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Posted on 07/02/2026 2:13:40 PM PDT by DFG
Progressive champion Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking sides in a high-profile Democratic Senate primary that's seen as the next major showdown between the far left and the party establishment.
Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in battleground Michigan, in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.
El-Sayed, who if elected would make history as the nation's first Muslim senator, has long been backed by another progressive champion, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. He is facing off with two more moderate candidates, including centrist Rep. Haley Stevens, who is tacitly supported by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Schumer and the party establishment view Stevens as more electable than El-Sayed, who has sparked controversy with his past comments, in a race that Democrats view as crucial as they aim to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans in this year's midterm elections.
But Ocasio-Cortez, the four-term firebrand from New York City best known by her initialism AOC, disagreed.
"Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential," she said in a New York Times interview, where she announced the endorsement. "And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now."
The endorsement by Ocasio-Cortez, her first this cycle in a contested Democratic Senate primary, could further energize far-left progressive activists who are already heavily supporting El-Sayed. And it will likely be problematic for establishment leaders, who worry El-Sayed as the party's nominee would jeopardize the Democrat-controlled Senate seat by pushing the party too far to the left in a state that President Donald Trump carried two years ago.
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Poor Schumer.
Democratic Socialist = Communist
The only "actual" Democrat remaining in the party is probably John Fetterman. And he won't win his primary in 2028.
Schumer never had integrity.
He tried adding the “f” word to his public statements a few months ago to sound youthful and modern.
Maybe he’ll burn and urinate on an American flag on the fourth of July to look good now.
Not that he’s a lying pos politician like Newsom who will say anything to any group at any time if there’s a vote to chase./S
Are burqas one size fits all?
May I add another definition to the Communist one?
đź’©
All I asked in my senior years (just turned 80) is to have a peaceful life here in Michigan.
Not working out that way.
Mr. Soros, pick up the pink phone.
Republicans better figure out a way to prevent other communists from getting elected. Although I suspect the RINOs are just fine with it
Islamic animals have largely devoured Europe.
The remains of Western Civilization will not survive a US Congress dominated by muslims.
We do not adequately despise a Congress that has done next to nothing to counter the islamic threat.
You’re right about both things.
- The GOP needs to seriously fight this commie surge.
- But they won’t.
Does this mean the country will slowly slide into communism?
Or will there be a bloody civil war, and a partition?
I’m an old guy, so I probably won’t see how this works itself out. But here’s how I’d handicap it now:
Slowly slide into some sort of communism: 75% chance
Civil war: 25% chance
The key in the above is the word “slowly”.
The PR squaw appears to have turned on Schumer. He should have known better.
What’s with the old fashioned term “progressive” still being used?
Look at the carburetor in your new car, go to the shoe cobbler for replacement heels, make sure your new house has enough phone extensions and see if the new album on the am radio all day is on cassette yet at the indoor shopping mall record store.
You people are missing something. We could win the seat. Is El Sayd the easiest to beat? We got a good candidate. Might even win the governorship.
Yup. Feels like the early years of control over the Nazi party.
Hopefully this civil war breaks them apart by the midterms
Tomorrow belongs to me!
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