Posted on 07/09/2022 4:09:52 AM PDT by Libloather
Former New York Gov. David Paterson dismissed US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s influence as a “phantom of the media” after left-wing candidates endorsed by the socialist firebrand suffered brutal losses in last week’s primaries.
“AOC are just three letters in the alphabet,” the 68-year-old Democrat said in an interview on WABC radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” aired Sunday.
Paterson was asked by host John Catsimatidis about the Tuesday primary results in which the majority of left-wing state Assembly contenders were unsuccessful in their efforts to expand their presence in Albany by ousting more moderate Democrats.
Asked if the losses represented “the rise and fall of AOC,” the Democratic former governor replied, “I don’t know if there ever was a rise, John.”
“I think AOC, who defeated a congressman who was notably absent from his district a lot, so she outworked him and she beat him, and then she became this overnight, national success,” Paterson said, referring to longtime ex-US Rep. Joe Crowley, who AOC toppled in a major upset in the June 2018 Democratic primary for the Queens and Bronx House seat.
“But really, there’s no evidence that it had any coattails, not in this 2022 primary, but not even in the 2020 elections,” he added. “I think she is really a phantom of the media, the media projects her.”
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In last week’s primary elections, AOC-endorsed state Assembly hopefuls Samy Nemir Olivares Keron Alleyne, Illapa Sairitupac and Vanessa Agudelo, among others, were all defeated by establishment Democrats.
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She’s running the Communist Party, especially on energy policy.
”Komrade, you do not want to sit on that sofa…”
“AOCIdiot has more influence than he thinks.”
All AOC candidates lost and every bill she introduced in the house was squashed. Yet, for you, AOC “has more influence.”
What rabbit hole did you crawl out from?
AOC is cute but dumb.
2. The Amazon project she opposed was actually in a neighboring district, not hers … which only pissed off other Democrats even more.
Exactly!
Highly organized and with a huge $$$ group backing her.
The plan is to select as many of these types as possible, force out the old Democrats and move the Party even farther left.
As a member of the Squad AOC gets lots of press. IDK what she has actually accomplished.. The other leftists won on their own, without her help.
Well, to start with, she attended BU, not BC. And an undergraduate economics degree means about as much as any other BA degree in the social sciences.
Are BU and BC one and the same or two different schools?
Two different schools!
Wait a minute! Sandy Cortez is a graduate of Boston UNIVERSITY — NOT Boston College! Please don’t slur BC with that baggage!!
You may think of Sandy as “The Flower of BU!”
Lol, appears I’ve stirred up a hornets nest 😂
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