{"id":2320201,"date":"2024-08-06T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-paints-left-and-walz-as-normal-compared-to-weird-trump-vance-ticket-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:37:54","slug":"aoc-paints-left-and-walz-as-normal-compared-to-weird-trump-vance-ticket-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-paints-left-and-walz-as-normal-compared-to-weird-trump-vance-ticket-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC paints Left and Walz as \u2018normal\u2019 compared to \u2018weird\u2019 Trump-Vance ticket &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-paints-left-and-walz-as-normal-compared-to-weird-trump-vance-ticket-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200c a recent Instagram \u200dlivestream, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) presented progressive \u2064Democrats and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the embodiment of &#8220;normal&#8221; politics, contrasting them with the &#8220;creepy&#8221; alliance of former President Donald Trump and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). Ocasio-Cortez expressed her support for the \u200cHarris-Walz ticket, viewing it as a unifying \u2063force in America, and sharply criticized the \u200bTrump-Vance ticket, labeling \u2064them as &#8220;the creepiest\u200d people&#8221; and commenting on Vance&#8217;s \u200cunusual focus on\u200c women&#8217;s bodies \u2063and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">reproductive rights<\/a>. Her remarks reflect a broader Democratic \u2063sentiment in the lead-up \u200bto \u200bthe 2024 presidential election, positioning the new ticket as \u2064a\u200b return\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brave-bookss-mouse-in-the-house-releases-in-time-for-christmas-season\/\" title=\"Brave Books&#039;s Mouse in the House out now for Christmas!\">traditional values amidst<\/a> what she perceives as abnormal \u2062behavior \u200cfrom their opponents. The Washington Examiner \u2063has reached out \u200dfor comments from the Trump campaign regarding these \u200dstatements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC paints Left and Walz as &lsquo;normal&rsquo; compared to &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-label-harris-as-san-francisco-radical-and-weird-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans label Harris as &#039;San Francisco radical&#039; and &#039;weird&#039; - Washington Examiner\">weird&#038;rsquo<\/a>; Trump-Vance ticket<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1724627\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) marketed progressive Democrats and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) as &ldquo;normal,&rdquo; in contrast to the &ldquo;creepy&rdquo; ticket of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram livestream, Ocasio-Cortez reaffirmed her support for Walz, portraying Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s selection of him as a uniting moment. She contrasted the Harris-Walz ticket with that of Trump-Vance, which she portrayed as &ldquo;weird&rdquo; and &ldquo;creepy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I think the two of them together really show what America is actually about and what our values actually are, and Trump and J.D. Vance are, like, the creepiest people you&rsquo;ve ever met in your life,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Like, truly, I think, like, I mean, where do we even start with J.D. Vance? Like, he&rsquo;s weirdly obsessed with women&rsquo;s bodies and reproductive systems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a line consistent with that of most Democrats but a departure from her standard progressive iconoclastic approach, the New York Democrat pitched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-posts-covid-meme-comparing-to-flu-cold-and-the-internet-freaks-out\/\" title=\"LeBron James Posts COVID Meme Comparing To Flu, Cold \u2014 And The Internet Freaks Out\">2024 presidential ticket<\/a> as a return to normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are creepily obsessed with LGBT people, like, nobody. I don&rsquo;t think normal people are this concerned with what&rsquo;s going on in other people&rsquo;s situations, you know, like, kind of, keep your hands to yourself, right? They don&rsquo;t know how to do that. And we&rsquo;re here to kind of make things normal,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said of Trump and Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez was, however, quick to clarify that it was only a certain kind of normalcy, stressing the need for continuing &ldquo;progress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But not just normal. Actually to try to commit to a policy agenda that &hellip; ensures that we make progress, and I think that we really want to try to make that part of our conversation,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She portrayed her kind of politics as a true normalcy, arguing that the establishment Democrats were an aberration from the historic Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anyways, what I was going to say is that I am looking forward to a Democratic Party that is moving past the kind of 90s era, triangulation politics, and moving and getting back to our roots of being FDR Democrats, of being populist, working-class labor Democrats, with the added integration of a modern intersectional lens,&rdquo; Ocasio-Cortez said. &ldquo;That is aware of racial rights, that is aware of women&rsquo;s rights, that&rsquo;s aware of and fights for civil and LGBT rights and integrates the material identity values, not just superficial.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1724627\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1724627\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) characterized progressive Democrats and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as \u201cnormal,\u201d in stark contrast to the \u201ccreepy\u201d pairing of former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). During an Instagram livestream, she expressed her backing for Walz, describing Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s endorsement of him as a moment of unity. She compared the Harris-Walz ticket to that of Trump-Vance, which she labeled as \u201cweird\u201d and \u201ccreepy.\u201d Ocasio-Cortez stated, &#8220;Together they represent what America truly stands for and our core values, while Trump and J.D. Vance are among the creepiest individuals you could encounter.&#8221; She added that Vance has an unusual fixation on women&#8217;s bodies and reproductive rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out to the Trump campaign for a response. In a statement aligning with many Democrats but diverging from her usual progressive stance, Ocasio-Cortez framed the 2024 presidential race as a chance to return to normalcy: &#8220;They have an unsettling obsession with LGBT issues; I don\u2019t think regular people are this preoccupied with others&#8217; lives\u2014it&#8217;s about keeping your hands to yourself.&#8221; However, she emphasized that this normalcy should also involve ongoing progress: &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about being normal; we need a policy agenda that drives us forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez expressed her vision for politics as true normalcy while arguing that establishment Democrats have strayed from traditional Democratic values: &#8220;I look forward to a Democratic Party moving beyond 90s triangulation politics back towards our roots\u2014being FDR Democrats who advocate for working-class labor interests while incorporating modern intersectional perspectives.&#8221; She highlighted awareness of racial rights, women&#8217;s rights, civil rights, and LGBT rights within this framework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2320202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AOCEarthDaySupremeCourt.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8334,3691,5894,37377,27318],"class_list":["post-2320201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aoc","tag-left","tag-politics","tag-trump-vance","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AOCEarthDaySupremeCourt.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}