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.
I think the party has already made a deal with her: if she agrees to not run for President in 2028, they will clear the field for her to take Chuck’s Senate seat instead.
I think she could do better than that.
The Senate is a good gig, it can be a lot easier to get foreign policy experience there than as a Governor.
Sure, but not executive experience.
If you look at most successful candidates for president they were either governors or generals (or lately CEOs). You can guess what the attacks against AOC are going to be. One will certainly be that she doesn’t have the experience, especially as a key decision maker. Personally, I think she’d be a fine president right now. But, to convince enough other people I think she’ll need to prove to them that she knows what she’s doing at the “big desk”.
Obama was never a Governor. JFK was never a Governor. It is very possible to win the Presidency as a sitting Senator.
I think she would make a fine President now, but a better one with two Senate terms under her belt.
Those are 2 exceptions out of how many?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_previous_experience
20 former Govenors. (Although only 17 were State Governors. 2 were Territorial Governors and 1 was a Military Governor)
18 former Senators. One was a Senator after being President. Maybe this can be AOC’s path.
32 with prior military experience.
Only one with no prior military or government experience. (Guess Who?)