Kennedy made the swipe at the Democratic lawmaker during an interview with Fox News, saying she is “kind of like Vice President Kamala Harris, but with more bartending experience.” He went on to say that she has “never been accused of being a policy maven.”
AOC reacted on social media, saying “my having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you’ve swung from your whole career.”
“Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?,” she added.
Is She being Discriminated against because she comes from a lower socio economic environment or just because she was a bar tender?
congressperson used to work a shitty job
Republicans: “Unqualified”
congressperson come from rich family
Republicans: “OMG ITS THE ELITES, dRaIn tHe sWaMp!”
🙄
I don’t even know how they thought this was a dunk. Did they really expect us to say something like “I can’t believe AOC worked as a bartender one point in her life! I would never elect a bartender!”
They really think that the country is THAT STUPID. Which is just sad since they’ll probably be half right. Everyday I become more and more ashamed of my country so we’ll see…
Give it a couple of months. They’ll be dunking on AOC for not being a pedophile next. How can you be qualified for public office if you never went to the island? To a fascist, anything which denotes “them” is an acceptable insult.
He’s right. I’d rather vote for some PedoCon to represent me, than a smart, moral person who has actually held a real job. /S
GTF Outta here with that shit.
Every time they mock her for having had a working class job they just prove they think they’re elite.
I love the fact that he’s making fun of her for NOT having an elitist background. What trash.
Whenever I’m arguing with someone about TACO I just point out that what we really needed was another rich, old, white man. That’ll fix our problems.
Not just rich, born rich.
If someone worked themselves to death 80hrs/week to build a fortune, forgoing family or personal development. That might not be “healthy” but at least we could all point at their work ethic and tenacity as something worthwhile.
But this fuck was just born into it. Never had to work a day in his life, just living off daddies dime.
I bet he feels slammed
TBH I don’t think any republican anywhere is qualified for any sort of leadership role of any kind.
many behaviors, traits, characteristics that lead them to ’conservativism’ should preclude them from being public servants
I don’t want anyone in any political office who didn’t work at least six continuous months in a food service job.
monthsyears
Nepo baby say “what”, Bob?
People still mock her for her bartending work?
Yup, pedophiles trying to distract how corrupt and demonic they are.
i love how fucking terrified the GOP is of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. to be fair, they should be.
if the only thing you can think of to criticize is “you worked at a bar,” then your position is absurdly, pathetically, hilariously weak
Trump “worked” at a McD, lol
Didn’t even last a day
It was probably just that he was having a dementia episode at the time, but he seemed genuinely happier than I’ve ever seen him before when he was working that drive thru.
It was all the attention he was getting for doing so. You can bet they curated those coming through who were MAGA.
Yeah but someone mentioned it was Kamala Harris’ birthday and he had nothing disparaging to say. Just wished her a happy birthday. Again, likely the dementia flared up and he couldn’t remember who Kamala Harris was.
Just for numbers sake, “Accommodation and food services” (which would include bartenders) is the third largest US workforce at ~8%.
CongressThe US House of Representatives has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.Sounds like we need more AOCs.
Congress has 535 members, you’re off by 100. It should be 43 members with food service experience.
Whoops, I said Congress, but meant the US House of Representatives (since that is what AOC is).
The Senate has an even 100, so plus another 8 on their side.
Congress has 435 members, so at least 35 or so should have a background in bartending or similar work if we really are having a representative government.
Sorry, best I can do is a bunch geriatric members of congress, political dynasties, and life long politicians.
You said the same thing three times…
There’s nothing wrong with life-long politicians, but we need more variety and less concern for getting reelected over doing what’s right.
Bartending is not easy, i know it’s not obvious for somebody out there, but it is not an easy task.
The hours are brutal. Working 12+ hour shifts with the bulk of the labor happening at the tail end.
Then you’re dealing with other people’s droll and piss and blood. Managing angry drunks, happy drunks, and piss drunks. Tracking orders, periodically against people who want to cheat or rob you. Scouting for underaged drinkers, dealing with sex pests, and still politely catering to the whims of the bulk of your clientele.
I don’t envy bar work even slightly. Crazy to think it’s “easy”, unless you’re already four drinks in. At which point, you’re one of the people making the job more difficult.
One of the few politicians I’d vote for president.
I don’t know much about AOC beyond the occasional headline, but I do know that every time a right winger complains about her to me like “Look! See, she’s absolutely crazy!” it’s because she’s doing or saying something that is common sense.
That’s probably a good sign.
or “look at this commoner trying to be a politician, she even had a real job once… what a loser!”
