Zeeshan Aleem: Forget about the dress, AOC actually just made a real mistake
on the House floor with some Democratic lawmakers, Ocasio-Cortez switched her “no” vote to “present” at the last second, which means that rather than voting against the bill, she declined to take a position on it. Her vote switch was of no material consequence — the House passed the bill 402 to 9. But her breaking from the rest of the squad actually matters quite a bit.
Friday, Ocasio-Cortez explains that she opposed"the substance of" the bill and the rushed process for bringing it to a vote. She also also described a length why she was emotional during the vote:"I wept at the complete lack of care for the human beings that are impacted by these decisions, I wept at an institution choosing a path of maximum voltality and minimum consideration for its own political convenience.
Accusations of antisemitism for daring to depart from the pro-Israel policy consensus in American foreign policy are commonplace on the Hill, and most of the time they’re made in bad faith. Deutch's accusation is no exception —Tlaib is not questioning the right of Israel to exist, she's demanding that Israel treat Palestinians as if they have a right to exist as demanded by international human rights law and democratic norms.
But it’s possible Ocasio-Cortez felt particularly concerned about the capacity for antisemitism accusation to stick to her in light of the fact that the Iron Dome is amissile system that works by intercepting incoming rockets from Gaza. That’s in contrast to, say, the
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