Party Rift Becomes Clearer Than Ever as Dem Leader Won't Even Call Ocasio-Cortez 'Good'

Dem Leader Makes Ocasio-Cortez Rift Shockingly Clear

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By Joe Saunders

Published January 13, 2020 at 11:26am

The praise was faint — and it was damning.

During her first year in Congress, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been the subject of embarrassingly fawning media coverage and hailed by Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

But for a picture of how actual, serious members of the party establishment feel about the New York firebrand, look no further than a Sunday interview on CNN with Rep. Cheri Bustos, the Illinois congresswoman who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The woman in charge of the arm of the party dedicated to electing Democrats to the House of Representatives (known as the “D-Triple-C”) was asked point-blank whether Ocasio-Cortez is “good” for the Democratic Party in the House. The answer she didn’t give was more important than the ones she gave.

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Poster Comment:

AOC is bucking the system.