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Title: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: mystery-ak on February 22, 2019, 03:03:06 pm
AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
by Katelyn Caralle
 | February 22, 2019 07:56 AM



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday she would most likely be teaching high school right now if Trump hadn't won his presidential race in 2016.

“But times of great challenge can also bring out the best in people too. So I think that’s what we’re really seeing right now,” Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in a Showtime interview.

The freshman lawmaker said she doesn't regret getting into politics even though it can lead to unwanted attention and criticism on social media.

“No,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “In a weird way, that stuff is validation that you’re doing something real.”

“If you’re just flying under the radar and just trying to get your check, not rock the boat, then what’s the point of being in politics? What is the point of doing things if you’re just trying to maintain the status quo? That doesn’t help people," she said.

video at link
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-id-be-teaching-high-school-if-trump-wasnt-elected (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-id-be-teaching-high-school-if-trump-wasnt-elected)
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: Wingnut on February 22, 2019, 03:08:35 pm
More like a school lunch lady.....
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: musiclady on February 22, 2019, 03:12:04 pm
I suppose there are schools who hire really stupid, mouthy people........
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: austingirl on February 22, 2019, 03:36:33 pm
Has bartending lost its allure for her? :pondering:
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: jmyrlefuller on February 22, 2019, 06:36:02 pm
New York State's public school system, controlled by the teachers' unions, pays some of the best salaries in the nation while granting those same unions unchallenged access to indoctrinate our children. She'd fit right in there.

I'd rather have her in Congress, thanks.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: dfwgator on February 22, 2019, 06:37:41 pm
Those who can, do.  Those who can't, teach.  Those who can't teach, become politicians.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: bigheadfred on February 22, 2019, 06:51:42 pm
Quote from: musiclady on February 22, 2019, 03:12:04 pm
I suppose there are schools who hire really stupid, mouthy people........

Don't forget the MSM.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: catfish1957 on February 22, 2019, 07:16:40 pm
Teaching?  I figured it would more involve street corners and currency exchange.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: dfwgator on February 22, 2019, 07:19:18 pm
Quote from: The Ghost on February 22, 2019, 03:08:35 pm
More like a school lunch lady.....

Well she'd need a mustache for that.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: mountaineer on February 22, 2019, 07:24:11 pm
I doubt it. She probably couldn't pass the background check.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: bigheadfred on February 22, 2019, 07:41:07 pm
Quote from: catfish1957 on February 22, 2019, 07:16:40 pm
Teaching?  I figured it would more involve street corners and currency exchange.

Purse snatcher.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: Wingnut on February 22, 2019, 07:50:34 pm
Quote from: catfish1957 on February 22, 2019, 07:16:40 pm
Teaching?  I figured it would more involve street corners and currency exchange.
@catfish1957
With Capitalist Robert Kraft perchance?
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: Jazzhead on February 22, 2019, 08:50:15 pm
Quote
What is the point of doing things if you’re just trying to maintain the status quo? That doesn’t help people," she said.


Well, the status quo would have brought 25,000 jobs to her district and provided millions in tax revenues to the State and City of New York.   Thanks for your "help", AOC!
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: bigheadfred on February 22, 2019, 09:11:19 pm
Quote from: Jazzhead on February 22, 2019, 08:50:15 pm
Well, the status quo would have brought 25,000 jobs to her district and provided millions in tax revenues to the State and City of New York.   Thanks for your "help", AOC!

Bet she thinks bipartisanship is participation in an orgy.
Title: Re: AOC: I'd be teaching high school if Trump wasn't elected
Post by: verga on February 25, 2019, 05:13:13 pm
I teach High school, those kids would eat her alive and leave her in tears on day two.