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Kennedy made the swipe at the Democratic lawmaker during an interview with Fox News, saying she is "kind of like Vice President Kamala Harris, but with more bartending experience." He went on to say that she has "never been accused of being a policy maven."

AOC reacted on social media, saying "my having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you've swung from your whole career."

"Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?," she added.

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[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 197 points 6 months ago (3 children)

i love how fucking terrified the GOP is of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. to be fair, they should be.

if the only thing you can think of to criticize is "you worked at a bar," then your position is absurdly, pathetically, hilariously weak

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Did he last an hour even? I thought he handed out a couple drivethrough orders to Trump donors and then marveled at the fryolator.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was probably just that he was having a dementia episode at the time, but he seemed genuinely happier than I've ever seen him before when he was working that drive thru.

[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was all the attention he was getting for doing so. You can bet they curated those coming through who were MAGA.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah but someone mentioned it was Kamala Harris' birthday and he had nothing disparaging to say. Just wished her a happy birthday. Again, likely the dementia flared up and he couldn't remember who Kamala Harris was.

They’re scared of her and the younger, more progressive wing because they’re generally a LOT harder to win against than the typical milquetoast establishment/status-quo boomer Democratic candidates, by simple virtue of the fact that they tend to be way better at their jobs, and way more responsive to their constituents.

Yeah, truth nuke