NY Rep Ocasio-Cortez has slowed to almost none her support for progressive challenges to incumbent Democrats lawmakers re-election bids and other left leaning politics…
Progressives are NOT happy with this seem to show that the one term left leading House member is going establishment Democratic Party…
They really shouldn’t be too surprised….
The congresswoman voted FOR Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker…
She has become a very smart politician in a short time….
Ocasio-Cortez’s reluctance marks a break with the outsider tactics of the activist left, represented by groups like Justice Democrats. This election cycle, the organization is trying to boot not just conservative Democrats but also some liberal Democrats and to replace them with members who are more left-wing. In other words, to replicate what it pulled off against Rep. Joe Crowley in 2018 by recruiting Ocasio-Cortez.
Ocasio-Cortez’s shift coincides with turnover among top aides in her congressional office — replacing some outspoken radicals with more traditional political professionals — along with a broader reckoning on the left on how to expand Sanders’ coalition after his failure to significantly do so in the presidential primary. Some progressives have questioned whether Sanders should have softened his anti-establishment rhetoric and tried to build bridges with mainstream Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 rather than betting big on turning out disaffected and first-time voters.
Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement moves are not a fluke but part of a larger change over the past several months. After her disruptive, burn-it-down early months in Congress, Ocasio-Cortez, who colleagues say is often conflict-averse in person, has increasingly been trying to work more within the system. She is building coalitions with fellow Democratic members and picking her fights more selectively.
The changes have divided her supporters, with some lamenting she’s been co-opted in short order by the system — and others asserting she’s offering the left a more viable path toward sustained power.
Gone are her plans for a “corporate-free” caucus, modeled on the uncompromising tactics of the conservative Freedom Caucus. The goal then was to force leadership’s hand to go further left.
After starting some high-profile fights with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and tweaking Democratic colleagues on Twitter early in her tenure, Ocasio-Cortez has been more conciliatory toward other House Democrats. In February, she dubbed Pelosi the “mama bear of the Democratic Party.”…..
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She was very much involved in the effort to knock off the one Dem House incumbent who has been knocked off so far this cycle.
Yes….
But as he is NOW moving back into the fold…
She is also about to be primaries and has a GOP opponent ….
She can’t do EVERYTHING herself…
Her Amazon broke deal support has also hurt her among some in her district
You suggesting she is vulnerable in her district this cycle to an opponent is kinda nuts.
And if Trump wins reelection, she is the party’s 2024 frontunner.
The Amazon polling tells a different story CG…
Plus opposition from within and without the party…
She has come home…
Remember?
Sanders is NOT a Democrats and will NOT be the nominee
Are you referring to hereditary Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), CG ?
Yes, he’s the one that lost.
AOC says Biden’s people, and Biden himself have not recached out for her…
She said this in a Q & A with the NYT Times….
Link…
The Progressives now want Biden to come to them?
He will…
But it won’t like Bernie..
And they will need Biden if he’s the President come next year…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a prominent progressive lawmaker who had endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president, says she is still waiting for some indication from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden that he grasps what really matters to voters on the left. ..
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