But she did explain it - and instead of actually debating the policy she supports, you’re intentionally misrepresenting that because the reality is not nearly as radical and you want it to appear.
It's the job of a professional politician to keep their message and platform clear and simple to get their message across.
If a politician needs a bushel full of articles or clarifications or justifications later to explain their position, then they failed at getting the message across. That's on them. Part of a politician's job is also to get their platform out while limiting the avenues of attack by their opposition.
In the third Presidential Debate, it would be easy to say Joe Biden was going to universally eliminate all oil and gas jobs immediately. But in context, that's not true. However he left himself exposed to attack to the point where even the moderator ( clearly biased to the left ) tried to protect him and divert the subject away and Biden STILL chose to double down and walk into a trap.
Stephen Covey basics - First seek to understand, then be understood.
Some lefty will immediately say Twitter or platforms as such have massive limits to provide context. Well that's part of the game is it not? AOC uses social media to drive her image, brand and campaign, so she can't have it both ways. She can't use the social media to her benefit and advantage ( She's a digital native and other DNC/RNC dinosaurs are not) and then complain later about their limitations to her platform.
The "AOC is being taken out of context" doesn't fly. It's HER JOB to not put herself in a position to be attacked out of context. It's HER JOB to keep her message simple and clear that doesn't need updates to reframe her miscues and mistakes.
If you have to watch a movie twice to understand it, the question becomes if the director and writers did a good enough job telling the story. It's really that simple. You aren't entitled to having someone watch the movie twice. Politicians get a very very very limited window to get their message out and might have only one opportunity to engage a moderate or undecided in their favor.
"No, no, no! This is what AOC really meant if you look much much deeper and cross reference 28 things she's said across these 9 platforms in 8 months!"
If that's the case, the message failed. AOC didn't do her job. And this would be true for anyone. McConnell, Gaetz, Graham, Pence, Pelosi, Newsom, Lightfoot, Wheeler, Durkan, all of them.
Here's the real problem with "Defund The Police", the left dominates, and I mean DOMINATES and controls the MSM, Big Tech, social media, Hollywood and essentially most of the education system in the country. It's really easy at that point to have an echo chamber or a bizarre corrupted "Mutual Admiration Society" where this small very loud group keeps telling each other they are awesome and so smart and their messaging is so beautiful. But when that's not most of the American public sees it, they seem surprised when they get run over in the voting booth. Bill Simmons has covered this a few times, that it's hard for a sports pundit to understand the average fan when one becomes part of the rich/elite/famous establishment and you ONLY INTERACT with people like this on a daily basis.
If AOC needs a ton of context to explain herself that are days, months, weeks and even years later, the message failed.
This is where Mark Burnett helped Donald Trump. You can love or hate Trump, but the MESSENGING IS SIMPLE. Drain the swamp. Crooked Hillary. MSM are liars. Warren is Pocohontas. Sleepy Joe Biden in his basement.
It's a condescending position to have people say, "Well you didn't understand the real message!" when the politician in place didn't keep it simple and keep it effective. Don't blame others when you don't do your job or don't do it right. It's that condescension that drove so many minority voters from the DNC. Lots of liberals do a horrible job of winning hearts and minds. Do your job right and you won't have to spend so much time telling people what they don't understand.
Most of the time when AOC talks, she's a walking movie that needs to be watched twice to understand. That's a failure in storytelling and not a failure on the part of the American public at large.