Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appealed to her greater than 8 million followers on Instagram Sunday. Talking stay as she walked round New York Metropolis, the New York congresswoman stated she had taken a while to chill out and replicate.
“I’m not here with any big hot takes because the task that we have before us is massive,” Ocasio-Cortez instructed her followers earlier than asking them to chime in with questions and statements about what they wished from her as a lawmaker and Democratic Get together consultant. She answered and added to her Instagram story all through the day.
“Let’s do this: If you voted for Donald Trump and me or you voted for Donald Trump and voted Democratic downballot, I would really love to hear from you,” she requested her followers at one level. “This is not a place of judgment. I’m not going to put your stuff on blast, or anything like that, or dunk on it,” she added. “I actually want to learn from you. I want to hear what you are thinking.”
Ocasio-Cortez posted a few of the responses, together with:
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“It’s real simple … Trump and you care for the working class.”
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“Action & Progress>>Stagnation & Excuses. Both of you push boundaries and force growth.”
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“He speaks of war as something that is bad. Democrats became the party that supports war.”
There have been additionally responses of bewilderment—on the responses Ocasio-Cortez obtained, comparable to:
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“I feel like you couldn’t be further from Trump so the responses r baffling.”
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“Of the people that voted for you or blue, and T, why didn’t the felon and rape matter?”
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“That people compare you to him as equal thinkers is [brain explode and brain melt emojis]. Truly shocked by these replies.”
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“The responses you got make me want to barf.”
Whereas not probably the most scientific autopsy of the election, it does convey up questions value discussing.
