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The Socialist Who Just Won in New York Is Coming for Your Freedom.
Rep. Joe Crowley, one of the highest ranking members of the Democrats in the House of Representatives
lost his primary election in a massive upset to 28-year-old community organizer Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez.
Crowley had held his seat in Congress since 1999 and had deep Wall Street connections
that allowed him to outraise Ocasio-Cortez by a 10-to-1 margin.
Crowley was one of the Democrats’ top fundraisers and was the likely successor to Nancy Pelosi.
“This is not an end, this is the beginning,” said Ocasio-Cortez to her supporters after
her victory.
“This is the beginning because the message that we sent the world tonight is that it’s
not OK to put donors before your community.”
Again, Ocasio-Cortez’s victory is yet another example of the establishment taking voters
for granted.
Remind anyone of Hillary Clinton’s failures during the 2016 election?
Crowley was so confident in his victory that he did not even attend the primary debate,
which backfired and received backlash from the community where even the New York Times
called him out for the no-show.
Ocasio-Cortez, an activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, ran on a
platform even further left than Crowley with very blue policies, such as Medicare-for-all,
housing and jobs guarantees, gun control, ending private prisons, abolishing ICE, and
investing in Puerto Rico.
Watch her political ad that has gained a lot of buzz now that she has won the primary.
Michele Malkin went over Ocasio-Cortez’s stances on particular issues on Fox News.
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