施密特在他今天的系列推特上，首先承认AOC这位民主党议员很可能在很多方面与他们这群共和党人意见不一致。他还提到了AOC之前做的餐馆侍应生工作。

施密特在推特上说："我是代表林肯行动，出于为捍卫美国民主的目的，想正式联系AOC。我们和他在很多问题上存在分歧，但这些分歧在我们看来并不妨碍。顺便说明，我们并不看不起餐馆侍应生。我们赞赏她们。我们这帮人都是那种总是给50%以上小费的人。"

“I would like to officially reach out to @AOC on behalf of the @ProjectLincoln in defense of democracy. We disagree on many issues and that is ok in our view. Btw, we don’t look down on waitresses. We admire them. We are all the types of guys who always tip at 50% or more.”

施密特呼吁跟AOC一起友好讨论各自的思想和观点：“我有一个想法，让我们以诚挚彼此相待，包括诚挚对待我们各自的政治观点。夫人，我们下面要说的话，是尊重和严肃的。我们不预设立场，一切都可谈。我们需要跟您携手，不然的话我们将失去美国。这场斗争将持续很多年。”

“I have an idea. Let’s approach each other and our points of view with good faith. We say the following with respect and seriousness Ma’am. Our hand is open and we need to work together or we are going to lose America. The fight will last for many years.”

施密特还说，尽管他们与AOC有政见分歧，但如果双方一起努力，可以击败专制（译者注：指的是以川普为代表的独裁专制力量）。然后，施密特在推特列出了林肯行动的共和党同仁们欣赏的 AOC 的品质，包括她的信念和诚信的坚守。

Schmidt also said that if the two worked together they could defeat autocracy, despite their differences. He ended the thread by listing Ocasio-Cortez's qualities that the Lincoln Project admires, including her conviction and integrity.

"提一个未曾有过的主意：一个知道打工是怎么回事的民主社会主义者和前餐馆女侍应生，联合林肯行动和许多其他同仁，将一起守住民主的防线。我们不会屈服，我们绝不休止。我们一起是反专制的一方。

“Here is the unexpected part. A democratic-socialist and former waitress who knows what it is to actually work combined with @ProjectLincoln and many others is going to hold the line together. We will not yield and we will never break. We are the side opposed to autocracy.

"我们是一个大联盟的左右两翼。如果我们屈服，我们的对手就会赢。我们决不能屈服。我们是同一条战壕。我们向你保证会倾听你的想法。 我们向你保证会学习长进。我们保证对你的想法持开放态度，我们保证跟你妥协。但我们对我们的对手（指的是川普党人）不提这样倡议。

“We are the left and right flanks of a broad coalition. Should we buckle, they will win. We must not. We are together. We pledge to listen. We pledge to learn. We pledge to be open to your ideas and we pledge to compromise. We have no such offer for the other side.

"赢得一场战斗只有两种方法。你可以通过让对方屈服来获胜，或通过让对方疲惫来获胜。1945年盟军在柏林的胜利属于让对方屈服而致胜。 1975年越共在西贡的胜利属于让对方疲惫而致胜。我们对民族主义者、白人民族主义者、法西斯骄傲男孩、武装民军、阴谋论者等没有可以谈判的。我们对他们的提法是：我们赢，你们输。没有妥协的余地。 这是零和。

“There are only two ways to win a fight. You can win through submission or exhaustion. Submission=Berlin 45. Exhsustion=Saigon 75 . We have no open hand for the nationalists, white nationalists, fascist proud boys, militia groups, conspiracy theorists et al. Our proposition is we win- you lose. There is no accommodation. It is zero sum.

"我们（当前的反川）的联盟是脆弱的，但我们的联盟必须保持。 AOC，也许你考量我们这些人，觉得并非都是如此。我们并不互相了解对方，也许我们应该互相了解。甚至可能会是这样的情势：这个国家的未来取决于我们的合作。

“Our coalition is fragile but it must hold. @AOC perhaps you look at us and see something that is not so. We do not know each other and perhaps we should. Maybe even it is the case that the future of the country Depends on us.

"既然没有人问及，（我想请）你知道，我们都很佩服你的信念、正直和胆略。我们怀着敬意说以下的话。我们携手合作会使我们更强大。 我祝愿您圣诞快乐，祝您的所有的支持者节日快乐。我们钦佩你的信念。你的经历是民主制度的活生生的例子，也是坚守这个制度的信仰和信念的重要性的活生生的例子。我们距离国家被独裁者统治只差一次选举之遥。我们和你并肩抵御这种情况。我们希望你也能和我们并肩一起。上帝保佑美国。”

“Know this, since no one asked, we all admire your coviction, integrity and guts. We say the following with respect. Maybe it is the case that we are stronger together. I wish you a merry Christmas and all of your supporters a happy holiday season. We admire your conviction. You are a living example of democracy and the importance of faith and belief in the system. We are one election away from losing this country to Autocrats. We stand with you against that. We hope you will stand with us also. God bless America.”

在另一条推特上，施密特写道："信念就是一切。人们对政治有一个根本性的误解。其实没有信念的一方才无法妥协，因为他们没有信念。有信念者才会妥协，因为他们有信仰。"

And in another tweet, Schmidt wrote: "Conviction is everything. There is a fundamental misunderstanding about politics. It is the side that has no conviction that cannot compromise. They have no belief. It is the believers who can compromise because they have faith."

对那些反对他向纽约的这位民主党女议员伸出橄榄枝的人，施密特爽快驳回。一位网友惊讶问：“为什么要与AOC合作？她可是一个社会主义者！” 施密特说：“我不管。因为她相信选举。”

Schmidt also brushed off people who opposed him extending an olive branch to the New York congresswoman. One twitter was alarmed: "What? She's a Socialist!", to which Schmidt replied: "Don't care. She believes in elections.”