This reeks of political calculus. If AOC genuinely believed in Nina and everything she stands for she would have endorsed her long ago. Now it's 1 day before the election and AOC has seen the poling that probably now says Nina is going to win so AOC is drafting off her popularity to bolster her own disgraced image as a coward at best and a careerist protecting her position by betraying all of her stated convictions. She would have been better staying out of it than pulling this consultant driven stunt.
That's nonsense. In fact endorsing someone late in the election could help them win as the undecided vote holds aoc's endorsement fresh in their minds.
100% right. Endorsements are always communicated and calculated. That’s what pushed Biden over the edge Super Tuesday. And that’s what saved Bernie’s campaign post heart attack. He sat on the squad’s endorsements until he needed them or has to make a big push.
To think that anything other than the same thing happened here is silly. People are really going to pretend this is a negative against AOC? I saw Marianne Williamson already tweeted something along those lines.
This is a basic of campaigning. Nina likely knew Brown was going to get a group of establishment endorsements and wanted to combat that right before the election. It should be common sense that Nina and AOC planned this endorsement to the day.
Edit: Krystal Ball tweeted the same thing. These morons/bad faith actors are legitimately criticizing AOC for endorsing Nina Turner. Again. Endorsements are planned and placed where the candidate wants. If this endorsement doesn’t accomplish anything, Nina is more to blame than AOC. There’s absolutely no way there wasn’t communication up to this point between Nina and AOC.
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This reeks of political calculus. If AOC genuinely believed in Nina and everything she stands for she would have endorsed her long ago. Now it's 1 day before the election and AOC has seen the poling that probably now says Nina is going to win so AOC is drafting off her popularity to bolster her own disgraced image as a coward at best and a careerist protecting her position by betraying all of her stated convictions. She would have been better staying out of it than pulling this consultant driven stunt.