Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) has “been with the Republicans” since Congress returned, after the Michigan Democrat endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the midterms.
“She’s been with the Republicans ever since she’s come back. So she’s been on the Republican side of the aisle,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an appearance on “The Don Lemon Show” that aired Thursday.
“This is just the epitome of a certain kind of transactional politics,” she added. “And it’s really sad.”
There’s no requirement for politicians to uphold campaign promises, and no penalty to reneg, so yeah.
It’s tough because the nature of a Representative Democracy means we should empower representatives to make decisions that we ourselves wouldn’t necessarily make – much like parents stopping children from eating candy every day. They should ideally have a full-time job of educating themselves, consulting experts, figuring out what is best for their constituents.
haha. Funny. I know.
But maybe there is a middle-ground where we can not keep them so rigid to campaign promises, but permit Recall votes at any time during their terms on any elected official – even if the threshold may be higher at 60 or 70% to prevent too much knee-jerk reactivity.