Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Newly elected Hispanic Dem Socialist. Possible Candidate for President?

[krazykid18]

President LMAO she had a low turnout she won because dumbass was lazy and cocky and stupid and didn't even use the money he campaigned for to even put a presence out there.

She better hope she has a better turnout for the election because that turnout was sad

 

[RAX 010]

We need our own party

 

[Daio]

Free college would be nice

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Maybe Democrats should stop being afraid of the left

fukk this, what has the left done for Americans who aren't gay or Latino in the last decade? shyt now that black civil rights aren't in vogue anymore the left has begun to turn on straight black men

Nobody is afraid, just tired of the bullshyt. No I'm not saying the Republicans are any better. But yall gotta cut this shyt out man. Go to any major black city... look at the crime, lack of economic mobility and investment, family decay.... and then look who is in government there Democrats need to get off Politico and out of their little college campus meetings and come into the real world, cause the path they are headed on is going to hand the GOP the country on a silver platter for generations. We already lost one SCJ, how many more do yall wanna hand over for this pie in the sky socialist identity politics nonsense? nikkas is dying and starving B

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Nobody other than a white man is winning for a long time.

 

[William F. Russell]

Nobody other than a white man is winning for a long time.

Unfortunately, this is correct.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Lololol

 

[William F. Russell]

In the era of Donald Trump, how can you say who the American public won’t elect?

Trump is a (rich) WHITE MAN. The US is a WHITE MAN's country.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

fukk this, what has the left done for Americans who aren't gay or Latino in the last decade? shyt now that black civil rights aren't in vogue anymore the left has begun to turn on straight black men

Nobody is afraid, just tired of the bullshyt. No I'm not saying the Republicans are any better. But yall gotta cut this shyt out man. Go to any major black city... look at the crime, lack of economic mobility and investment, family decay.... and then look who is in government there Democrats need to get off Politico and out of their little college campus meetings and come into the real world, cause the path they are headed on is going to hand the GOP the country on a silver platter for generations. We already lost one SCJ, how many more do yall wanna hand over for this pie in the sky socialist identity politics nonsense? nikkas is dying and starving B

The Democrats aren’t even really left wing outside two social issues.

Left-Wing economic policies have been proven to be much more effective that anything others.

But because the interests of the Democratic Party is more interested in pprotecting capital, anyone with even the slightest hint of actual progressive agenda is pushed out by a variety of means.

Hate to say it, but you’d have to be insane (or bougie let’s keep it real) to think that policies like Free Healthcare, College,Affordable housing and a living working wage for our brothers and sisters on the bottom would be a negative.

 

[the cac mamba]

President.

Crowley should have actually tried to campaign and he may have won. Of a 750K district, a fraction of that voted and the socialist will impact their lives more than any other elected official should she win

Nationally, this has some impact. If Democrats were hoping for a Blue wave, this likely fractured it. Dems are experiencing a schism of their own. There was a lot of big money behind Crowley that will not get behind Cortez. Her platform isn't realistic and her anti Israel views (that I support) will not garner her much support from the establishment.

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i dont really take this as a loss because they were never for me anyway

if all im gonna get when i vote for a democrat or a republican is a corporate whore, ill probably vote for the one that's gonna tax me the least if the dems start running politicians who arent bought and paid for, then ill vote for them again

but i dont give a fukk about voting for some millionaire like nancy pelosi who's lining her pockets with corporate donations while she calls me a bad person for not crying about illegals at the border. that doesnt resonate with me

 

[MaxPain]

Nah.

Itll be a long time till America accepts a female president, men & women. Dont get me started on how other countries would correspond with us.

I hope Im alive if it happens though.

 

[dj-method-x]

Half of that shyt she won't get accomplished. Same promises. Same failures.

She'll be sure that hispanics/latinos are prioritized constituents while blacks are sealed as a permanent underclass.

Word to her stance on immigration.

She could get those things accomplished if we collectively elect more representives in Congress that have the same agenda. That’s not her fault, that’s our fault for using emotional wedge issues like immigration as an excuse to not vote in our own greater interests.

 

[dj-method-x]

fukk this, what has the left done for Americans who aren't gay or Latino in the last decade?

Come again? Obama accomplished all of this with a Republican Congress obstructing his every move in unprecedented fashion.

Progress of the African-American Community During the Obama Administration


Key Accomplishments

Labor Market, Income and Poverty

• The unemployment rate for African Americans peaked at 16.8 percent in March 2010, after experiencing a larger percentage-point increase from its pre-recession average to its peak than the overall unemployment rate did. Since then, the African-American unemployment rate has seen a larger percentage-point decline in the recovery, falling much faster than the overall unemployment rate over the last year.
  
  
• The real median income of black households increased by 4.1 percent between 2014 and 2015.
  
  
• The President enacted permanent expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, which together now provide about 2 million African-American working families with an average tax cut of about $1,000 each.
  
  
• A recent report from the Census Bureau shows the remarkable progress that American families have made as the recovery continues to strengthen. Real median household income grew 5.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, the fastest annual growth on record. Income grew for households across the income distribution, with the fastest growth among lower- and middle-income households. The number of people in poverty fell by 3.5 million, leading the poverty rate to fall from 14.8 percent to 13.5 percent, the largest one-year drop since 1968, with even larger improvements including for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and children.
  
  
• The poverty rate for African Americans fell faster in 2015 than in any year since 1999.While the poverty rate fell for across all racial and ethnic groups this year, it fell 2.1 percentage points (p.p.) for African Americans, resulting in 700,000 fewer African Americans in poverty.
  
  
• African American children also made large gains in 2015, with the poverty rate falling 4.2 percentage points and 400,000 fewer children in poverty.

Health

• Since the start of Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period at the end of 2013, the uninsured rate among non-elderly African Americans has declined by more than half.Over that period, about 3 million uninsured nonelderly, African-American adults gained health coverage.
  
  
• Teen pregnancy among African-American women is at an historic low. The birth rate per 1,000 African-American teen females has fallen from 60.4 in 2008, before President Obama entered office, to 34.9 in 2014.
  
  
• Life expectancy at birth is the highest it’s ever been for African Americans. In 2014, life expectancy at birth was 72.5 years for African-American males and 78.4 for African-American females, the highest point in the historical series for both genders.

Education

• The high school graduation rate for African-American students is at its highest point in history. In the 2013-2014 academic year, 72.5 percent of African-American public high school students graduated within four years.
  
  
• Since the President took office, over one million more black and Hispanic students enrolled in college.
  
  
• Among African-Americans and Hispanic students 25 and older, high school completion is higher than ever before. Among African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian students 25 and older, Bachelor’s degree attainment is higher than ever before. As of 2015, 88 percent of the African-American population 25 and older had at least a high school degree and 23percent had at least a Bachelor’s degree.

Support for HBCUs

• The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is responsible for funding more than $4 billion for HBCUs each year.
  
  
• Pell Grant funding for HBCU students increased significantly between 2007 and 2014, growing from $523 million to $824 million.
  
  
• The President’s FY 2017 budget request proposes a new, $30 million competitive grant program, called the HBCU and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Innovation for Completion Fund, designed to support innovative and evidence-based, student-centered strategies and interventions to increase the number of low-income students completing degree programs at HBCUs and MSIs.
  
  
• The First in the World (FITW) program provided unique opportunities for HBCUs to compete for grants focused on innovation to drive student success.
  
  
• In 2014, Hampton University received a grant award of $3.5 million.
  
  
• In FY 2015, three FITW awards were made to HBCUs, including Jackson State University ($2.9 million), Delaware State University ($2.6 million) and Spelman College ($2.7 million).
  
  
• While Congress did not fund the program in fiscal year 2016, the President’s 2017 budget request includes $100 million for the First in the World program, with up to $30 million set aside for HBCUs and MSIs.

Criminal Justice

• The incarceration rates for African-American men and women fell during each year of the Obama Administration and are at their lowest points in over two decades. The imprisonment rates for African-American men and women were at their lowest points since the early 1990s and late 1980s, respectively, of 2014, the latest year for which Bureau of Justice Statistics data are available.
  
  
• The number of juveniles in secure detention has been reduced dramatically over the last decade. The number of juveniles committed or detained, a disproportionate number of whom are African American, fell more than 30% between 2007 and 2013.
  
  
• The President has ordered the Justice Department to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles held in federal custody. There are presently no more juveniles being held in restrictive housing federally.

My Brother’s Keeper

• President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative on February 27, 2014 to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young people can reach their full potential.
  
  
• Nearly 250 communities in all 50 states, 19 Tribal Nations, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico have accepted the President’s My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge to dedicate resources and execute their own strategic plans to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.
  
  
• Inspired by the President’s call to action, philanthropic and other private organizations have committed to provide more than $600 million in grants and in-kind resources and $1 billion in low-interest financing to expand opportunity for young people – more than tripling the initial private sector investment since 2014.
  
  
• In May 2014, the MBK Task Force gave President Obama nearly 80 recommendations to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by young people, including boys and young men of color. Agencies have been working individually and collectively since to respond to recommendations with federal policy initiatives, grant programs, and guidance. Today, more than 80% of MBK Task Force Recommendations are complete or on track.

Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color

• In 2014, the Council on Women and Girls (CWG) launched a specific work stream called “Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color” to ensure that policies and programs across the federal government appropriately take into account the unique obstacles that women and girls of color can face. In fall 2015, CWG released a report that identified five data-driven issue areas where interventions can promote opportunities for success at school, work, and in the community.
  
  
• This work has also inspired independent commitments to advance equity, including a $100 million, 5-year-funding initiative by Prosperity Together—a coalition of women’s foundations—to improve economic prosperity for low-income women and women and girls of color and a $75 million funding commitment by the Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research—an affiliation of American colleges, universities, research organizations, publishers and public interest institutions led by Wake Forest University—to support existing and new research efforts about women and girls of color.
  
  
• At the United State of Women Summit in June 2016, eight organizations launched “Young Women’s Initiatives,” place-based, data-driven programs that will focus in on the local needs of young women of color. Those organizations include the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, the Women’s Foundation of California, the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, the Washington Area Women’s Foundation, the Dallas Women’s Foundation, the Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham, the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, and the New York Women’s Foundation.

Small Business

• There are 8 million minority-owned firms in the U.S.—a 38% increase since 2007.
  
  
• In early 2015, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the MBK Millennial Entrepreneurs Initiative, which seeks to address the challenges faced by underserved millennials, including boys and young men of color, through self-employment and entrepreneurship. A major component of this effort included the six-part video series, titled “Biz My Way,” which encourages millennials to follow their passion in business.
  
  
• In fiscal year 2015, underserved markets received 32,563 loans totaling $13 billion, compared with 25,799 loans and $10.47 billion in fiscal year 2014, an increase of 26 percent in number of loans and 24 percent in dollar amount.
  
  
• Last year, the SBA issued a new rule that makes most individuals currently on probation or parole eligible for a SBA microloan—a loan of up to $50,000 that helps small businesses start up. And in August 2016, SBA together with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Justine Petersen, launched the Aspire Entrepreneurship Initiative, a $2.1 Million pilot initiative to provide entrepreneurship education and microloans to returning citizens in Detroit, Chicago, Louisville and St. Louis.

Civil Rights Division

• The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division continued to enforce federal law.Over the last eight years, the Division has vigorously protected the civil rights of individuals in housing, lending, employment, voting, education, and disability rights and through hate crimes and law enforcement misconduct prosecutions and law enforcement pattern and practice cases.

African-American Judicial Appointees

• President Obama has made 62 lifetime appointments of African Americans to serve on the federal bench.
  
  
• This includes 9 African-American circuit court judges.
  
  
• It also includes the appointment of 53 African American district court judges—including 26 African-American women appointed to the federal court, which is more African-American women appointed by any President in history.
  
  
• In total, 19% of the President’s confirmed judges have been African American, compared to 16% under President Bill Clinton and 7% under President George W. Bush.
  
  
• Five states now have their first African-American circuit judge; 10 states now have their first African-American female lifetime-appointed federal judge; and 3 districts now have their first African-American district judge.
  
  
• Also, the President appointed the first Haitian-American lifetime-appointed federal judge, the first Afro-Caribbean-born district judge, the first African-American female circuit judge in the Sixth Circuit, and the first African-American circuit judge on the First Circuit (who was also the first African-American female lifetime-appointed federal judge to serve anywhere in the First Circuit).
  
  
• The President is committed to continuing to ensure diversity on the federal bench. This year, the President nominated Myra Selby of Indiana to the Seventh Circuit, Abdul Kallon of Alabama to the Eleventh Circuit, and Rebecca Haywood of Pennsylvania to the Third Circuit. If confirmed, each of these would be a judicial first—Myra Selby would be the first African-American circuit judge from Indiana, Abdul Kallon would be the first African-American circuit judge from Alabama, and Rebecca Haywood would be the first African-American woman on the Third Circuit.In addition, two of the President’s district court nominees—Stephanie Finely and Patricia Timmons-Goodson—would be the first African-American lifetime-appointed federal judges in each of their respective districts, if confirmed.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Single payer healthcare, free college education, job guarantees, and getting rid of private prisons not good for black people?

Public school is free and a lot of the system is trash. I believe everyone should have access to healthcare, but if it's free for everyone what is the quality going to be like? and if it's free high quality healthcare for everyone, do I have to pay 75% of my paycheck to the gov't?

Free college? see my previous paragraph.

Getting rid of private prisons I'm 100% behind though.

I just don't want us to end up looking like....Venezuela...

 

[FeloniousMonk]

it came down to individual states like it always does, it wasn't "rigged". trump was a national joke until like July of that year so he couldnt have rigged anything

hillary clinton has no problem with the electoral system she used it herself in her own primary

The history of 'rigged' US elections: from Bush v Gore to Trump v Clinton



WHy would you place rigged in quotation marks?