Meet the Woman That Could Take Down AOC (You’ll Love Her)
Gary McIntyre
July 17th, 2019
Last June, bar tender-turned-politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the political world by defeating long-time Democrat Joe Crowley in the New York primary elections.
Unfortunately, the rest is history.
Since then, Ocasio-Cortez has focused more on becoming famous and brash than actually helping the people of her New York district.
And one New Yorker has had enough!
According to a report from Fox News, Scherie Murray, a New York businesswoman who immigrated from Jamaica as a child and is active in state Republican politics, is launching a campaign today for the congressional seat held by Ocasio-Cortez.
In a phone interview, Murray, 38, confirmed her intention to run for the New York congressional seat as a Republican.
“There is a crisis in Queens, and it’s called AOC,” Murray told Fox News. “And instead of focusing on us, she’s focusing on being famous. Mainly rolling back progress and authoring the job-killing Green New Deal and killing the Amazon New York deal.”
Murray, who was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States when she was 9, is officially launching her campaign Wednesday with an introductory video that takes sharp jabs at the 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez.
Murray is coming out of the gates fast in her criticism of Ocasio-Cortez.
“Your representative in Washington chooses self-promotion over service, conflict over constituents, resistance over assistance," Murray said in the video. "Queens and the Bronx needs someone who will create jobs instead of turning them away."
Asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s brand of Democratic socialism, Murray said, “I think it’s far, far to the left and it is not connecting with everyday Americans.”
As for "Medicare-for-all," which Ocasio-Cortez has embraced, the Republican said: “Medicare-for-all, I think a lot of people are happy with their current health insurance.” And on the Green New Deal, the left-wing proposal to address climate change pushed by Ocasio-Cortez, she said: “We know that it certainly will kill jobs.”
Does Murray what it takes to defeat AOC in 2020? Don’t count her out… after all, remember how AOC came out of nowhere last year.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken