Ocasio-Cortez Blesses New Push To Oust Incumbent Democrats In Primaries

[Swordsmyth]

In a significant escalation of her activism-driven approach to politics, Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has urged other progressives to mount primary challenges against some of the more conservative Democratic members of Congress.
Ocasio-Cortez delivered the appeal in a phone call on Saturday with some 700 progressive activists organized by Justice Democrats, the group of alumni of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid.
“Long story short, I need you to run for office,” Ocasio-Cortez began her remarks. “We all need to run at all levels of government, but I really hope that many of you join me here in Congress.”
Justice Democrats recruited Ocasio-Cortez to run and played a key role in her upset of Rep. Joe Crowley, a House power-broker, in New York’s Democratic primary in June. Ocasio-Cortez then easily won the seat Crowley has held since 1999 in this month’s general election.
The group is calling its new campaign #OurTime. The initiative asks Justice Democrats’ army of activists to help identify Democratic House incumbents who are “demographically and ideologically out-of-touch with their districts,” and identify people who might make good primary challengers to them.
Joining Ocasio-Cortez in backing the #OurTime initiative is Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).
Justice Democrats’ inclusion of demographic criteria likely means that even some reliably progressive white Democrats who represent more diverse districts won’t be safe from such challenges in 2020. The group already showcased that approach with its support for Ayanna Pressley, a black Boston city council member who unseated progressive Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) in a primary in September.

If I made people mad, they could have put me on the dog-walking committee or whatever. They still might. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

Ocasio-Cortez and leaders of Justice Democrats say they are driven by a conviction that most current Democratic members of Congress are not up to the task of enacting the radical solutions to address the country’s ― and the planet’s ― most pressing problems. The most urgent of those crises, they said, include climate change, widening economic inequality and persistent racial injustice.
“There are some good people who want to push for stuff, but they don’t have the backup right now to do anything big,” said Saikat Chakrabarti, a founder of Justice Democrats who is headed to Washington to serve as Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff. “So we need new leaders, period. We’ve got to primary folks.”
“If we don’t have folks who are mission-focused, and laser-focused on solving these gigantic problems, we just aren’t going to get them solved in time,” he added.
It is highly unusual for a member of Congress to support a massive number of primary challenges targeting party colleagues.


More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/alexandri...165234319.html

[Anti Federalist]

[Dori_G]

Maybe it's a good thing. If the social democrats expose their extremism and general incoherence too quickly, maybe there will be some moderate backlash to some of their kookier ideas. I don't think they appeal to moderates who are paying attention but who might not realize just how left wing these people can be.

Dori
www.LittleLibertarians.com

[Danke]

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[Danke]

Maybe it's a good thing. If the social democrats expose their extremism and general incoherence too quickly, maybe there will be some moderate backlash to some of their kookier ideas. I don't think they appeal to moderates who are paying attention but who might not realize just how left wing these people can be.

Dori
www.LittleLibertarians.com

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everytime

[Dori_G]

Thanks Danke! I was looking for that feature. But I keep getting an error message that I'm not permitted to have a signature :'(

I'm chalking this one up to sexism...

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Might save from typing:

"Dori
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everytime

[Danke]

Thanks Danke! I was looking for that feature. But I keep getting an error message that I'm not permitted to have a signature :'(

I'm chalking this one up to sexism...

Maybe you need more posts first. You aren't by chance a lawyer? I know they are restricted.

[William Tell]

I think you need 100 posts. keep posting.

[Dori_G]

Yep - I'm a lawyer. So lawyers can't have signatures?? Is this something I can turn off?

[William Tell]

Yep - I'm a lawyer. So lawyers can't have signatures?? Is this something I can turn off?

Danke is messing with you.... I think you need 100 posts, it may be possible for a mod to change that for you. But if you just get involved with the conversation here you should be there in no time.

[oyarde]

Thanks Danke! I was looking for that feature. But I keep getting an error message that I'm not permitted to have a signature :'(

I'm chalking this one up to sexism...

Nah , all genders are equally restricted .

[Dori_G]

I see. I suppose I deserved that :P

I thought it might be somehow related to attorney advertising.

[Danke]

Danke is messing with you.... I think you need 100 posts, it may be possible for a mod to change that for you. But if you just get involved with the conversation here you should be there in no time.

You ruin all my fun.

And...

That sounds really cool. Best wishes on this! So I take it this is about simple innocent golden rule type principles we agree one, and doesn't pick sides on controversial subjects that are debated in the liberty movement, such as abortion?

[William Tell]

You ruin all my fun.

And...

I feel like dannno.

[Swordsmyth]

Thanks Danke! I was looking for that feature. But I keep getting an error message that I'm not permitted to have a signature :'(

I'm chalking this one up to sexism...

I think you need more posts or more rep first.

[Suzanimal]

They're going to take back all three chambers of government.

[Danke]

They're going to take back all three chambers of government.

and people voted for her, a lot of them.

[enhanced_deficit]

While I support Drain The Swamp in principle, is this the best way to go about it?

Also what a stunning difference between two parties young rebels. Young Democrat leaders are going after moderate democrats (not clear if MAGA funder Adelson supported Dems among them?) in sharp contrast to young Republicans who have been going after extremist Conservatives (Ivanka Trump slams Conservative GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore).


Unlike these crazy Dems who don't seem interested in getting along, GOP's young rebels are also taking some very healthy steps towards bipartisanship.

MAGA Bi-Partisanship: Trump son-in-law Jared will be guide for the future

[angelatc]

So the blue dog Democrats will change parties and drag the GOP farther left. This is exactly what brought us the Neocons and all their goodness.

[enhanced_deficit]

So the blue dog Democrats will change parties and drag the GOP farther left. This is exactly what brought us the Neocons and all their goodness.

Although Dem left wing conservatives neoconservatives like Joe Lieberman, Dershowitz, ADL leadership etc have been praising GOP MAGA-Jarvanka wing, don't think they have officially joined Republican party. Just guessing and I could be wrong.

[Mach]

Although Dem left wing conservatives neoconservatives like Joe Lieberman, Dershowitz, ADL leadership etc have been praising GOP MAGA-Jarvanka wing, don't think they have officially joined Republican party. Just guessing and I could be wrong.

Why pick sides when you can infiltrate them all?

[Swordsmyth]

So the blue dog Democrats will change parties and drag the GOP farther left. This is exactly what brought us the Neocons and all their goodness.

Maybe this time it will lead to the breakup of both major parties.

[Danke]

[dannno]

Holy mackerel..