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2023-05-15 03:52:25 UTC
Obviously we can ignore this twat.
official within the New York State Communist Party.
Records, first reported on by The New York Post, show 33-year-old Justine
Medina worked for Ocasio-Cortezs campaign for much of 2020, earning
around $35,000.
After working for the congresswoman, Medina was named "Co-chair of the New
York Communist League" by the Peoples World, a publication of the
Communist Party.
The publication now lists Medina as serving on the Executive Committee of
the New York State Communist Party who is also active in the Amazon Labor
Union at JFK8.
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As an aide to Ocasio-Cortez, Medina said she was responsible for
"organizing and writing policy language with Anti-War Veterans & the Peace
Movement."
Medinas years-old tweets highlighted by The Post show her
unapologetically proclaiming her alignment with communism.
"[W]ell, I *am* a Communist, but work for AOC & helped start Queens DSAs
Electoral WG, so I def see utility in working on the Dem ballot line!"
Medina tweeted in October 2020.
In another tweet, she described communism as being about "equality,
democracy, peace, the advancement of workers, the oppressed and humanity
in general."
She ominously added that the path to communism will be "unkind" to those
who "block progress."
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"[B]ut communism is good and shouldnt scare you," she said.
Medina later appeared to capitalize on The Post article.
"Friends, I have an announcement to make," she quoted in a re-post of The
Post.
In response to a reply questioning whether she adhered to the Maoist or
Leninist variety of Communism, Medina said she subscribed to "Marxist-
Leninist-Robesonist" thought, a reference to Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin,
and Paul Robeson.
While modern-day adherents of communism have tried to water it down, the
ideology has been the driving force behind many political movements
throughout the 20th century, killing upwards of 100 million people. The
Soviet Union's communist dictator Joseph Stalin starved millions of
Ukrainians in the 1930s. China's communist dictator Mao Zedong led the
Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward, the death toll from which is
estimated to have been above 40 million. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge communist
leader, Pol Pot, imposed brutal programs during his brief rule in the
1970s that are estimated to have killed about one-fourth of his own
country's population.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Medina and Ocasio-Cortezs office for
additional comment.
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