Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'I Have a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints'

[Brian4Liberty]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'I Have a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints'
The democratic socialist congresswoman also criticized Republican hypocrisy.
By Billy Binion - 8.8.2019

...in an Instagram live stream last week, the democratic socialist congresswoman told viewers that she does find some commonality with libertarians.

"I actually think I have a lot of common ground with many libertarian viewpoints in [the Republican] party," Ocasio-Cortez said, emphasizing her stances on immigration, the military, and privacy rights. Her admission comes not long after she and Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) publicly agreed on the need to prohibit former congresspeople from becoming lobbyists, as well as to make hormonal birth control available over the counter.

"True libertarians, which many happen to be in the Republican Party, true libertarian viewpoints are pro-immigration," she explained on Instagram. Advocates of smaller government do indeed acknowledge that immigrants help the economy, and many dismiss the notion that the federal government is capable of determining optimal migration levels.

Ocasio-Cortez also told Instagram viewers that her "anti-interventionist" and "anti-war" positioning fits in line with a libertarian mindset. "From the perspective of small government, there are Republicans who are very consistently anti-war and anti-military spending," she said.
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More: https://reason.com/2019/08/08/alexan...an-viewpoints/

[Brian4Liberty]

"anti-interventionist" and "anti-war" positioning fits in line with a libertarian mindset

I must have missed this from AOC. I didn’t recall her being outspoken against interventionism. Did she vote against the bloated budget that included massive military spending?

[timosman]

I must have missed this from AOC. I didn’t recall her being outspoken against interventionism. Did she vote against the bloated budget that included massive military spending?

She's rocking the boat.

https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1160184184947781632

[Brian4Liberty]

I must have missed this from AOC. I didn’t recall her being outspoken against interventionism. Did she vote against the bloated budget that included massive military spending?

And it appears that AOC voted for the bloated MIC approved budget. So libertarian.

The vote split the four Democrats now known as the “Squad,” with Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) voting against the bill, and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) voting “yes.”

Ocasio-Cortez, visibly conflicted on the House floor, was one of the last House members to cast her vote after huddling with Pressley and Tlaib.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...t-vote-1433848

[enhanced_deficit]

I must have missed this from AOC. I didn’t recall her being outspoken against interventionism. Did she vote against the bloated budget that included massive military spending?

She did make this controversial call. However GOP-Adelson/MAGA wing's top leadership did not ask her to resign for 'anti-semitism' as it did after Ilhan accused AIPAC lobby of bribing US politicians/spoke against Iran war drums.

AOC Says Cut US Aid to Israel

[Anti Federalist]

LOL

Cortez for President on the LP ticket 2028

Makes as much sense as Bob Barr or Bill Weld.

[Swordsmyth]

The LP will welcome her with open arms, they both want to flood the country with communists, they both hate law enforcement for the sake of it, they both want abortion to be free and easy and they both want legalized weed.

The only sticking point is that the LP may be going interventionist.

All other issues don't really matter anyway.

[tfurrh]

The LP will welcome her with open arms, they both want to flood the country with communists, they both hate law enforcement for the sake of it, they both want abortion to be free and easy and they both want legalized weed.

The only sticking point is that the LP may be going interventionist.

All other issues don't really matter anyway.

You get all that from the party platform?

[juleswin]

You get all that from the party platform?

SS would take any opportunity he gets to insult the LP. No way he would pass up on this story, its way too easy for him.

[timosman]

SS would take any opportunity he gets to insult the LP. No way he would pass up on this story, its way too easy for him.

LP deserves to be mocked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olYx5LILl34

[Swordsmyth]

SS would take any opportunity he gets to insult the LP. No way he would pass up on this story, its way too easy for him.

Sure, now that they have sold out completely.

[juleswin]

Sure, now that they have sold out completely.

Maybe so, one thing I know is that I can't seem to remember a time when you weren't bitching about the LP.

[oyarde]

You get all that from the party platform?

That comes from the plant that is now running the party .

[otherone]

The LP will welcome her with open arms, they both want to flood the country with communists, they both hate law enforcement for the sake of it, they both want abortion to be free and easy and they both want legalized weed.

The only sticking point is that the LP may be going interventionist.

All other issues don't really matter anyway.

LOL

[Swordsmyth]

LOL

There are indeed many problems with current law enforcement practices but the LP is full of anarchists and contrarians who hate the very idea of police or sheriffs etc. because their religion is rebellion.

[Origanalist]

There are indeed many problems with current law enforcement practices but the LP is full of anarchists and contrarians who hate the very idea of police or sheriffs etc. because their religion is rebellion.

The Founding Fathers: Smugglers, Tax Evaders, and Traitors
https://mises.org/library/founding-f...s-and-traitors

[Swordsmyth]

The Founding Fathers: Smugglers, Tax Evaders, and Traitors
https://mises.org/library/founding-f...s-and-traitors

But they weren't against all law enforcement in principle.

[tod evans]

There are indeed many problems with current law enforcement practices but the LP is full of anarchists and contrarians who hate the very idea of police or sheriffs etc. because their religion is rebellion.

Not wanting some double-digiter lording over you and yours with complete immunity falls far short of "because their religion is rebellion."

Try again.

[Anti Globalist]

She needs to kindly $#@! off. Shes not a libertarian by any stretch of the imagination.

[kahless]

Give it time and she will have her own category in the Liberty Candidates section of this forum just like Justin Cuck Amash.

[juleswin]

"True libertarians, which many happen to be in the Republican Party, true libertarian viewpoints are pro-immigration," she explained on Instagram. Advocates of smaller government do indeed acknowledge that immigrants help the economy, and many dismiss the notion that the federal government is capable of determining optimal migration levels.

Libertarians who support free movement of people also support ending the welfare state and birthright citizenship. I wonder if she would still be OK with that package?

[jkr]

Libertarians who support free movement of people also support ending the welfare state and birthright citizenship. I wonder if she would still be OK with that package?

Qft

[oyarde]

Libertarians who support free movement of people also support ending the welfare state and birthright citizenship. I wonder if she would still be OK with that package?

Ya , I do not think you will ever get a single , nationally elected Dem to sign on with ending welfare .

[nikcers]

Ya , I do not think you will ever get a single , nationally elected Dem to sign on with ending welfare .

[PAF]

Libertarians who support free movement of people also support ending the welfare state and birthright citizenship.

[shakey1]

[r3volution 3.0]

She's a bolshevik and...

...will therefore likely do well with the American electorate.

[oyarde]

She's a bolshevik and...

...will therefore likely do well with the American electorate.

Certainly has not seemed to hurt her in ny.

[tfurrh]

Everyone has 'a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints'
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[Swordsmyth]

Everyone has 'a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints'
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...... except Swordsmyth