AOC’s Spending Rant Would Have JFK Rolling in His Grave, Highlights How Far Dems Have Fallen

They are two Democratic politicians best known by their initials: JFK and AOC. That’s where the similarities end.

If you need a primer on the differences between the two, just look at two speeches those respective politicians gave 22,770 days apart.

The first was from President John Kennedy at his inaugural on Jan. 20, 1961. You probably know the words by heart: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”

The second, far-less-familiar address was given on the floor of the House of Representatives on May 25, 2023, by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The words may be unfamiliar, but the general sentiment is one with which a new generation of Democrats is all too well acquainted:

“I ask you to think about the last time a person said — has said in this country that the government does too much for them.”

Yes, that was Ocasio-Cortez’s contribution to the debt ceiling debate: Ask not what you can do for your country, but ask why the heck your government isn’t doing everything for you.

AOC: “I ask you…think about the last time a person has said in this country that the government does too much for them…When was the last time anyone has heard or seen that?!” pic.twitter.com/XkFt7eOJaY

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 25, 2023

Talk about a rant that would make JFK roll in his grave.

AOC’s full remarks, it’s worth noting, were no less infuriating: Despite the fact the reason we’re having this debt ceiling debate is that President Joe Biden’s administration, enabled by Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, has spent taxpayers’ money like a drunken poker player, our skyrocketing national debt is actually the Republicans’ fault.

“What this debt ceiling debate really is about is the fact that they have run up a bill, Republicans have run up a bill, that they now do not want to pay,” the congresswoman said.