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Ocasio-Cortez responds to Dem senator who said policies 'too far to the left' don't win in Midwest
The Hill ^ | 07/01/18 | Morgan Gstalter

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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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aoc; duckworth; ocasiocortez; tammyduckworth
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To: silverleaf
"Btw looking at who funded her campaign? Very interesting ACTBLUE = SOROS"

Some more direct linkage to documentation would be good to preserve here.

41 posted on 07/01/2018 7:17:46 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: pepsionice

“I see the Democratic Party splitting off into two elements within five years. Bernie opened the Pandoras Box.”

Excellent observation-but also add more permanent shift of white working class Democrats moving to the Republican party.
The old blue collar part of the Democrat party will be a rump party. The Sanders Ocasio-Cortez wing will have support on the east and west coasts and the larger cities in the midwest.


42 posted on 07/01/2018 7:18:04 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: yesthatjallen

Who put more money in the pockets of workers?

Who brought jobs back from overseas?

Who created the lowest historic unemployment among blacks and hispanics?

Who is responsible for the best unemployment numbers for women in decades?

Who appointed a conservative judge that stopped unions from silencing conservative members?

Who got rid of the unconstitutional individual mandate?

Who caused the stock market and worker 401Ks to soar?

Who got our GDP cranking and this economy roaring?

Lady, you’re in America and you are worthless socialist scum. ...but keep shooting your mouth off.


43 posted on 07/01/2018 7:18:39 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: SpaceBar

The Hill is a dumpster fire of shitlib rats.


44 posted on 07/01/2018 7:21:33 PM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The Democrats are betting their future on a very capable waitress/bartender who believes that the Venezuela model is the key to future prosperity. I have friends and relatives in the restaurant business. They work very hard and have to be smart in this competitive sector. But, none of them think that they have the answers for America’s political future. The Democrats have serious issues.


45 posted on 07/01/2018 7:22:42 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: Paladin2

https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?two_year_transaction_period=2018&cycle=2018&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00639591&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=07%2F01%2F2018&line_number=F3-11AI


46 posted on 07/01/2018 7:28:13 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: yesthatjallen

Another dumb communist running as a socialist.


47 posted on 07/01/2018 7:28:13 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: silverleaf

Thanks.

There seems to be trend there.

I wonder why CNN isn’t on this.


48 posted on 07/01/2018 7:30:48 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Allie from the Bronx is a ACTBLUE candidate
Look at her campaign funding
Look at who funds ACTBLUE

https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?two_year_transaction_period=2018&cycle=2018&data_type=processed&committee_id=C00639591&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=07%2F01%2F2018&line_number=F3-11AI

https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-actblue-soros-complex/


49 posted on 07/01/2018 7:32:18 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Paladin2

She may be giving the democrat party a Bronx cheer
But she isn’t being funded by New Yorkers


50 posted on 07/01/2018 7:34:23 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: silverleaf

Where does S0r0$ live anyway?


51 posted on 07/01/2018 7:35:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Anyone who wants to know what DSA stands for should Google “DSA reading list.” It’s recommeded readings for their youth organization, and includes works by Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky. What, Alexandria didn’t do her homework?


52 posted on 07/01/2018 7:35:47 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: rbg81

“Pelosi should just step aside and let her run things.”

How much deeper CAN they dig?

“Here. Hold Muh Beer.”

I’m loving EVERY minute of this slow motion train wreck that is the Democrat Socialist Party!


53 posted on 07/01/2018 7:36:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: tennmountainman

Tammi Duckworth is half Thai.


54 posted on 07/01/2018 7:48:44 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: yesthatjallen

Dems are going to be standing in line to punch her out.


55 posted on 07/01/2018 7:49:28 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: yesthatjallen

So, when does he declare himself Presidente for life?


56 posted on 07/01/2018 7:57:28 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '18.)
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To: yesthatjallen
"I think it's the future of the party in the Bronx,"

Just a note: This is exactly what Pelosi said, so this is their coordinated answer.

57 posted on 07/01/2018 8:09:26 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: yesthatjallen

...Ocasio-Cortez pushed back on Pelosi’s comments on Wednesday, saying the Democratic Party is in the middle of a movement...

Yes, a bowel movement.


58 posted on 07/01/2018 8:12:15 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: Joe 6-pack; HarleyLady27; Liz; V K Lee; Albion Wilde; Paladin2
Joe, here's my try... Sung to the lyrics of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?


59 posted on 07/01/2018 8:15:26 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Even a nitwit like Tammy Duckworth can see that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presents a real dilemna for their party. Now the socialism the Democrat Party has always espoused can’t be hidden anymore.


60 posted on 07/01/2018 8:20:26 PM PDT by dowcaet
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