Schumer says he's focused on job when asked about possible Ocasio-Cortez primary challenge

The Hill ^ | 4/19/20 | Rebecca Klar

[Libloather]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday when asked about a potential primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that he’s focused on his job.

“Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week did not rule out a possible 2022 primary run against you,” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Schumer on "State of the Union," referencing the representative’s interview with Politico Playbook last week. “Are you confident you could beat her?”

“Look, throughout my career, I have done my job. I'm totally focused on this COVID. We are the epicenter,” Schumer responded, referring to his home state.

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Asked by Politico if she would run a primary campaign against Schumer in 2022, Ocasio-Cortez maintained that she is focused on her House reelection campaign.

“I’m very much focused on my election in 2020, and honestly this news cycle is so insane, who knows where any of us are going to be in 2022?” she said.

[butlerweave]

I bet AOC thinks if she wins she’ll be Minority Leader ,LOL

[rfp1234]

What job? Walking around with a mask below his nose or giving meaningless interviews instead of getting his arse back to the Crapitol?

[libertylover]

She’d be crushed.

[timestax]

[upchuck]

Isn’t Laura Loomer running against AOC?

Laura is running in FL, not NY.

[Dr. Sivana]

I purposefully omitted Ithaca from my list of updstate anti-AOC cities.

[Dr. Sivana]

but I imagine that at least 70% of the Dem primary votes are downstate, so loosing upstate is by no means the end of the world.

I think she would lose among the wingtip shoed business Democrats in Manhattan, as well. In places like NYC, a lot of not particularly liberal people are Democrat because the primary determines the winner, and because being a registered Democrat helps in business. President Donald Trump comes from that caste.

[Bommer]

Focused on the job? How is whning and crying like a bitch considered a job? Cuomo must have taken lessions from Schumer.

[Hieronymus]

Ithaca is a lot of things, and while I would call it a city, I’m sure the majority of its residents and Cornell alumni think of it as a village.

It is important if you are from there, or have ties to Cornell, Ithaca College, Ithaca Gun, or wish to study what happens when liberals reach critical mass.

[Hieronymus]

That helps. Sort of like Chicago, which I understand.

My perception of New Yorkers is skewed from those I met as an undergrad, most of whom were far more liberal than I.

[Dr. Sivana]

My perception of New Yorkers is skewed from those I met as an undergrad, most of whom were far more liberal than I.

Most of them ARE more liberal than either of us. But there is a lot of room between us and Schumer and AOC. There are a lot of liberals and Democrats who don't buy into Antifa or Black Lives Matter, but are still okay with big government as a general proposition, and are light on Constitutional principles. but they are not suicidal and they do not hate their country. Those folks will pick Schumer over AOC.