Ocasio-Cortez says she isn't putting moderate Democrats in a tough spot. They disagree
Posted on AllSides March 12th, 2019
From The Left
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive superstar who has captured an enthusiastic following, disputed charges from moderate Democrats that she is making it harder for them to win re-election in 2020.
Ocasio-Cortez, who represents a deep blue district, told USA TODAY that she hasn't used her platform to call out individual Democrats for not signing onto the progressive policies she champions.
“I haven’t put pressure on them specifically,” the New York Democrat said Friday. “We have an opportunity right now to have a national conversation and to move the entire country...
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