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Oh, sweetie, it's not right wing rhetoric.  Even Pelosi sees the squad for what they are. [b] Pelosi is pretty far left. [/b] And, these 3 are even too far left for her.  Remember what Pelosi said - they only have 4 votes.  [/quote]

Compared to what or whom?[/quote]

Very far left compared to Fox News, but centrist compared to general US sentiment.  A lot of us agree with the things AOC is championing.[/quote]

"A lot of us...."
Interesting, that an internal poll commissioned by the DNC doesn't show what you are saying.

[quote]The poll — taken in May, before Speaker Pelosi's latest run-in with AOC and the three other liberal House freshmen known as "The Squad" — included 1,003 likely general-election voters who are white and have two years or less of college education.

These are the "white, non-college voters" who embraced Donald Trump in 2016 but are needed by Democrats in swing House districts.
The group that took the poll shared the results with Axios on the condition that it not be named, because the group has to work with all parts of the party.
The findings:

Ocasio-Cortez was recognized by 74% of voters in the poll; 22% had a favorable view.
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — another member of The Squad — was recognized by 53% of the voters; 9% (not a typo) had a favorable view. 
Socialism was viewed favorably by 18% of the voters and unfavorably by 69%.

Capitalism was 56% favorable; 32% unfavorable.
"Socialism is toxic to these voters," said the top Democrat.[/quote]

https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-poll-democrats-2020-aeaa3771-f142-4059-b79e-1fed569dfdf9.html[/quote]

1.  Bad source.  Of course the DNC is going to land there. AOC is making the establishment uncomfortable.

2.  [b]People say “socialism” is bad, but love the socialist policies.  Healthcare, schools, infrastructure/roads.[/b][/quote]

...Until they find out it isn't really free.  
[/quote]

Paying for things directly isn’t free.  Sometimes it’s better to just pool money and pay for it together (government also socialism).[/quote]

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