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Ocasio-Cortez weighs a new primary target: Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY] [ed]
Politico ^ | December 18, 2018 | Laura Barron-Lopez

Posted on 12/18/2018 10:34:35 AM PST by C19fan

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is eyeing a new member of House Democratic leadership as a 2020 primary target: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).

Ocasio-Cortez, who ousted House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley earlier this year in a shocking primary victory, put colleagues on notice for future primaries just days after the November election, telling a livestream audience that she and an allied group, Justice Democrats, would keep working together to boost anti-incumbent challengers — though she didn’t name names. But a person who has discussed the project with Ocasio-Cortez and her team said the congresswoman-elect has recruited an African-American woman to challenge Jeffries, who was just elected to replace Crowley as caucus chairman — the No. 5 House Democratic leadership position.

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To: EEGator

No need to mention his name...


21 posted on 12/18/2018 11:42:07 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: C19fan

Black trumps Hispanic in the hierarchy of victimhood.

She’s touched the third rail.

Clearly a racist.


22 posted on 12/18/2018 11:54:00 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: C19fan

“So it is a Latin v. African-American.”

No, more like women/eunuchs vs men.

“... has recruited an African-American woman to challenge Jeffries,”


23 posted on 12/18/2018 12:10:55 PM PST by aquila48
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To: C19fan

Rats eating their own!


24 posted on 12/18/2018 1:02:11 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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To: ichabod1

She thinks that since she defeated a Democrat with decades of seniority and because she has a weekly stint on Colbert, that she is entitled to inherit that seniority and the associated power.


25 posted on 12/18/2018 1:54:03 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: C19fan

Go for it, Octorino....


26 posted on 12/18/2018 2:21:29 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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