No, we’re not talking about a false dichotomy, the feud is very real. Pelosi has one of the most effective politicians in passing laws. Make no mistake, I don’t agree with what she’s done, but she’s been an efficient adversary. Now AOC is a big mouth who has no followers in congress and has yet to do anything besides talk. So, who do you support?
As a Progressive Green Democrat, I support both AOC in promoting greater public outreach and participation in democratizing representation and the reform process.
And I still oppose Pelosi abusing federal govt to impose health care and other social
programs better managed on state and local levels. I believe AOC's strength would be
to go in the OPPOSITE direction and redistribute the authority to LOCAL populations
to manage their own social programs, including health care, education and now support for immigrants and workers instead of trying to divide sides nationally.
For the immigration funding, I disagree with both, but think Pelosi's approach is
wiser. If AOC wants to protest, it should be to push for local worker owned cooperative programs and schools, not depending on federal govt to mandate and manage that.
Both go against the direction and purpose by which the Constitution should be guiding and governing our nation.
But whatever Pelosi was getting wrong, by depending too much on federal govt
instead of solving the actual problems, AOC makes it worse and needs to use
the populist power to move in the other direction toward restoring democratic
control and representation back to the people.
and needs to