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| Ocasio-Cortez pushes for a leftist revolt in the Democratic Party |
| 2018-11-20 |
| h/t Instapundit New York Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs calls from fellow progressives to mount primary campaigns against moderate Democrats whose politics they believe are to the right of their constituents’. "Long story short, I need you to run for office," Ocasio-Cortez said on a video conference call hosted by the leftist Justice Democrats, as the group launched a campaign dubbed #OurTime, Politico reported. Justice Democrats backed Ocasio-Cortez’s primary campaign against incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, the powerful Queens Democratic Party boss whose loss sent shock waves through the party’s centrist wing. While it is unusual for a freshman lawmaker-in-waiting to openly challenge her party’s incumbents, Ocasio-Cortez’s call to action was reminiscent of Tea Party challenges to centrist Republicans, when GOP stalwarts like ex-Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia faced primary challenges from the right. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 Out with |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-11-20 18:10 |
| #6 Wasn't long ago the left was laughing about the civil war on the right. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-11-20 13:44 |
| #5 Go for it Ocasio-Cortez. I don't mind an occasional leftist revolt with the ranks as long as it doesn't spill out of its boundaries. I'm still chuckling about someone's comment from a few days ago here when they referred to Ocasio-Cortez as "Occasional-Cortex." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-11-20 10:45 |
| #4 She will go faaaaar left and then have an unfortunate ethics scandal. Last recording will be about how she expects to be handled the same as the "Keating Seven." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-11-20 07:59 |
| #3 Failing a speedy course correction, she'll be....off to Boliva as was once said: "No contact with Manila," Ernesto "Che" Guevara wrote several times in his diary as he marched to his death in Bolivia and, behind the phrase, is Cuban leader Fidel Castro's betrayal and abandonment of the legendary guerrilla fighter, Cuban journalist Alberto Müller said. Link |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-11-20 07:38 |
| #2 Please make all the trouble you can in the democrap party, Miss I'm so smart bartender. |
| Posted by: ranture 2018-11-20 07:17 |
| #1 https://nypost.com/2018/11/19/ocasio-cortez-pushes-for-a-leftist-revolt-in-the-democratic-party/ |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-11-20 05:51 |