Summary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged countering the Trump administration’s policies by resisting at every turn, arguing that its incompetence makes it vulnerable.
Her remarks followed chaos caused by a rescinded executive order that temporarily shut down Medicaid portals nationwide.
She encouraged activists to take offline action, citing ongoing mobilization efforts.
Her strategy focuses on making governance difficult for Trump, calling his administration “dangerous and cruel” but also “shockingly dim.”
“Why aren’t you mad at the Republicans we keep acting like?!”
Eh, I wouldn’t go that far. They aren’t acting like Republicans; they are acting normal despite the abnormal situation.
In fact, that’s the problem: they should’ve acted more like the Republicans, in the sense of forcefully pushing through changes and daring the opposition to stop them (except good things instead of cartoonishly evil ones). But that would go against their nature, representing the neoliberal status quo.
They adopted republican border policy and ran republican anti-trans talking points in their own ads. They supported strikebreaking and genocide. I said they acted like republicans because they did.