician’s goal. Do you actually think everyone who wants to reach a lot of people is a scammer? Like there’s no legitimate reason to want to reach as many people as possible? Did your parents drop on your head when you were young?