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I know you know the difference but let’s recap:
O'Rourke and Jones didn’t critique specific individuals.
Their images weren’t used to attack the people they’re critiquing.
They spoke about their own experience, in their own states. They didn’t pontificate from a faraway perch. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1326983952960266243
O'Rourke and Jones didn’t critique specific individuals.
Their images weren’t used to attack the people they’re critiquing.
They spoke about their own experience, in their own states. They didn’t pontificate from a faraway perch. https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1326983952960266243
They didn’t make it about themselves. They didn’t lie to the NYT and claim that Reps who accepted their personal help won & everyone who didn’t lost.
Their critiques were wide-ranging. They didn’t have a narrow, self-promoting focus. Saying they're the same doesn’t make it true.
Their critiques were wide-ranging. They didn’t have a narrow, self-promoting focus. Saying they're the same doesn’t make it true.
They know what it’s like to be in a competitive GE race.
They know what it’s like to lose a tough race.
They spoke from a place of personal frustration and loss. There wasn’t a whiff of gloating or dancing on their colleagues’ graves in anything they’ve said or done.
They know what it’s like to lose a tough race.
They spoke from a place of personal frustration and loss. There wasn’t a whiff of gloating or dancing on their colleagues’ graves in anything they’ve said or done.
They’re known to be team players fighting *Republicans* and their motives are trusted.
They never ran, and were never the face of, a PAC whose goal is to replace their colleagues.
They never ran, and were never the face of, a PAC whose goal is to replace their colleagues.
They work to expand the Democratic Party’s big, beautiful tent.
They know building coalitions is how elections are won and legislation passed.
They don’t advocate excluding people, especially those who share their goals.
They know building coalitions is how elections are won and legislation passed.
They don’t advocate excluding people, especially those who share their goals.
O’Rourke and Jones didn’t use their colleagues’ losses to push their own agenda in media interviews or to create a misleading graphic and blast a false narrative to millions of fans. https://twitter.com/oldladydem/status/1327667942901882880
They know what it’s like to campaign in areas where half the electorate gets all their news from Fox.
They’re not judging campaigns run in districts they don’t understand.
They’re not looking under the hoods of their colleagues’ campaigns to judge how they spent money.
They’re not judging campaigns run in districts they don’t understand.
They’re not looking under the hoods of their colleagues’ campaigns to judge how they spent money.
Which is rich, considering,
In tough races:
Lamb spent $2.7M and earned 220K votes, up 37K votes from 2018
Spanberger spent $6.7M and earned 231K votes, up 55K from 2018
In a non-competitive lay-up:
You spent $14M and earned 105K votes, up … <checks notes> ...
In tough races:
Lamb spent $2.7M and earned 220K votes, up 37K votes from 2018
Spanberger spent $6.7M and earned 231K votes, up 55K from 2018
In a non-competitive lay-up:
You spent $14M and earned 105K votes, up … <checks notes> ...
… well, there’s still a few to count so maybe you'll meet the 110K you got in 2018 (when you spent $1.4M) but you def underperformed @ConorLambPA & @SpanbergerVA07.
Maybe YOU should ask THEM for help. They bested you in GOTV w/out your $$, bully pulpit, and free nat’l media.
Maybe YOU should ask THEM for help. They bested you in GOTV w/out your $$, bully pulpit, and free nat’l media.
House Dems lost vote share from 2018 across the country but, obviously, spending TEN TIMES what you did in 2018 helped you perform better than the average, amirite?
Oh.
2018: you 78.2%, R 13.6%; +64.6
2020: you 68.8%, R 30.6%; +38.2
Oh.
2018: you 78.2%, R 13.6%; +64.6
2020: you 68.8%, R 30.6%; +38.2
Good thing Dems didn’t have the same drop in vote margins you did or every swing district Dem would’ve lost and a whole lot of Dems in “solid Dem” districts would’ve lost too. Yikes!
Gee, Alexandria, I’m starting to think people accusing you of hubris just might have a point.
Gee, Alexandria, I’m starting to think people accusing you of hubris just might have a point.
As might those who think you’re not the best person to judge your peers on how they spent money.
No Dem House candidate spent >$10M on their race.
Except you. In a D+29 district.
You ran the most expensive Dem House campaign in the country. By millions.
And got 105K votes.
No Dem House candidate spent >$10M on their race.
Except you. In a D+29 district.
You ran the most expensive Dem House campaign in the country. By millions.
And got 105K votes.
I’m not suggesting you don’t have anything valuable to say or that people shouldn’t listen to you. You do and they should. But maybe you could’ve spent half a minute pretending you’re sorry your colleagues lost *before* you critiqued and used them … not after you got pushback.
And you KNOW your advice would’ve been more useful behind closed doors than in the NYT. But that’s not your strategy. Everyone in Congress knows it. You know they know it. So, congratulations. You got exactly what you wanted. Including the pushback.
