I think she's a good representative as in she didn't get corrupt and votes the right way most of the times but I'm yet to see any proof she would be good president. I keep seeing videos about AOC "crushing" people in hearings and they always disappoint. She struggles to explain her ideas or deliver convincing message and she's simply bad at confronting people. I think she's over-hyped because all other candidates suck and she would get crushed in presidential elections. People really need to start looking for a candidate that can actually win.
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America isn't ready for competent leadership
I like AOC. I would vote for AOC. AOC will not win POTUS. We're tried this twice already, and a woman who has had years of non-stop character assassination attempts lobbed at her is not going to win. It's terrible that sexism and lies play such a big role, but that's where we are as a nation. Dems had the right idea in 2020 setting up the first woman president via VP. Then they did the worst job possible of handling any potential transition, because of course they did.
You're getting downvotes, but you're right. She's not ready. A Senate seat first.
The reality is she will run as an independent, split the vote, Donnie Junior wins.
Just wait until the DNC tanks her like they did Bernie.
I mean, in theory, there's nothing stopping someone from running for president from inside a jail cell. Front porch campaigns are a thing.
Luigi will be 35 on May 6, 2033. Which means the first election he could run in will be 2036. So, yeah better hope he gets off the death penalty at least. I doubt they would let him drag his appeals out that long.
But, let's say he gets life instead. He could conceivably run for president in 2036. He could in theory run a front porch campaign for president from a jail cell. And precedent has been established that if he were elected, he would essentially be exempt from the enforcement of criminal judgments against him. (This was established even well before Trump came around.) So he could walk right out of that cell.
Alternatively, if you want him out the fastest, the most realistic, but though still long-shot option would be for some progressive firebrands to run for the presidency and governorships of New York and Pennsylvania, promising as one of their platform planks to deliver him a full pardon.
Should be green. Both to represent the source material, and the clean break we need from the DNC donorcrats.
Yea, its about time for the experiment to end. The results are failure.
I hope not
Mamdani has a much better chance than AOC, you think the US is a super civilized country but you guys elected Trump twice
If you don't know the most basic 8th-grade level facts about US government, maybe don't opine on US politics.
India and Mexico already had female presidents and both of those countries have very intrinsic machismo, but the US is not there yet. I don't have any faith in the US, most likely scenario is that Trump runs a 3rd term because laws, logic and consequences don't apply to him
What you missed is that AOC has a much better chance than Mamdani. Why? Because Mamdani's chances are essentially zero. Mamdani immigrated to the US. Only natural-born citizens can be president. Mamdani becoming president would require the removal of this constitutional provision. That would require an act to pass by 2/3rds vote in both chambers of Congress and then for that amendment to be ratified by 3/4 of all the individual state legislatures. While this is theoretically possible, it's essentially impossible. Immigration is already unpopular in the US. And there's no way you're getting 3/4s of the states, including many deep red Republican states, to amend the constitution so Mamdani can be president.
Although they are clearly incorrect about NYC mayors having a good chance at running for president, you are wrong about the us. You suck, you are bringing the world down, and you better get used to people having opinions about the us (most will be negative) and voicing them to you. Its going to happen more and more as time goes on, and just like when us has had opinions on almost every other place on earth for the last 80 ish years they are going to shove it in your face whenever possible.
Only natural-born citizens can become U.S. president and Mamdani isn't one.
Our president isn't supposed to be a rapist war criminal, either. The rules are dead.
Yeap, that is correct. My point of people having stupid opinions that they are going to share remains however.
Thank you! That's what I was getting at.
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