Politics
AOC is LOW, Calls DeSantis ‘Missing’ When He Took Wife to Cancer Treatment
Not much is expected of New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s integrity, but she has reached a new low. AOC was chastised for vacationing in Miami Beach, Florida after Democratic politicians and Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to cancel New Year’s Eve plans due to the ravenous spread of the omicron variant.
The only defense the congresswoman could conjure up was to call Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “missing” instead of doing his job. “Hasn’t Gov. DeSantis been inexplicably missing for like 2 weeks?” she tweeted.
“If he’s around, I would be happy to say hello. His social media team seems to have been posting old photos for weeks. In the meantime, perhaps ii could help with local organizing. Folks are quite receptive here” she added.
Christina Pushaw, a spokeswoman for DeSantis set the record straight. Pushaw told Fox News the governor was accompanying his wife Casey to medical appointments for breast cancer on December 29.
Pushaw also tweeted a schedule of the Governor’s schedule to show he has in fact been hard at work with a message to Ocasio-Cortez: “Have you ever considered that you’re one of the reasons nobody trusts the media?”
DeSantis went public with the news of his wife’s diagnosis in October when he told Fox News he was committed to helping her through the illness and recovery process. As “the mother of three young children, Casey is the centerpiece of our family and has made an impact on the lives of countless Floridians through her initiatives as first lady” said DeSantis.
As Republican candidates gather for a debate, the skeleton in the closet remains the ballooning national debt, a subject that’s largely been relegated to the shadows of political discourse.
While the candidates may briefly touch upon the issue and offer surface-level solutions, the uncomfortable truth is that addressing the national debt’s growing burden would require difficult, unpopular choices. Candidates find themselves in a precarious position, tasked with both solving the problem and securing votes, all within the constraints of a 90-second debate response.
Since surpassing the $33 trillion debt threshold, the United States has been accruing over $800 million in new debt every hour, adding more than $2 billion daily in interest payments. The most recent debt ceiling bill has suspended any cap on this debt until January 2025, casting a long shadow over the nation’s future freedom and prosperity.
Democrats have occasionally pointed to the “Trump Tax Cuts” as a driver of the deficit. However, the tax cuts did stimulate economic growth and resulted in record-high Treasury revenues, albeit without corresponding spending cuts.
One feasible solution begins with fixing the federal budget process, though it is by no means an easy task. Nonetheless, it would substantially rein in Congress’s control over the spending pie chart. A recent Heritage study revealed that only 10 percent of the $7.5 trillion in COVID-related spending actually went to healthcare. The remaining 90 percent, charged as overhead and other expenses, underscores the need for significant reform.
According to reports from Fox News, while the discretionary budget, including debt interest payments and defense spending, constitutes less than 25 percent of overall expenditures and continues to shrink, the true driver of federal deficits lies in mandatory, programmatic spending. These are expenditures Congress does not address annually but continues unabated.
Furthermore, they encompass popular transfer programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, student loans, and healthcare initiatives like Obamacare, among countless others. Altering these programs involves a political third rail, a risk few presidential candidates are willing to take.
Mandatory, programmatic expenditures are perpetual and don’t undergo annual scrutiny or adjustment. There is virtually no constituency for tackling these fundamental issues, despite their role as the primary drivers of the nation’s fiscal challenges.
Many citizens believe that trimming discretionary spending, such as congressional salaries or foreign aid, or rooting out “waste, fraud, and abuse,” can resolve the debt problem. While these are valid concerns, the real target for reform should be mandatory, programmatic spending to ensure the sustainability of essential programs.
The Republican candidates vying for the nomination face a daunting question: Who among them possesses the courage and leadership to make the unpopular decisions necessary to restore fiscal responsibility to the nation’s future?
On the other side of the aisle, Democrats seem unlikely to embrace responsible spending as part of their agenda, leaving the issue largely unaddressed in their political DNA.
In a political landscape dominated by divisive issues and partisan debates, the national debt looms as the silent crisis that few are willing to confront.
The path to fiscal responsibility requires acknowledging the harsh reality that popular programs must also be on the table for reform. Only then can America hope to secure a stable financial future for its citizens.
-
War on Drugs6 days agoKilo of fentanyl found on children’s mats at Bronx daycare, 4 children overdosed, 1 year old boy dies
-
War on Drugs7 days ago
Children under 14 dying from fentanyl poisoning at ‘faster rate than any other age group’
-
Elections6 days agoEric Clapton Raises $2.2 Million for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Presidential Campaign
-
Podcast5 days agoSara’s Urgent Message: We Have A Country to Save & We Can’t Save It Without Your Help
Raymond Franklin
January 3, 2022 at 8:19 am
What kind of people vote for women like this
Michele
January 4, 2022 at 10:04 pm
People with blinders. They have no clue who they’re voting for.
Ronnie W. Stroud
January 3, 2022 at 9:41 am
DeSantis is a true contender for the White House in 2024. They would dance on his wife’s grave and celebrate if they could.
The Party of Death is nothing but scum
Susan
January 3, 2022 at 9:50 am
AOC is a disgusting reprobate with no class, no integrity and no conscience.
Michele
January 4, 2022 at 10:06 pm
She is a “do as I say not as I do” kind of person. Like Pelosi and most of the Democratic Party
TellTheTruth-2
January 3, 2022 at 10:09 am
Why do I suspect AOC is a Soros (bought and paid for) actor?
Kathleen
January 3, 2022 at 10:32 am
I can only imagine the mental capacity of those who would vote this young woman into office. No real life experiences and she betrays her (I’ll go ahead and say it) stupidity every time she opens her mouth.
Alyn Starkman
January 3, 2022 at 11:48 am
AOC has made a career out of saying stupid stuff.But attacking DeSantis is low even for her.
James
January 3, 2022 at 11:49 am
The only defense the congresswoman could conjure up was to call Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “missing” instead of doing his job. “Hasn’t Gov. DeSantis been inexplicably missing for like 2 weeks?” she tweeted.
“If he’s around, I would be happy to say hello. His social media team seems to have been posting old photos for weeks. In the meantime, perhaps ii could help with local organizing. Folks are quite receptive here” she added.
So instead of helping her constituents with the lockdowns.. mandates that violate title 18 us code she has left them to party in Florida.. her only issue was the Governor not meeting with her………… probably because > perhaps ii could help with local organizing….
Her district is a mess that she helped create.. why would anyone with brains have her help organize….
Jimmy
January 3, 2022 at 12:01 pm
AOC is typical of the New Age Progressive Radical Democrat. She lets her Alligator Mouth overload her Hummingbird A$$. She’s not much more than a pompous upstart with a BA who went from a New York bartender to a congresswoman in the House of Representatives of the United States. Looks to me like she wants to un-Unite the States – like most democraps are trying to do…
ItsJo
January 3, 2022 at 1:20 pm
No surprise that the “Braying JackAss AOC, who shows 2 1/2inches of gums and teeth-is also such a Hypocrite who rushed off to Fla. for some of Gov.DeSantis’ Excellent Rules for HIS CONSTITUENTS-Unlike HER N.Y. where Commie Mayor (Wilhelm)AKA-DeBlasio, who has New Yorkers Leaving there in droves, due to HIS Ineptness! AOC, who Should have stuck to bar tending, as she’s as dumb as a “Box of Rocks”…but found the “Golden Eggs in Politico World she’s Now Living Large in- but CAN’T help out HER GRANNY, she IGNORED, but expected Tax Payers to help!”
(All this, and she now is driving a Tesla-living in HER Penthouse???
SilverRascal
January 3, 2022 at 2:47 pm
Little mis hotshitonastick needs to keep her pie hole shut and stay home.
NO ONE pays any mind to her drivel.
pinzo
January 3, 2022 at 9:42 pm
Hypocrisy isn’t a turn on Sandy
Richard Minetti
January 4, 2022 at 8:41 am
AOC is nothing but a lowlife Socialist radical Democrat! POS!
Ralynn M Blumanthal
January 4, 2022 at 10:23 pm
What this lowlife piece of s*** thinks that just because she snuck into the best governor in the United States state to get away but yet just because she’s there he’s supposed to come out and what give her a welcome to Florida Rally or something? LMAO LMAO that’s probably exactly what she expected was for him to come meet her and have dinner or something with her I could see her doing that now instead she she goes to the lowest low you can get… That’s one thing about the far left in the Liberals they always jump to conclusions before the true facts come out it’s been happening for 2 years now and It’ll still continue to until we get “let’s go Brandon” out of office and the cameltoe next to him!!
Deva
February 12, 2022 at 9:50 am
Hey AOC. What is happening in your district? How long has it been since you’ve focused on your constituents? Did you forget about them? No worries the voting machines, policies, and ballot harvesting have got your back.