Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) signaled in an interview with Axios on Monday that she would not support New York City Council member Chi Ossé in a primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
Why it matters: Ocasio-Cortez is one of several high-profile progressives distancing from Ossé’s potential run, arguing that it is a distraction from New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
Ocasio-Cortez told Axios during a brief interview at the U.S. Capitol that she was “not aware” that Ossé was challenging.
“But,” she added, “I certainly don’t think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now.”
AOC is making some questionable calls lately. Is she getting ‘bought’ out and into the party mainstream?
And a distraction from a victory? What the fuck AOC? What does that even mean, his victory isn’t important now. It’s already happened, we need to focus on the ‘next’ part. And if anything that energy should be used to help get another leftist (and ally of Mamdani) into power, because that would support Mamdani much more than your political suicide here is.
I think people read to remember the fact that the leader of the party can really fuck over members of their own party in congress. And I think we’ve seen that Hakeem Jeffries is more than capable of being in total ass to members of his own party.
If you’re shocked that she is being political then you’re a fool because no matter what one’s ideals are in Congress they still need to play the game otherwise they will be pushed off to the side and ignored. Which is a hard lesson she learned in her first few years when Nancy Pelosi stuck her in a hole and did her best to make AOC irrelevant in Congress.
You mean when AOC was at the height of her popularity? Oh yeah, she was struggling bad.
Now that she’s selling out, she can go in the bin along with the rest of the centrist trash.
You can play “politics” all you want, don’t be surprised when voters turn off you.
You really don’t know anything at all do you? Yeah she was popular with a lot of people on tiktok and facebook but she had literally no power in congress whatsoever.
And how much power will she have if she loses her powerbase?
You definitely shouldn’t critically analyze any of the positions aoc has held since being elected because then you would be a tankie /s
In short, this is exactly who aoc is. She has been the party mainstream for years and exists to funnel left wing voters back into the democratic party.
This was always her position in the party. No need to be bought out or manipulated. This is her role.
How she still has any credibility as a “leftist” after this is mind boggling
Populist rhetoric, neoliberal policy. Power only ever serves itself.
Agreed. I think it comes more from the fact that she just can’t afford to follow the rising tide of the incoming left’s hard anti-Zionist policies, being a NYC state rep.
She’s much more secure being a social liberal in a moderate party than a moderate Zionist in a truly leftist party. If anti-Zionism ever did become the party policy of the Dems, she would have to make some difficult choices facing her constituency in NYC.