I found this interesting. The Huffington Post reports that the brash first-term Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed a challenger to the incumbent Democratic representative in a Texas district:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced Tuesday that she is endorsing Jessica Cisneros, an immigration and human rights attorney who has launched a progressive primary challenge against Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat.
The New York representative’s blessing is a major boost for Cisneros, who stands to benefit from Ocasio-Cortez’s national recognition and fundraising prowess. If she is successful, Cisneros, 26, would supplant Ocasio-Cortez, 30, as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
This is obviously a skirmish in the ongoing struggle for control of the Democratic Party between the Democratic establishment and newcomers, many of them supporters of Bernie Sanders.
From my vantage point Bernie Sanders isn’t a Democrat and neither are his supporters. The DNC would be fools to allow him to be the party’s standard-bearer in 2020 and they very surely are not fools.
It all reminds me of an anecdote about Will Rogers. When asked if he were a member of an organized political party, he responded “No, I’m a Democrat.” Some things never change.
AOC must be an insufferable woman.
There are many “insufferable†new members of the democrat party. Actually, a few older ones too, such as Maxine Waters, Jerry Nadler, and the biggest grifter of them all, Adam Schiff
Cisneros has apparently been selected by Saikat Chakrabarti and his “Brand New Congress “ project, now called the Justice Democrats. His plan is to move the party left not just by primary challenges to moderate Democrats seen as vulnerable, but through fear of being the one targeted next.
Reminiscent of Newt Gingrich he not only supports socialist candidates
He seeks them out and recruits them.
Dont see AOC having very much influence, however she triggers conservatives so I guess she has some value.
Steve
Nancy Pelosi is a conservative? Who knew?
Apparently Rep. Ocasio-Cortez “triggers” more than conservatives.
My own view is that when Democrats push to get other Democrats challenged in the primaries it’s a sign of conflict within the ranks. What do you think it is?
A deliberate split, a challenge to Pelosi, and the impeachment hearings sputter.
AOC is a recruit, it’s not her influence, but the Silicon Valley political financier whose influence moderate Democrats fear.