Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Launches Political Group To Boost Progressive Candidates

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has launched her own political action committee to help raise money for challengers in 2020 congressional races. The group has endorsed 7 female candidates.

Ocasio-Cortez touted House and Senate candidates who haven't served in Congress before; five are women of color.

The others — Jessica Cisneros of Texas, Georgette Gomez of California, Samelys Lopez of New York, Kara Eastman of Nebraska, Marie Newman of Illinois and Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico — are running in House races. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to comment on the new PAC. House Democrats are encouraged to pay dues to help support their colleagues to the House Democrats' campaign arm, but Ocasio-Cortez has not paid hers this election cycle.— bringing in $125 million in 2019, a more than $20 million increase than it raised in 2017.so far it has raised $340,000 in the last month.

Ocasio-Cortez gained prominence along with fellow freshman members of the"squad" — Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. President Trump hasThe group has been the focus of several intra-party squabbles about policy priorities and political ideology since they started serving in the House in January 2019.

 

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This awesome! Congrats to AOC! Keep up the good work!

DefundCBC defundnpr

xobekim 'Boost candidates' is code to primary Democrats. forcing them to spend their political and financial Capital, weakening their ability to go on and win against the fascist. More Bernie bullshit... Just like Trump tear it all down.

Aren’t your 15 minutes of fame up already...

We need senators too really bad

It’s nothing to do with that PAC money, she’s just so morally superior

Gdad1 I like her a lot. I just have to wonder about her Bernie endorsement

Why is color and a vagina more important then policies ? All you get is AOC or an Elizabeth Warren. No substance an no common sense. Forget math .... It just should be about what they know man or woman of color or not !

Go on with your bad self

You're just a face.

Keep tabs on that $ trail.....

OMG . . . More Teen Queen Wannabes that were always on the outside, looking in. I’d prefer more educated and diversified women with real world knowledge and not the recent imature, dull, political gold-diggers looking for their 15-minutes of fame just for shits & giggles.

Why would anyone care about the race or gender identity of a candidate? Dont we judge based on content of character or nah

Do they all have to be of sub average IQ like Sandy Cortez?

Ah... yes, the most important components of a candidate's campaign: their sex and their race.

'a slate of seven endorsements for female candidates who in some cases are competing against other Democrats backed by party campaign committees.' 'Join us, or we'll primary you'. I call this 'the B(u)rnie effect'. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

it’s a PAC. you can say PAC - u know, like you do with all your other political candidates’ coverage (*this is a gr8 initiative i’m just clarifying bc many ppl on this hellhole site seem to not know the full meaning of PAC & just rage against them regardless of context🙄)

Vote for ScherieMurray ❤️❤️❤️

Fill the quota

AOC : 'PACS are EVIL!' 'Unless of course, I launch one.' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

NPR SUPPORTS AOC ? ARE YOU NUTS?

AOC should raise money to buy one way tickets to Cuba, Venezuela, China etc. Maybe and just maybe, after that, this ignorant will learn the real meaning of socialism

How many of her endorsed candidates are challengers to Democrat incumbents?

You’re doing awesome inspiring work

aoc is changing our party! sorry dnc it’s going to happen 😜 don’t try to stop it ☺️

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Good

But the president has to be an old white man. -- AOC

AOC

Ahhhhh...so she's sexist. Got it.

Cool beans...what’s your job again? I guess it’s going to be about getting people elected to office 🤔 I dont believe that’s the job of an elected official, civil servant of the people, by the people and for the people.

Oh it is gonna be so crooked

One term Congresswoman. Hopefully. Thank God,

Her first PAC was fraudulent.... More dark money.

Guess she needs more spending money

All lefties?

Here comes the dark money baby

No more please. Too squishy.

Was more than impressed by and a firm supporter of AOC . Until. She came out in support of SenSanders 😫

I’m all for her. She has chutzpah and intelligence. She may seem extreme, but this is the time of the Millennials. We had our heyday. Now it’s up to her generation to carry us forward. It’s their world now, really.

so she created a super pac

The OAC-PAC will be DOA⚰️

Why people call lefty “ progressive “ when they are more close to fascist when they became power? Progressive is another thing , no lefty.

Is AOC still a representative for NY? When is her 15 minutes of usefulness going to be done?

She is good.

I don't care if she names 1000 female candidates. AOC does not speak for/nor understand the Dem party. NEW RULES GOING FORWARD: Not be allowed to run in Dem party, with all its advantages. Require them to run in own party. No more using and abusing Democrats.

With all the money she stole from the campaign fund?

yay! Super PAC’s & dark money in elections is cool now!

Defund Cooperate Candidates

LoL. Free drinks for all these losers. AOC is lowering the bar.

Elites and their followers hate her because she was a bartender and she is beating them at their games

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