AOC refuses to debate Marty Dolan and says its beneath her dignity

Question

Marty Dolan, in a comment on a @nowthisimpact post about AOC says "They should also respect the Democratic process and debate bona fide balloted opponents — she doesn’t.

@repaoc blasts $8 million around one of the poorest districts in NYC and says it is beneath her dignity to debate."

Answer 1

In his statement, Marty Dolan commented that house representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refused to debate him despite his challenge in the 2024 Democratic Primary. Dolan publicly states that AOC believes herself to be above the democratic process due to her declining the debate. Although they never did debate, Marty Dolan's comments did receive national news coverage from the New York Post and linked here, https://nypost.com/2024/05/21/us-news/awol-aoc-refuses-to-debate-underdog-rival-thinks-shes-above-democratic-process/ .  Typical hosts of NYC debates (League of Women Voters, BronxNet, NY1) do not list any such event or video. The idea behind this accusation is plausible, but there remains no evidence that AOC was ever even approached for a debate by Dolan, let alone declined his challenge. With that being said, The New York Post is a notoriously right leaning news source, so it would make sense they would cover this claim. Possibly to smear AOC in the eyes of voters.

Comments

I like how you talk about how although it is plausible for the claim to be true, it is misleading due to there being no evidence to prove its true. I also like how you mention how The New York Post is notorious for being right leaning and how there is a possibility they covered this claim as to taint AOC's name and reputation.

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I like how you provide both sides of the argument and see through the bias. You create a view, back it up, and explain how each view can be misconstrued. I appreciate the source that you used to back up each statement that you make in the response.