The simple reality is she's a very young freshmen congressmen that has decided to pursue fundamentally changing the united states. That's a big step. All she's produced so far is a sales pitch, and quite honestly, not a very good sales pitch in that she doesn't have any sort of actual plan beyond the outline presented.
This s a 29 year old ex bartender talking about a budget that will run into tens of trillions of dollars. It's going to take more than a few trite platitudes to sell this deal.
yep, just an ex-bartender. You forgot, she was a waitress as well. And:
"Ocasio-Cortez attended
Yorktown High School, graduating in 2007.
[20] She won second prize in the Microbiology category in the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a
microbiology research project on the effect of
antioxidants on the lifespan of the
nematode C. elegans.
[21] In a show of appreciation for her efforts, the
International Astronomical Union named a small asteroid after her:
23238 Ocasio-Cortez.
[22][23] In high school, she took part in the
National Hispanic Institute's
Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session. She later became the LDZ Secretary of State while she attended
Boston University. Ocasio-Cortez had a
John F. Lopez Fellowship.
[24] In 2008, while Ocasio-Cortez was a sophomore at Boston University, her father died of lung cancer.
[25][26] During college, she served as an intern in the immigration office during the final year of U.S. Senator
Ted Kennedy's tenure.
[27] "I was the only Spanish speaker, and as a result, as basically a kid—a 19-, 20-year-old kid—whenever a frantic call would come into the office because someone is looking for their husband because they have been snatched off the street by ICE, I was the one that had to pick up that phone," Ocasio-Cortez said. "I was the one that had to help that person navigate that system."
[27]
She graduated
cum laude from Boston University's
College of Arts and Sciences in 2011, majoring in
international relations and economics.
[24][28][29]
She launched Brook Avenue Press, a publishing firm for books that portray the Bronx in a positive light.
[34] She worked as lead educational strategist at GAGEis, Inc.
[35] Ocasio-Cortez also worked for the nonprofit National Hispanic Institute (NHI).
[36] She served as NHI's Educational Director of the 2017 Northeast Collegiate World Series, a five-day long program targeted at college-bound high school students from across the United States and other countries, where she participated in a panel on Latino leadership.
[24][37]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
Your slip is showing.