Sunday, June 6, 2021

The AOC wants you to vote for Wiley

 

Gothamist 

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Maya Wiley, the former civil rights attorney who worked as counsel for Mayor Bill de Blasio, as her first choice for New York City mayor, an unexpected development that could galvanize progressives in a race where the left has been fractured by controversy and lack of excitement.

The popular congresswoman, whose support is courted by liberal Democrats across the country, had up until now kept the public guessing as to whether she would weigh in on the race. But in a surprise move, she delivered the news on Saturday at an event in City Hall Park that was initially intended to highlight her choices for City Council.

Afterward, she pivoted to the primary, warning of "dark money" in the race, an allusion to Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, and Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate. Both men, who are considered frontrunners, are being funded by Super PACS.

"We cannot afford to sit on the sidelines," she told a crowd of supporters at City Hall Park. "We can’t afford to not engage because of what could happen. The stakes can't be higher."

In a preview of how she may campaign for Wiley, she warned of some candidates who would cater to wealthy interests, through policies such as "privatizing the school system," a reference to the charter school movement, criminalizing the homeless and mentally ill, and placing less focus on affordable housing.

"We’ve already tried Giuliani’s New York," she said. "We’ve already tried Bloomberg’s New York."

She described Wiley as someone who "grew up in the movement," a reference to her parents who worked as civil rights activists, and a "north star for policy."

"She has been dedicating her life to this," she said.

This is a cult.

39 comments:

Anonymous said...

If the Sheeple of NYC did listen to AOC (Remember She is In therapy ) NYC will look more and more like Demorat run shithole Portland by the end of the 2022. Eric Adams for Mayor, lets end this craziness and he could go down in history as man who brought back NYC like our beloved RUDY G !

Anonymous said...

I was never going to vote for her, this endorsement just validates my position

Anonymous said...

I hope Wiley can stop Voter suppression or we will be speaking Russian soon.

Anonymous said...

I am a pansexual polyamorous non-binary vegan kinky leftist and "They" got my vote !

Captain Al said...

This is a big test of AOC's political influence. If Ms. Wiley moves from the back of the pack to winning the primary, AOC's political influence, already substantial, will grow to gargantuan proportions. If however, Maya Wiley doesn't win in overwhelmingly progressive NYC, AOC's stock will fall.

georgetheatheist said...

Said Ocasio-Cortez outside City Hall:

"“If we don’t come together as a movement, we will get a New York City built by and for billionaires, and we need a city for and by working people...So we will vote for Maya No. 1.”

Working people, schmuck, LOVE billionaires - they give them JOBS. And they can ASPIRE to climb the ladder of wealth themselves.

Ocasio-Cortez you are a historical ignoramus. Socialism in all its versions- Russian, Chinese, German = was and still is the greatest cause of politico-economic misery on the planet

Joe Biden’s last marble said...

Yes. But who does the Abuela endorse?

Anonymous said...

What I want to know is. Who is the sheeple guy endorsing for Mayor?

Anonymous said...

No way, no how, not getting my vote, not now, not ever.

georgetheatheist said...

And where does Wiley get her hair done? A plumbing supply house? That stringy thing on her head looks like a slop bucket mop.

Anonymous said...

Why does an imbecile who hates America and is a raging antisemite have such political influence? That is my obvious question. She makes Hank Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Maxine Waters look like Rhodes scholars in comparison.

Anonymous said...

Yes, we tried Giuliani, we tried Bloomberg, and what we got were safe, clean streets, strong economic development, businesses that wanted to do business here, people had jobs, great parks, etc etc. Thanks to our current socialist mayor, this city is right back down in the pits. And AOC wants to elect Maya Wiley, a hateful bigot and hypocrite herself, to the highest office in the city. God helo us all

Anonymous said...

@anon “ Why does an imbecile who hates America and is a raging antisemite”
AOC hates America? Is an antisemite? Where did you get this from? Was she down in Borough park pulling their curly hair? Did she put a bounty on US soldiers? Where did you get this information?

Anonymous said...

NO WAY!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Right on, George!
Billionaires give us jobs. Did you ever know a section 8 offering you a job?
Poor people are generally not employers.
Guaranteed income guarantees laziness!

Anonymous said...

My wife’s company who loves to support the latest SJW cause probably won’t be opening up their NYC office again. Crime and taxes overruled their woke minds. Reality is finally setting in. NYC isn’t welcoming or appealing to certain people anymore. Left/center Democrats, when forced to make a decision, don’t want to live or work in a filthy crime infested city. No matter what they post on Facebook.

Anonymous said...

Now the Gargoyles are fighting over which one will perch over the top of NYC !

Anonymous said...

@GTA "Climb the ladder of wealth" Yes with hard work and a little luck !

Anonymous said...

AOC's Marxist agenda is bad for the Dems.
Biden HUMILIATED again after Joe Manchin’s SHOCKING move siding with Trump...GOPS have all power now. Manchin deserves the Medal of Freedom !
Manchin has integrity something the Dems like AOC and Piglosi don’t have.

Anonymous said...

The Party of Diversity, equity and inclusion unless you are White or Asian !

Anonymous said...

I think they are barrettes in her hair ?

Anonymous said...

Vote in NY? Who the hell cares? Defund the cops, let rioters and criminals take over your city, and we are supposed to care in the least what happens there anymore? If you let the criminals rule the roost then you get what you deserve. Defund away, most of America doesn't care. It's your own neighborhoods you are defunding the cops from, not ours. The more liberals defund their police the safer everyone else's town gets because the criminals go there, so thanks libs and keep up the good work. This is what they get for voting for liberals. If you want law and order, vote red. If you want riots and looting, keep voting for Democrats. This is not rocket science.

Jean Dixon said...

Blogger Captain Al said...
This is a big test of AOC's political influence. If Ms. Wiley moves from the back of the pack to winning the primary, AOC's political influence, already substantial, will grow to gargantuan proportions. If however, Maya Wiley doesn't win in overwhelmingly progressive NYC, AOC's stock will fall.


Thank you Nostradamus!

Anonymous said...

No thank you, I will never listen to this idiot.

Anonymous said...

A 10 year old boy was shot yesterday. Way to go idiot dumbocrats. Your ways are murdering children.

Anonymous said...

Thanks AOC I’ve never felt so woke in my life !

Anonymous said...

Western women, the most privileged creatures in the known universe.

Anonymous said...

I said hello to a feminist once, vote for never !

Anonymous said...

Moe said...
Don't worry about a thing, the alien's are coming !

Anonymous said...

"I think they are barrettes in her hair ?"

They are not berets but batteries to charge her lone brain cell.

Anonymous said...

Alex Bones said...
AOC, She DOES NOT REPRESENT NEW YORK, but she does represent Piglosi !

Anonymous said...

This AOC ? She ''blocked funds'' getting to her grandmother
“Sorry about the horrible conditions you’re living in, Granny, but I’m not done using you yet.”
When you hate your percived enemies so much you'd rather your grandmother suffer in near poverty than let them look slightly good. Just like the Amazon deal ?

Anonymous said...

I've got a real bad feeling about this

Anonymous said...

I gotta admit, she has done a good job keeping the Blaz out of jail.

Anonymous said...

MI ABUELAAAA said...
Either AOC would rather her Abuela live in a dilapidated house than accept donations from conservatives or she tried to exploit her family for political gain. Neither of those are flattering whatsoever. The Left Hates Private charity but loves UBI !

Anonymous said...

AOC: the public must foot the bill for my abuela!!!
Public: donates the money
AOC: it only counts when it's tax money!!!!!

Anonymous said...

AOC....a simplistic wet behind the ears leftist concerned mainly with her own kind.
END SECTION 8 HOUSING. Only for the real needy! It’s a middle class money pit! Who else pays for it big time? Not Bezos or Musk! They didnt i pay one cent in income tax last year!

Anonymous said...

A cat doesn’t approve of her.

Anonymous said...

❝Voting gives consent to profound, political criminals to continue to fleece all of you politically indoctrinated 'SHEEPLE' like human cattle——ALL the way to the bloody red gates of the abattoir. You DO NOT have to be livestock for criminals and archaic, party-machine-failed cults AND government-entrenched Mafia crime family rings. Nobody ever CHANGED the MAFIA——by JOINING IT!❞ ——Anonymous

❝Voting has become a farce, if indeed it was ever anything else. By voting, the people decide only which of the oligarchs pre-selected for them as viable candidates will wield the whip used to flog them and will command the legion of willing accomplices who perpetrate the countless violations of the people's natural rights.❞ ―—Robert Higgs

❝Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'❞ —―Wendy McElroy

❝The political system, as many Bernie Sanders supporters are about to discover, is immune to reform. The only effective resistance will be achieved through acts of sustained, mass civil disobedience. the Democrats, like the Republicans, have no intention of halting the assault on our civil liberties, the expansion of imperial wars, the coddling of Wall Street, the destruction of the ecosystem by the fossil fuel industry and the impoverishment of workers. As long as the Democrats and the Republicans remain in power, we are doomed.❞ ——Chris Hedges

❝The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth, or to evade truth——not to reveal it.❞ ——John Kenneth Galbraith

❝Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.❞ ——James Connolly

❝Laws are created to be followed by the poor. Laws are created by the rich to bring some order to exploitation of the poor. The poor are the only law-abiders in history. When the poor make laws——the rich will be no more.❞ ——Roque Dalton García (1974)

❝The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way——and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.❞ ——Frank Zappa

❝It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions——you take orders from above, and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.❞ ——Noam Chomsky

❝Alas, mental slavery is the worst form of slavery. It gives one the illusion of freedom, makes one trust, love and defend one's oppressor, while making an enemy of those whom are trying to free you—and to open your eyes!❞ ——Anonymous

❝Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.❞ ——John Adams

❝The collapse of the Roman Empire is a few pages in your high school history book, but in reality it took nearly 250 years. Generations lived WHOLE lives inside of the collapse——which is EXACTLY where we are right now——that our WHOLE lives will be lived inside of those few pages called 'collapse.'❞ ——David Sirota (@davidsirota)