women members of the house of representatives marched across the capitol campus and invaded the floor of the united states senate to demand that the senate judiciary committee re-open the confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee clarence thomas so that they could hear testimony from anita hill about what she said was the sexual harassment she suffered from clarence thomas. and i was working in the senate then at the time, and i can tell you that that hearing was not going to be re-opened. that was not going to happen. if the women of the house didn t do what alexandria ocasio-cortez decided to do today. congresswoman ocasio-cortez is the second most famous member of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi being the most famous member. now, we have not seen such a famous freshman member of the house since john quincy adams was elected to the house of representatives after serving as our sixth president of the united states.
if the women of the house didn t do what alexandria ocasio-cortez decided to do today. congresswoman ocasio-cortez is the second most famous member of the house of representatives. nancy pelosi being the most famous member. now, we have not seen such a famous freshman member of the house since john quincy adams was elected to the house of representatives after serving as our sixth president of the united states. and in modern politics, in social media politics, with fame comes power, the power to direct media attention where you want it. the power to push a policy position into the national political debate. and congresswoman ocasio-cortez did that today more effectively than any other member of the house of representatives could have done it because of that fame. and there is apparently no one in the house of representatives who understands fame and knows