From Tyler Durden

August 19, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez once again signaled to Democratic party leaders, and the world, on Tuesday night that she would never support an "establishment" (aka non-Marxist) candidate like Joe Biden when she deliberately neglected the Veep during a 90-second speech nominating Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.

For those who don't live in the democratic-socialist, rose-emoji fever swamps of left-wing twitter, or hipster-dominated Brooklyn, many of Bernie Sanders' most hard-core supporters have been carrying on what they might call a "performative" campaign to win Sanders the nomination, more as a means to agitate the DNC, the left's only real political goal at this point in its evolution.

Speaking after labor activist and lawyer Bob King officially nominated Sanders, AOC appeared to "second" his nomination, a "procedural" role which she blamed for the brevity of her 90 second spot, among the shortest of those speaking at the convention (since she isn't a featured speaker).

AOC started by praising "everyone working towards a better, more just future for our country and our world" - aka leftists who have embraced her ideology.

Seizing the opportunity to plug her beliefs and play on the sympathies stirred by BLM in the wake of George Floyd's murder, instead of hyping up Biden with a dose of her hip social-media-friendly pizazz, AOC delivered what was effectively a 90-second infomercial for "Democratic Socialism".

During the entire speech, she didn't mention Biden or the DNC once, or discuss the need to protect American democracy from the threat of the evil orangeman. She praised Bernie Sanders though. She also employed his rhetoric.

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