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To: golfer72 who wrote (219161)	11/22/2025 11:46:04 AM
From: D.Austin	1 Recommendation Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220469

There are not many republicans that have a 100% conservative voting record better than her. Looks like we are watching another super majority slip into the swamp, they never fail us on that. a small snip it from an AI generated question about her resignation. The AOC Comparison: Different Rules for Different Parties? At first glance, Greene's trajectory invites comparison to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Both entered Congress as media-savvy provocateurs who built massive grassroots followings outside traditional party structures. Both became fundraising juggernauts through controversy. Both positioned themselves as insurgent voices challenging establishment orthodoxy. Greene raised $3.2 million in Q1 2021 from over 100,000 donors after being stripped of her committee assignments, explicitly fundraising off being "the most attacked freshman member of Congress in history." She turned being stripped of committees into a victim narrative that generated donor enthusiasm. AOC followed a similar playbook, raising substantial sums while maintaining an antagonistic public posture toward Democratic leadership. She entered Congress in 2019 participating in a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi's office before even being sworn in. Yet their trajectories diverged dramatically. By late 2024, AOC was positioned to become the ranking Democrat on the prestigious House Oversight Committee—a stunning ascent for someone initially viewed as a disruptive force. Greene, meanwhile, was never restored to committees and found her legislation ignored. The initial explanation for this divergence focused on party structure. Democrats, operating as an explicit coalition of interest groups requiring constant negotiation and accommodation, created space for ideological diversity and rewarded factional leaders like AOC who could deliver progressive votes while not breaking party unity on crucial votes. Republicans, particularly in the Trump era, demanded absolute loyalty to the leader rather than ideological consistency. Trump's complete abandonment of Greene—despite her being one of his most vocal defenders for years—demonstrated that personal loyalty to Trump himself, not conservative policy positions, was the non-negotiable requirement.