To: Lane3 who wrote (92409 ) 9/3/2018 11:25:16 AM From: neolib Read Replies (2) | Respond to I'm curious which ones of this list of her positions as given in the Wikipedia article on her you find of juvenile quality? The list is of course light on details, but I would generally agree with all of them.democratic socialist . [85] She supports progressive policies such as Medicare for All, a job guarantee , [86] tuition-free public college, ending the privatization of prisons , and enacting gun-control policies . [87] tuition-free universities and public schools , [88] saying that "[f]or the cost of the GOP’s tax bill , we could forgive ALL the student loan debt in the United States." [88] [89] renewable-energy production and end the use of fossil fuels . She also calls for a Green New Deal in the United States, in which the federal government would invest in the construction of large-scale green-infrastructure projects . [90] single-payer healthcare system, calling healthcare "a human right ". [91] [88] She says that a single government insurer should ensure that every American has insurance, while reducing costs overall. [86] On her campaign website, Ocasio-Cortez says "Almost every other developed nation in the world has universal healthcare . It's time the United States catch up to the rest of the world in ensuring all people have real healthcare coverage that doesn't break the bank." [88] [92] [93] She supports abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), calling it "a product of the Bush-era Patriot Act suite of legislation" and "an enforcement agency that takes on more of a paramilitary tone every single day". [94] She has called immigration detention centers operated by the Department of Homeland Security " black sites ", citing limited public access to those locations. [95] Two days before the primary election, Ocasio-Cortez attended a protest at an ICE child-detention center in Tornillo , Texas. [96] Ocasio-Cortez said in 2018 that ICE was required to meet a quota of 34,000 detainees, which The Washington Post and PolitiFact described as an "urban legend" and "false", respectively. [97] [98] impeachment of President Trump , saying, "I think that, you know, we have the grounds to do it." She cited Trump's violations of the Emoluments Clause . [99] [100] 2018 Gaza border protests were killed on May 14, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the Israel Defense Forces ' use of deadly force, [101] tweeting, "This is a massacre. I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such. No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else. Democrats can't be silent about this anymore." [102] In a subsequent interview, she said, "The idea that we are not supposed to talk about people dying when they are engaging in political expression just really moved me", and said that many constituents, including Jewish Americans , had thanked her for taking that position. [103] In an interview with the PBS series Firing Line , Ocasio-Cortez clarified that she is "a proponent of a two-state solution ." [104] J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami expressed his support for "a new generation of candidates who are more outspoken about their opposition to the policies of Netanyahu ’s far-right coalition and are eager to see the US play a more constructive role in making life better for both Israelis and Palestinians". [105] FEMA 's response to Hurricane Maria and the federal government's unwillingness to address Puerto Rico's political status . [106] She believes the federal government should increase investment in Puerto Rico. [87] LGBT community , thanking its members for their role in her grassroots campaign . [107] [87] She spoke at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2017. [108]
