Last Friday, leftist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appeared at a University of Chicago's Institute of Politics event, where she left open her political options, while stating, "My ambition is to change this country." She didn't hold back spewing her radical views, which has led to the left wing media raising the pedestal that she had already been placed on, and that was on full display Monday on CNN's State of the Union, while in contrast, Fox News's Hannity called AOC out for what she is.
CNN Host Dana Bash asked, "What does Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to do next? She could stay in the House, challenge Chuck Schumer in the Senate, or run for President." She then played a clip of AOC.
AOC CLIP: They assume that my ambition is positional. They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat, and my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go, but, single payer health care is forever. A living wage is forever. Worker's rights are forever. Women's rights, all of that.
Sounds like a desire to be Queen of socialism. First to weigh in was CNN's Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju, who seemed optimistic about most of the possibilities in the Congresswoman's future.
RAJU: If she ran in the Senate in 2028, she would have a very good chance of defeating Chuck Schumer in a Democratic primary. .... But can she win a general election? She could win a primary, potentially in a presidential race in 2028. She's got the energy. She's got social media following. She can raise money. But a general election. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, totally different question.
Bash then turned to Semafor White House Correspondent Shelby Talcott, "I totally agree with all of those points [from Raju]. The question is, what is she trying to say?"
TALCOTT: I think she's talking about the direction that the Democratic Party should be going to. She's talking about here are the policies that our party should stand for. When I talk to people close to the President and Republicans about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and those comments, they're hoping that she ends up running for president because their belief is that she is too much of a progressive for the Democratic Party and will bring them down a path that will ensure another Republican victory.
After CNN Senior Politics Reporter Stephen Collinson wondered if AOC could benefit from serving in the Senate before any Presidential run, Bash responded, "It worked out okay for a guy named Barack Obama." He was in the Senate for about two years before the presidential run began.
Was Bash actually equating AOC with Barack Obama on any level? Does she believe their IQ's are close? Let's hope not, for her sake.
The only doubts expressed on this segment about AOC, was in her ability to appeal to the masses in an actual presidential election. Of course no mention was made about what else she claimed on Friday, for the third time, that the American Revolution was against. "the billionaires of their time." Talk about IQ. They never mentioned her providing tips to illegals on how to evade ICE, or stating that marginalized communities 'have no choice but to riot', or that her district has seen an enormous increase in crime. Of course not.
Later that evening on Fox News, Host Sean Hannity unveiled a completely different AOC than the one the CNN crew was talking about.
HANNITY: The true leader of the radicalized Democratic Party, AOC, continues to demonize wealthy job-creating taxpayers. How many times have I said I never got a job from a poor person? She is going so far as to claim the Revolutionary War was fought against the billionaires of their time. Wasn't about freedom, wasn't about independence. No. Taxation without representation, if you learned that you went to a real school, she obviously did not.
Hannity did actually play the American Revolution clip.
AOC CLIP: The American Revolution was against the billionaires of their time. We are declaring independence from such an extreme marriage of wealth and power.
HANNITY: Exhibit A on how government schools are so disgraceful and such a failure, but even worse than that, she also said her ambition goes way beyond just becoming president one day. Essentially saying she wants to instill her communist vision in this country. Remember, every elected Democrat, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Mamdani, Kathy Hochul, probably even Gavin Newsom, all fear her.
The difference in segments was the difference between the truth and fake news by omission.
