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Socialist wins 14th NY CD Primary


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2018 Jun 28, 9:09am   10,387 views  61 comments

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democratic socialist from the Bronx, has unseated Joe Crowley, a 20-year congressman, in a stunning political upset that sent shockwaves through the party.

The victory, in a New York district primary election to determine who stands against the Republicans in November’s midterms for a seat in Congress, immediately prompted debate about the wider ramifications for the Democrats, and whether it heralds a further move to the left.

Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a former organizer for Bernie Sanders. She would be the youngest female member of Congress in history if she wins as expected in November.

She won by a margin of 57.5%- 42.5% over Crowley in a majority minority district that included parts of Queens and the Bronx.

In the election – one of several primary victories by progressives – Ocasio-Cortez won 57.5% of the vote and Crowley had 42.5%. The district includes parts of Queens and the Bronx.

When the result was called, a visibly shocked Ocasio-Cortez clasped her hands to her mouth. “Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God,” she repeated. She then said: “We meet a machine with a movement, and that is what we have done today … working-class Americans want a clear champion and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.”\

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez

Excellent. Please move harder to the Left than you already are, Democrats.

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57   MrMagic   2018 Jun 29, 3:04pm  

RC2006 says
She was being interviewed on NPR the other day and sounded like a total retard, feel the bern left.


Goes to show you, you don't need any political experience or accomplishments to run for office, just promise tons of free shit, and the hoards will run out and vote for you. There's a reason Bernie got like 80% of the Millennial vote, and it wasn't because of his accomplishments.
58   FortWayne   2018 Jun 29, 4:39pm  

To be fair they don’t got fags in poor countries where stupid behavior leads to death by aids. Darwinism isn’t all bad.

TwoScoopsOfWompWomp says
Tim Aurora says
I can give you many examples of anti-gay , naziism and white supremacy but you will always spin around.


Homosexuality was considered Bourgeois Decadence in the Soviet Union. And Cuba.

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