Poor loser
AOC’s preferred candidate, a fellow Socialist, lost a closely contested local primary. So AOC accuses Ds of voter suppression. The Ds are getting a taste of their own medicine. Racist! Suppression! Xenophobe! This revolution will eat its own. https://t.co/JELHWl2NWx
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) August 8, 2019
From the link
New York is as bad as the Deep South when it comes to voter disenfranchisement — and Democrats share the blame, according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In the wake of Tiffany Cabán’s concession in the Queens district attorney Democratic primary race, the freshman congresswoman is laying blame for her fellow progressive’s loss at the feet of state lawmakers and Gov. Cuomo.
“Voter disenfranchisement in the state of New York is a given,†she told the Daily News in an interview at her Queens district office on Wednesday. “Our voting laws are horrifying in how they suppress the vote and how they disenfranchise voters on a regular basis.â€
Cabán conceded on Tuesday, officially cementing Melinda Katz’s 60-vote win after six weeks of contentious recounts and court battles. Ocasio-Cortez said there is plenty blame to go around, but called out Cuomo for not signing an election reform bill that Cabán supporters believe could have put the Manhattan public defender over the top.
“New York State historically has been just as bad as any deep southern state when it comes to voter disenfranchisement, whether it’s poll locations changes, whether it’s having your ballot tossed out over technicalities even though you’re a registered Democrat, which also happened in this race,†Ocasio-Cortez said. “But it was legal disenfranchisement so that disenfranchisement was within the bounds of the law.â€
Modern Socialists love the notion of Direct Democracy. But, they cannot abide losing fair and square. She even admits the counts were lawful, but, since her preferred candidate lost, obviously, things are Very Bad.
