Democratic New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bashed former President Donald Trump throughout her speech at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention Monday, while highlighting Vice President Kamala Harris’ promises to working class Americans.

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    3 months ago

    Some Congress Critters like living in the House, so the first question is, does she want to? Perhaps her bucket list doesn’t have a state wide race in it. The second question has more nuance. In order to run statewide, there are compromises to be made with the party and the electorate. Will she make those compromises? Then there’s the side element of money.

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      3 months ago

      If anyone could run statewide without compromising too much, I would think it is someone like AOC.

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        Progressives won’t sell across NY. It ain’t Vermont. She currently represents a D+15 district where that doesn’t matter what that much.