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Lately, AOC has been getting on my nerves.
When is she up for reelection?
November
House Reps have 2 year terms
Think she will get reelected?
probably
I think her district is Brooklyn
Has she helped her district in any way?
no idea
but local politics makes a bigger difference for her district
What is she voting on in Congress? Federal issues that make little difference for her district
She continues to pick her battle of reproductive rights and environmental justice which in her district are popular still. However she is starting to run into more headways because that is really all she has
I see.
She is starting to not be relevant anymore?
Abortion is a state issue, not local. NY has legalized abortion for 39 weeks or more.
Her and Omar.
Feminine power lol
The long and short is... kinda... The federal government is starting to roll out those hundreds of billions spent from last Congress she helped pass
hundreds of billions?
Anything that is worthwhile?
Ehhhhh I mean some of the money is going to really important and I think revolutionary tech with payoff sooner rather than later.... that being said there is also a lot of wasteful spending on stuff that sounds good and I would love it to work but it isn't economically viable now or in the foreseeable future
There are a few positions within Congress that will get USSS protection and those are Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, Senate President Pro Tempore, Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, and Whips in both chambers.
Every Member has a risk matrix score concerning their safety. Capitol Police covers most Members (who request it and have a need for it) for the most part. In some cases though it can be expanded and other Members can gain USSS protection at least for a brief time. For instance, before the 2017 Congressional Baseball shooting, Rep. Steve Scalise was the Majority Whip but only Capitol Hill Police were assigned duty to protect him (USSS was not in charge of protecting Congressional Leadership at the time) but once he was shot USSS took over protection duties for him and the other individual on the Republican Team who was critically injured.
Then Congress changed the law to protect these people with USSS since they were supposed to be the "experts" and all of these people in Leadership tend to be big names and crazy people would likely go after them over a regular Member...
EDIT:
AOC only has Capitol Police Protect. She actually lives in a building that a ton of Dem Members live in including Dem Leadership so that building tends to have a police vehicle or two in front of it at all times.
Seems like AOC doesnt understand her position in life.
She thinks she is the only one who needs protection lol
just because she is annoying doesn't mean she is on a hit list
she hates it when people ignore her
Sandy Cortez from Westchester
I remembered she felt threatened when she went out to see a protest.
To be fair narcissism and getting screen time is what these hearings are all about.
of course with AOC her questions come from a place of narcissism. People want to assassinate me! I need better protection!
Do members of Congress get Secret Service protection? I don't think they do