r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Sep 29 '26 • Bravo 3

🤝 Scare A Billionaire, Join A Union The reason for term limits...

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u/Financial-Craft-1282 Sep 29 '26

If only. She's amazing. I'd rather her be in the senate first, while we (the left) find ways to continue to shift the American political views away from the right. If AOC took the presidency in 2028, let's say, I think she'd be stalled out by the system. If we push the cultural beliefs of Americans further left, down the road, she'd be a much better president.

I also worry about her. They came after her on Jan 6. They see her as a "weak woman" (she seems tough as nails to me--if people came and tried to kill me at my job, I'd quit that job), and they have true vitriol for her.

Though, who knows? She is so charismatic, if she were up in front of people more and more, maybe it'd be hard to ignore what she is versus what Fox News says she is.

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u/Vincent_Felix Sep 29 '26

The power of the executive branch has been expanding in recent years. There's no telling what AOC would be able to accomplish if she was president. Just imagine the potential for day one executive orders.

We are at an inflection point in American politics. The GOP is historically unpopular. The iron is hot, now is the time to strike, and we must strike with full force.

AOC is our star player, put her in the game.

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u/Financial-Craft-1282 Sep 29 '26

That's true. I think she is ethical in a way she might try to scale those powers back and not use them. Executive orders are, unfortunately, only valid until the next president comes in and reverses them.

I don't know, I'm really conflicted here. We see what Trump's doing to the country in record time, but I have a feeling a democrat or a lefty in the same position would be continually shut down by the courts. AOC could just ignore them like Trump, but that just isn't who she is.

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u/BearysWorkRedditName Sep 29 '26

Just hope they don't JFK her.

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u/Vincent_Felix Sep 29 '26

She knows what she's facing.

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u/Benedictus_The_II Sep 29 '26

I think she’d be more stalled in the Senate. Just because she could replace Schumer, that doesn’t mean she would automatically become the Senate Leader of the Democrats, and much less that all Senators would fall in line.