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Her criticisms, while resonating with some New Yorkers, point to a deeper issue concerning the centralization of political loyalty in appointments across federal agencies. While AOC is quick to label this phenomenon as peculiar to the Trump administration, it is a practice entrenched in the history of U.S. presidencies. Each president often seeks to install loyalists into key positions, a historical fact that AOC either overlooks or chooses to ignore in her broader narrative against Trump.