The failed sales pitches of trickle-down Reaganomics, massive tax cuts for the uber rich, allowing corporations the same rights as a person, and many other shitty policies from the old mutts in Congress have done nothing but ruined the United States on a major level. In comparison, AOC's 70% marginal tax rate on earnings above $10 million doesn't sound like the end of the world.
Also, in comparison to AOC, we have the current POTUS who:
- Is a fake billionaire and failed businessman that bankrupted several of his casinos, and to whom no American bank is willing to lend money to him
- Is possibly owned and willingly manipulated by foreign (non-American) actors
- Is pushing an idiotic vanity project (BORDER WALL) that is not only ludicrously expensive to build and maintain, but horribly ineffective in its purpose and that around +60% of Americans refuse to support
- Pushes other unwarranted nonsense like massive tax cuts for the rich and powerful that will only explode and add to the national deficit
- Has virtually no real understanding of economics, foreign relations, or politics (trade wars are so easy to win, right?)
- Is trying his damnedest to obstruct and halt an FBI investigation onto him (if he's innocent, then he should let the investigation run its' course and not desperately try to stop it, right?)
- Is enabling right-wing domestic terrorism on a level almost never seen before
And probably a lot more than what I posted here. Compared to the scumbags in power, AOC seems to have far more credibility than the current POTUS and the entire GOP.