RIGOLO wrote: » Id imagine the residents of her borough who lost out on that Amazon multi- billion dollar investment are starting to wonder just how intelligent she is ..
She has a degree in econmics but ended up as a bartender , and she had the neck to call Ivanka Trump " unqualified " when in fact Ivanka has been invovled in business since an early age, runs a number of her own businesses , has an MBA from Wharton and has conducted herself extremely well on the world stage in the last 2 years .
AOC and her Green NEW DEAL .. the one that every Democrat rejected with 3 democrats voting AGAINST it and the other 43 voting 'PRESENT' but not for it .. She isnt a smart politician she is just ticking the main stream media boxes for now, she wont last long..
Brian? wrote: » Pray tell, how did AOC scupper that investment?
mcmoustache wrote: » Are you working off some template? Here's one of yours from a fwe days ago.
peddlelies wrote: » Amazon's statement "After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens," the Seattle-based Amazon said in the release. "For Amazon, the commitment to build a new headquarters requires positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term. While polls show that 70% of New Yorkers support our plans and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City," "We are deeply grateful to Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and their staffs, who so enthusiastically and graciously invited us to build in New York City and supported us during the process," Poll found she was the main villain according to New Yorkers. She wasn't solely responsible but her anti Amazon rhetoric and condemnation of the deal is there for all to see publicly. Her own job approval fell rapidly afterwards.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/nyregion/newyorktoday/AOC-Amazon-nyc.html
peddlelies wrote: » These are the toilets connected to sinks with drinking water in those facilities released by Border security and confirmed by AOC on twitter. Now she's claiming someone told her the button was broken and she was forced to drink from the toilet water. Bit different to what she claimed originally.https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145764653835964419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1145764653835964419&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2F2019%2F07%2F02%2Fsecret-facebook-group-appears-show-us-border-agents-mocking%2F
batgoat wrote: » They are still being kept in inhumane conditions, with no right to medical care in unhygienic conditions where people have died and continue to die.
peddlelies wrote: » These are the toilets connected to drinking water fountains in those facilities released by Border security and confirmed by AOC on twitter. Now she's claiming someone told her the button was broken and she was forced to drink from the toilet water. Bit different to what she claimed originally.https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1145762201619357696
TomOnBoard wrote: » AOC has certainly stuck her head above the parapet in her comments on the visit to a Border Patrol migrant holding area. She is reported as saying that she saw migrants drinking out of toilets due to a lack of drinking water and other facilities, and that she felt unsafe in the last place they visited (the implication being she was made feel unsafe by CBP and their actions. A CBP official denies her claim categorically. Now if this is true, heads at all levels to the top need to roll. If it is not true and AOC has told lies, then she'll be annihilated. .
Igotadose wrote: » Both are odious, however in his defense, Bolton did what many young men did during the Vietnam era, took one of the legal deferments available by joining the National Guard. Many young men did. Of course he was hypocritical about supporting the war and then hiding from the draft. Plenty didn't support the war and did what Bolton did. But, and it's a big difference, Trump simply bought himself a medical deferment, the well-known bone spurs. So, Bolton's bad, Trump's still worse, *he* could've joined the national guard but instead banged around studio 54 during the war, as he likes to brag about.
greenfield21 wrote: » Does no one here really see Trump's ideas, policies etc. gaining further support as time goes on?I don't want to get into the details of im migration and global trade among other topics but there is definitely alot more discussion now and it looks like those topics aren't going to disappear whether Trump's in power or not.
pixelburp wrote: » the fair question beyond the politics is whether that water is even potable in the first place
peddlelies wrote: » If she's grossly exaggerating things or straight out lying she deserves to be called out on it just like Trump. The beneficiaries of lies while an obvious noble cause in this case should not take precedent over that. She's claiming she was physically and sexually intimated which are outrageous claims. She was in the company of dozens who also made the trip. She claimed she toured the entire facility. There's contrasting reports that she shouted at agents once she arrived and only toured one part of the facility. Given that there's cameras everywhere in those facilities maybe the truth will come out.
Given that there's cameras everywhere in those facilities maybe the truth will come out.
Leroy42 wrote: » Hold on. Are you telling me that having to drink water from the toilet rather than a fountain would in your head be perfectly reasonable. Remembering that people are putting their bare arse on the toilet and defecating into the bowl?
Midlife wrote: » So when Trump said 'taking on the corporations' it only applied to him? Should all areas just give Amazon what they want?
Leroy42 wrote: » Check out this answer from Trump about how dirty US cities are (when compared to the cleanliness of Japan). Clearly Trump hadn't a breeze and was just riffing, but it gives a good insight into his thinking.https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1145891322127114240 He even manages to place the blame on the liberals!
peddlelies wrote: » Criticize Cortez for her Amazon stance, but Trump. Call out a Cortez lie, but Trump. The Amazon investment in NYC would have brought 25000 jobs to NYC and $27 billion in tax revenue. 70% of New Yorkers wanted it. It's fair to criticize someone lambasting that deal, is it not?
Leroy42 wrote: » Take off you political glasses for a few minutes.
peddlelies wrote: » Gee whiz, not that long ago I thought it was a manufactured crisis. What happened?
Professor Moriarty wrote: » BBC reporting on some terrible conditions discovered by inspectors in border camps. Some damning photos too. A quote from the article: At the facilities, the inspectors found that 30% of the detained children had been held for longer than the 72 hours permitted. Some had no access to showers or hot meals and had little access to clean clothes.
Itssoeasy wrote: » The photos don't give a good impression.
Leroy42 wrote: » Yet again you fail to answer anything. Is it because you can't answer truthfully and still be on side? Trump made it a crisis, remember it is still a national emergency, but the issue is not whether people are coming over the border, everyone accepts that.
The issue is how they are being treated and why they are being treated that way and why Americans are willing for their country to act in this way. Would Americans accept the same in return? Would they accept it if China or the EU treated any US criminal in the same way?
Its fine if you can't bring yourself out of your political box to be the reality of what is in front of you, there are millions of Americans just like you that have suspended any sense of morality or justice just to get one over the 'libs'. You may be able to fool yourself but you aren't fooling anyone here.
peddlelies wrote: » No they don't. Not everyone accepts people coming in their country illegally. "By contrast, illegal immigration is the highest-ranked national problem among GOP voters, but it ranks lowest among the 18 issues for Democratic voters (75% and 19%, respectively, say it is a very big problem)." (PEW) There's been a big upsurge in 2019 with people crossing the border so you can account that to Trump if you wish. If you want to make it a humanitarian issue those facilities are the same as they've always been. Yes Trump separated families, I don't deny that obviously. I get a good laugh at talking about countries like China and how they treat immigrants or criminals. They put Muslims and other minorities into actual prison camps and "reeducation" centers, not the feeble dream "concentration camps" the Democrats claim which don't exist in the US. Its fine if you can't bring yourself out of your political box to be the reality of what is in front of you, there are millions of Americans just like you that have suspended any sense of morality or justice just to get one over the 'libs'. So you're a spokesperson for everyone else, and your morality is almighty and unquestionable, is that it? The party you support encourages illegal immigration with incentives like sanctuary cities, driving licences and the proposed free healthcare the 2020 runners are offering all for future votes. I mean. I am not sure anyone here defends China's human rights record? And bringing it up just seems to be damning the US camps with faint praise. I think it is just treating those who do come with some respect really. I mean I am not sure anyone is making that journey over a driving licence. They are coming either way to the nearest 1st world country they can reach by land really. I doubt the vast, vast majority of them have clue what they are entitled to on the other side of the border when they leave their homes. As you say there has been a big upsurge in 2019. They are not exactly being treated better in 2019 than in 2018 so it seems likely there are other issues behind their decision to leave their homes and travel hundreds of miles.
Its fine if you can't bring yourself out of your political box to be the reality of what is in front of you, there are millions of Americans just like you that have suspended any sense of morality or justice just to get one over the 'libs'. So you're a spokesperson for everyone else, and your morality is almighty and unquestionable, is that it? The party you support encourages illegal immigration with incentives like sanctuary cities, driving licences and the proposed free healthcare the 2020 runners are offering all for future votes.
