Posted on 07/01/2018 6:49:50 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) responded to Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.) claim that policies "too far to the left" can’t win in Midwestern states.
“With respect to the Senator, strong, clear advocacy for working class Americans isn’t just for the Bronx,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet on Sunday.
Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist and former organizer for Sen. Bernie Sander’s (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign, pointed out that policies to the left of Hillary Clinton won in several Midwestern states.
Sanders won the Democratic primary in Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Indiana in 2016.
“We then lost several of those states in the general,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “What’s the plan to prevent a repeat?”
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to an interview Duckworth gave to CNN's Jake Tapper in which she a political platform that's “too far to the left” could ostracize voters in the Midwest.
The Hill has reached out to Duckworth’s office for comment.
Duckworth appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday to discuss Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning victory over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D) in the primary for New York’s 14th congressional district.
Tapper asked Duckworth if the young candidate represents the future of the Democratic Party.
"I think it's the future of the party in the Bronx, where she is,” Duckworth said.
“I think that you can’t win the White House without the Midwest and I don’t think you can go too far to the left and still win the Midwest,” Duckworth said during the interview.
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She’s probably right. The worst pro-government loser lefties I know are from the Midwest.
People there want things to be done for them by the government, and that’s why she’s going to be a hit in the Midwest.
The bartender does have the pulse of the younger democrats better than do the established party elite. She makes a good voice for the party just as Trump does for us Republicans that want nothing of the establishment.
She ain’t from the Bronx.
Don’t take it too lightly
Extremist views sometimes end up winning
Socialist Democrat Definition of Working Class People = Anyone but White People, especially Male White People.
“The RAT infighting is spreading like a virus.”
victim class against victim class- never interrupt infighting
Even though obozo didn’t use the same verbiage his presidency was nonetheless very much about socialism
For a 28 year old she sure knows a LOT! /s
She’s more Bronx than Clinton could earlier claim being a New Yorker. Besides, she was born there, lived there until five, and apparently made it her home after college. A reasonable claim to me.
“American education strikes again.”
Watched Fox News this morning. Kids they interviewed didn’t know what happened in 1776 or why we celebrate July 4th.
Khrushchev warned us in the 50’s that they would get us through our education system.
He was endorsed by the same Democratic Socialists of America. She is just more open with the affiliation.
This is old stuff in Canada — it’s the Liberals vs the (Social Democratic) NDP. The NDP (propped up by the Green envrio-extremist party) is now in power in BC, and Alberta (!). It was the Official Opposition in Ottawa, until the last election. Don’t underestimate them!
Shes the daughter of a Westchester County architect
Poor underprivileged girl probaly had to fly coach to Boston
Btw looking at who funded her campaign? Very interesting
ACTBLUE = SOROS
Well, not putting Full Frontal Socialists on the Dem ballot for starters, LOL!
True.
See the Mexico election.
Good slogan for the Lefties!
Better. I'll work with that in the future.
“I’d rephrase that....’Make America Venezuela’ (MAV).”
Better. I’ll work with that in the future.
The more they fight amongst themselves the less time they’ll have for us.
Maybe mad Maxine will lender her her broom. Bernie won Dem primary’s in the Midwest. Hildebeast lost the general. The girl is still in political diapers. Duckworth and her need to get together and have a whine knife fight. I mean wine knife fight.
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