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>>I also don't really understand why AOC is being scapegoated for this Because she's being billed as a socialist boogieman by the media? She's extremely visibl
by moate 8y ago
>>I also don't really understand why AOC is being scapegoated for this
Because she's being billed as a socialist boogieman by the media? She's extremely visible and vocal on the national stage that this whole HQ2 debacle has played out on. People in Seattle and DC don't know NYC's lower level politicians by name, and this is being billed as a national story because so many spurned cities and their populations have a viewing interest.
Had this been done differently, it would be a much smaller story covered by some segments of the tech media and local NYC publications with limited national coverage. In that reality, it likely would have been local community organizers and district pols being named in articles and scapegoated.