Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has taken to Instagram to take heed to split-ticket voters from final week’s election, posting a query field asking “People who supported [President-elect] Trump & me OR voted Trump/Dem, tell us why” on her story.
She obtained a wide range of responses from her 8.1 million followers and past, citing causes starting from Trump and Ocasio-Cortez’s “care for the working class” to the conflict in Gaza.
“I’m LISTENING,” she wrote. “Sometimes you gotta dig in and see it to understand and adapt! Even if it makes you want to barf.”
“I support you and did this. Felt like I didn’t have a choice after Biden’s administration,” one reply mentioned.
“You’re targeted on the actual points folks care about. Much like Trump populism in some methods,” one other mentioned.
“This is why I say that we should be signing up to knock on doors and be on the phones,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned in one other story in response to a remark that mentioned responses have been “blowing [their] mind. “If you’re only tuning in to [mass media], you will think that most people fall along this spectrum, and a lot of people don’t.”
She added that door knocking and cellphone banking aren’t a “junior thing” that politicians ought to develop out of. She additionally posted tales additionally asking about the place leftists and Trump-supporting voters get their information from and shared a few of these responses as properly.
Ocasio-Cortez glided to victory in her reelection race in New York final week, and can proceed to symbolize the state’s 14th Congressional District.
