Posted on 06/11/2019 8:20:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, could be facing a major challenger in their next Senate races -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY.
Top Democrats suspect that the freshman congresswoman will primary either Schumer in 2022 or Gillibrand in 2024, according to a report from Axios, Gillibrand, who is currently running for president, just won reelection during the 2018 midterms after vowing she would serve her full six-year term.
If AOC runs against the two party powerhouses -- and wins -- it wouldn't be the first time she toppled a big-name Democrat after she defeated leading lawmaker Joe Crowley, who was the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus a member of Congress for nearly 20 years, during the New York primaries in 2018.
Since then, Ocasio-Cortez has become a household name and is leading the effort in promoting the Green New Deal in hopes of tackling climate change.
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Yes, please!
I hope AOC primaries Schumer and wins.
We would have 8 more years after 2024 of a continuing Republican presidency under Mike Pence.
She should trot out Hillary and have her say, “Chuckie didn’t go to any of the twin towers funerals.”
Kirsten seems eminently primary-able.
I wonder if the Dems are getting tired of her?
Her supporters are a small group but like most liberals they SCREAM loudly to make it appear they are large in numbers.
Most Democrats will stick with the status quo and support their establishment candidates.
Well it is New York so anything is possible. It is also possible AOC will announce she is transgender and is planning on staring a LBQTXYZ colony on Mars!
Tell me the fix isn’t in with her. They are coronating her the way they did with Barrack Hussein Obola back before he was even a senator.
LOL, go for it, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Let’s see the liberals eat their own.
Ocasio-Cortez could be in political trouble after the 2020 census. If current trends hold New York could lose one or even two congressional seats because of declining population.
The powers-that-be could conceivably eliminate her congressional district, forcing her into a congressional primary against another Democrat. And that turn of events, could prompt her to try to run for Senator instead.
A lot like chimpanzees...................
Getting...?
If she’s going after Gillibrand, she has a long wait.
Yes, and this will be so much fun to watch!!
The Obama fast track.
I think she’s ready for the presidency.
I’d consider donating to that cause.
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