New York’s 14th congressional district representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a spit-fire. I will admit I did not know much about her before her election but it’s been impossible to ignore her since. AOC is becoming trademarked with her passion, relatability and determination. It’s the little things that can make a politician loved dearly, such as getting on Instagram Live and bonding with your people via plant pottery but also using that time to provide education. I can’t fathom her grace or the way she maintains a game face in the literal face of Republican opposition. But this post isn’t about the two parties, it is about how AOC is the hope of the generation.
Last night Alexandria delivered a spot-on speech condemning the GOP and those who voted to shut down the Green New Deal and deemed it elitist. As if preserving the Earth for future generations is the mindset of an elite, but we see through their bullshit of maintaining cushy lives for their own tribe. AOC drove home the point that this deal is for the small people; farmers, children in Flint and our country that is simultaneously drowning and burning.
I love how often AOC goes viral. She can’t be muted but we must go beyond that. We must take what she says, do our own research and vote out any politician who wants to see the end of the World, because that’s how serious this is. She is one of the biggest links of the shift in the country; AOC is the young generation telling old hags we will not let them destroy our planet. We take action and will not suffer to provide comfort for their last 20 (if that) years. We will turn it upside right and establish order with AOC at the front line.
While I am a Gen X and she is a millennial, I don’t differ in my views. I am also a strong woman, angered by the lack of progression in our country and attempting to make a change. I am constantly in awe at her leadership and initiative to change it from within. I feel seen by Alexandria. I am comforted knowing that she will fight for everyone, that justice and order can be restored. Weapons formed against good will never prosper and she can never lose with an army behind her.
I have found that most people don’t actually know what the Green New Deal entails. I will upload a blog entirely dedicated to that education within the week.