Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took aim at her party’s leadership after progressive attorney Jessica Cisneros failed to defeat Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) in a runoff election.
Just 175 votes separate Cisneros and Cuellar after Tuesday’s runoff election, leading Cuellar to declare victory . However, Cisneros may still close the gap with mail-in ballots that still need to be counted. She has not conceded, and could request a recount given the tight election result.
The race has not officially been called. What did AOC say?
Ocasio-Cortez blasted Democratic Party leaders for continuing to support Cuellar. Progressive Democrats have worked tirelessly to put Cisneros in a position to defeat Cuellar, but it looks like it may not have been enough.”On the day of a mass shooting and weeks after news of Roe, Democratic Party leadership rallied for a pro-NRA, anti-choice incumbent under investigation in a close primary. Robocalls, fundraisers, all of it. Accountability […]
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