AOC Complains About Voter Suppression Even As Record Numbers Are Voting

As polling locations opened this morning across the country, the Washington Examiner reported that more than 100 million votes have already been cast in this election. To be precise, 100,612,403 votes, according to data analyst John Couvillon.

EARLY VOTING BY STATE (11/3 VERSION): pic.twitter.com/YXJOYrqYA1

— John Couvillon (@WinWithJMC) November 3, 2020

This puts us on track for an historic voter turnout. In fact, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Texas, and Washington have each already met or surpassed their total number of votes cast in the 2016 presidential election. And Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, and North Carolina began Election Day all above 95% of their total for 2016.

This is truly incredible. Millions of Americans are afforded the opportunity to have their voice heard and vote for the leader of the country. It is a testament to the fact that America is truly the land of the free.

Important reminder: while we all stress over the election, for virtually all of human history people weren’t allowed to choose their own leaders and lived in utter impoverishment — and for billions all over the globe, that’s still true. America is a pretty amazing place.

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 3, 2020

But of course, someone can always find a way to turn an incredibly positive thing into a negative talking point. Here’s AOC (excuse me, the $14,000 suit-wearing, Vanity Fair cover shooting democratic socialist Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, because we’re not allowed to call her AOC anymore, even though that’s her Twitter handle…) claiming that being forced to wait in long lines (too many people afforded the privilege to vote?) is unacceptable and tantamount to voter suppression.

This is some cold truth from @AOC. If NYC were in a swing state, its election administration would be a national outrage. pic.twitter.com/Hu7nNIR4G4

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 26, 2020

How dare we be expected to stand in a line to exercise the supreme privilege of casting a vote to decide on our next president. I mean, we are blessed enough to be some of the very few people in the history of the world who live in a nation that allows that, and you expect us to stand in a line? How dare we be expected to stand in a line for as long as it takes to watch Saving Private Ryan (2hr 41min). How dare we be expected to stand in line for fewer hours than the average American spends streaming TV shows in a day (8). I mean, it’s just ridiculous to expect us to wait in a line to exercise one of the greatest privileges in the history of the world.

Honestly, I don’t think I can roll my eyes hard enough for this one.