Chakrabarti, a 39-year-old former tech worker and multi-millionaire, is best known as the former chief of staff to New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who drew national attention after defeating 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in 2018.
Among other priorities, Chakrabarti supports guaranteeing health care for all, making public colleges and trade schools tuition-free, taxing billionaires, banning the revolving door between Congress and the lobbying industry, prohibiting Congress members from trading stocks, and turning PG&E into a public utility to lower people’s utility bills.
Side note, imagine being able to say what you’re going to do, it actually have the potential to make a difference, and doing it within a small paragraph instead of bullshitting people and dodging questions for decades.
What a commie
Chakrabarti, a 39-year-old former tech worker and multi-millionaire, is best known as the former chief of staff to New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
What a fucking rollercoaster
For the blind, oh fuck yeah, oh no, oh fuck no, JFC stop, wayment, hell yeah
WHY would ANYONE think it’s Wise to Challenge 85 Year Old Nancy Pelosi? She’s a SPRY CHICKEN!
-The DNC!
By golly, this sounds like it could be her chance this time to run for President!
Now. Do the rest of the old codgers, set em out to pasture
There’s a lot in the list that @soupbrick@pawb.social posted that makes him an interesting competitor… ESPECIALLY the revolving lobbyist door, and the stock trading issue…that’s the kind of stuff that really should be dealt with.
Those are no brainer legislation for us, but would take an act of God to pass.
True. Definitely easier said than done, but I welcome anyone who is actually willing to get a metaphorical concussion from banging their head against those brick walls.
INTERESTING
