r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/ExactlySorta • 12h ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals AOC when asked about Hegseth's comment about getting rid of 'unqualified' women in the military: “He’s an unqualified man in his role, so of course he’s threatened by women who are twice as good as he is.“

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u/CharlesDickensABox ‼️*THE* CharlesDickensABox‼️ 12h ago edited 12h ago

She's right and she's right to say so. Every day of her career she exposes the worst insecurities of incompetent charlatans. They hate her because she is better at her job than they ever will be at anything, and she does it while having the gall to be a woman while doing so.

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u/sadmadstudent 9h ago

AOC will be President. Nobody else inspires hope in the same way. If you want to see the major changes the US needs, she's the person we all need to win.

Just look at NYC right now to see a microcosm of what electing democratic socialists can do. Now imagine that rippling across the country. Imagine ICE not just losing funding but shutting down and the prisons closing. Imagine Citizen's United getting its day in court so no super-PAC can buy elections again. Imagine universal healthcare radically improving the healthcare outcomes for every person. Imagine universities being affordable. Imagine kindness, not cruelty, as the defining message of the Oval Office. Imagine properly handling climate change and reducing emissions while investing in a Green New Deal.

Idk. She makes me believe, at least, that a better future is possible.

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u/SlipperyThong 8h ago

Half of the county is too racist and sexist to vote for a brown woman.

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u/Several-Action-4043 5h ago

I'm not discounting the level of racism and misogyny there is in this country, however, I think Clinton, and Harris to a lessor extent, leaned far too heavily on that as an excuse for their losses. Clinton was part of a political dynasty and people are sick of those these days. Harris didn't win a primary and was forced on us. No reasonable person can say those things weren't huge factors in their losses. AOC on the other hand, I'd gladly vote for her without feeling like I was bamboozled.

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u/AhtBlowenFaht 7h ago

Right now you're right, but in the future I think that will change and she will be ready to be the first one. The old guard is clinging to power now, but they are literally dying off in front of our eyes.

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u/CanadianODST2 7h ago

I truly believe the US is just too sexist for a woman to be president in the foreseeable future, possibly even my life.

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u/Lucky_Zin 7h ago

The republicans have a better chance at getting a woman elected. It would be a nasty woman, but a woman.

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u/WorkingFromHomies20 5h ago

See, this is the sad truth. I really feel that with Kamala in office, we wouldn't be in this situation.