All she can offer is a melange of half-digested Leftist propaganda and talking points. And that will likely be enough to get her elected.
“Ocasio-Cortez Defends Comments Accusing Israeli Military of Palestinian ‘Massacre,’” by Paul Crookston, Washington Free Beacon, July 16, 2018:
Upstart Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday defended her recent comments describing Israeli military actions at the Israel-Gaza Strip border as a “massacre.”…
“The lens through which I saw this incident [at the Israel-Gaza border], as an activist, as an organizer—60 people were killed in Ferguson, Missouri, 60 people were killed in the South Bronx, unarmed, 60 people were killed in Puerto Rico—I just look at that incident … just as an incident, and to me it would just be completely unacceptable if that happened on our shores,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez said the situation in the Middle East is “of course” different from peaceful protests in the the U.S. but did not back down from the equivalency she set up. She described the situation between Israelis and Palestinians as an “increasing crisis of humanitarian condition” and said that is “just where I tend to come from on this issue.”
After Ocasio-Cortez said she “absolutely” believes Israel has a right to exist, “Firing Line” host Margaret Hoover asked what she means by the Israeli “occupation.” The candidate said it has to do with settlements that infringe on Palestinians’ housing.
“I think what I meant is, like, the settlements that are increasing in these areas, where Palestinians are experiencing difficulty in access to their housing and homes,” she said.
“I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue,” she added with a laugh. “I am a firm believer in finding a two-state solution on this issue, and I’m happy to sit down with leaders on both of these—for me, I just look at things through a human rights lens, and I may not use the right words. I know this is a very intense issue.”
In the interview, Ocasio-Cortez referred to “the occupation of Palestine,” although no Palestinian state currently exists. She went on to explain that this is an important issue on which she is “willing to learn and evolve.”
“I come from the South Bronx, I come from a Puerto Rican background, and Middle Eastern politics was not exactly what was at my kitchen table every night, but I also recognize that this is an intensely important issue for people in my district, for Americans across the country, and I think what’s at least important to communicate is that I’m willing to listen and that I’m willing to learn and evolve on this issue as I think many Americans are,” she said….