Ocasio-Cortez Goes After Buttigieg: He's Adopted a 'GOP Talking Point' on Education
Our favorite socialist superstar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is at it again, exposing the Democrat Party for what it really is in 2019, a radical anti-American party committed to far-left principles.
Case in point, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Buttigieg had the audacity to say something reasonable, which of course forced Ocasio-Cortez to flip out and go on the attack.
In a campaign video put out by the Buttigieg campaign on Thursday Mayor Pete said, “I believe we should move to make college affordable for everybody.”
“There are some voices saying, ‘well that doesn’t count unless you go even further, unless it’s free even for the kids of millionaires,’ but I only want to make promises that we can keep,” Buttigieg continued. “We can gather the majority to drive those big ideas through without turning off half the country before we even get into office.”
Sounds somewhat reasonable, especially coming from a Democrat, which was apparently too much for Ocasio-Cortez who ran to Twitter to attack the South Bend, Indiana mayor.
This is a GOP talking point used to dismantle public systems, & it’s sad to see a Dem candidate adopt it.
Let’s talk about why Republicans are wrong on this.
Just like rich kids can attend public school, they should be able to attend tuition-free public college.
Here’s why. twitter.com/alxthomp/statu…
1. Universal public systems are designed to benefit EVERYBODY! Everyone contributes & everyone enjoys. We don’t ban the rich from public schools, firefighters, or libraries bc they are public goods.
2. Universal systems that benefit everyone are stronger bc everyone’s invested!
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3. When you start carving people out & adding asterisks to who can benefit from goods that should be available to all, cracks in the system develop.
4. Many children of the elite want to go to private, Ivyesque schools anyway, which aren’t covered by tuition-free public college!
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5. Lastly, and I can’t believe we have to remind people of this, but it’s GOOD to have classrooms (from pre-k through college!) to be socioeconomically integrated.
Having students from different incomes & backgrounds in the same classroom is good for society & economic mobility.
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All of that shows just how far left the Democrat Party has shifted.
Saying something reasonable is now a GOP talking point.
Saying we should only make promises we can keep is also apparently now a GOP talking point.
The Democrat Party has shifted so far left the Washington Post just called Barack Obama a conservative.
Sad and pathetic.
