US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants voters to follow her lead as she gets multiplr political opponents in her bid for re-election. In the spirit of full disclosure, the Latina lawmaker represents the district where City Images has its headquarters. Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not cruising uncontested. The first-term Democrat kicked off her re-election campaign in Queens and The Bronx remarking that she "would never begrudge anyone trying to run in a primary," but is facing 13 challengers with five of them who are also Democrats.
AOC has been labeled as a leftist superstar and has passionate loyalty among her base, but she can be divisive among Democrats. Three of her challengers appeared on Fox & Friends Monday, including one Democratic challenger who said that she's a socialist Democrat but that the people in her district aren't socialists. All three took her to task for not spending enough time in her district.
The NY Congresswoman also plans to endorse an all-female slate of progressive candidates through her new political action committee, working to create a liberal counterweight to the party’s official campaign arm. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/ocasio-cortez-builds-pro…
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