REPORT: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Endorse Elizabeth Warren Over Bernie Sanders

The most prominent Millennial legislator may be bailing on the man who paved the way for her stardom. According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is a self-described democratic socialist, will not endorse the nation’s leading socialist for president.

Instead, she’s reoortedly considering backing Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Warren has been staging a comeback of sorts these last few weeks, crushing Sanders from behind and pulling from his base of support, just as former Vice President Joe Biden increases his lead over the longtime Vermont senator in certain key primary states. Once behind by double digits, Warren has moved comfortably into third place in the 2020 Democratic primary, commanding comfortable double-digit favorability ratings in both national and state-based polls.

In one particularly astounding Quinnipiac University poll, reported Tuesday by The New York Times, Warren was listed as the favorite candidate of those describing themselves as “very liberal,” beating Sanders by a whopping 8 points in a race he might have very easily won just weeks ago.

She’s also been cozying up to Ocasio-Cortez, imitating Ocasio-Cortez’s social media strategy and appearing in videos with the freshman New York congresswoman discussing things like “Game of Thrones.”

The pandering is paying off, the Examiner says, and Warren anticipates earning Ocasio-Cortez’s official seal of approval, even if Ocasio-Cortez is much closer on the policy spectrum to Sanders.

“One longtime Warren watcher said that it appears the senator’s campaign to win the official endorsement from the darling of progressives is on track,” the Examiner reports, adding that the “coveted” endorsement “could be the coup d’état for the heart and soul of the restless left wing base Warren is courting.”

Ocasio-Cortez has also stepped up to defend Warren from criticism, even when it means compromising her basic progressive values. Last week, Warren was the target of a hit piece that took aim at her legal career, revealing that she, at one time, charged in excess of $600 per hour to serve as a consultant on certain cases. Ocasio-Cortez rode to her side, chastizing the piece’s author (who was a woman) for her cheap shot (and her sexism, to boot).

This week, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed a plan to break up tech companies — and specifically social media companies — that’s been Warren’s legislative baby for years.

Unless things change dramatically, Sanders and Biden are the most likely competitiors for the top of the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket, with Joe Biden clearly — at this point — the favorite.

But both sects competing for control of the Democratic party — the more moderate left that believes a populist is better situated to take on President Donald Trump, particularly in the midwest, and the progressive left that wants a dynamic candidate with policy ideas easily distinguishable from Trump’s — seem to recognize that some compromise must happen to maximize the Democrats’ chances of winning. That may mean trading the unapologietically far-left Sanders as the party’s nominee for the similarly far-left but wonkier-sounding Warren for vice president.

Warren is, of course, no less threatening to economic stability than Sanders, but it’s also not clear that the Democratic party can run two white men on a ticket in 2020. After years of identity politics, it’s simply not an option.

The post REPORT: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Endorse Elizabeth Warren Over Bernie Sanders appeared first on Conservative Fighters.



from News – Conservative Fighters http://bit.ly/2YXRVyL
via IFTTT

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rosie O’Donnell Calls for Trump Assassination… REGRETS IT IMMEDIATELY!

Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump have been engaged in a bitter feud for over a decade. Rosie’s hatred for Trump has only escalated since he became president, but this week, she took things way too far when she called for him to be assassinated. It didn’t take long for Rosie to learn that she’d made a huge mistake… Mad World News reported that Rosie took to Twitter on Saturday to endorse a ridiculous new game called Push Trump Off A Cliff Again. The despicable game allows players to kill Trump by pushing him off a cliff. Push Trump Off A Cliff Again https://t.co/YguB3aG8EP — ROSIE (@Rosie) July 15, 2017 The virtual game instructs players to “Take out your frustrations with [the] President by pushing him off a virtual cliff, or into a virtual volcano.” An image of Trump screams things like “Bye!” and “I’m really rich!” as he tumbles to his death. Twitter users immediately fired back at Rosie and let her know that simulating the assassination of the president is never okay. Bett
Read more

WALSH: Yes, Ilhan Omar’s Alleged Adultery Matters. Here’s Why.

According to court documents, Rep. Ilhan Omar allegedly had an affair with a married DC consultant. The wife of Omar’s alleged lover made the claims in divorce filings, insisting that her marriage was ultimately destroyed by the tryst between the congresswoman and her husband. Previous reports claimed that Omar “dumped” her own husband earlier in the summer. Conventional modern wisdom would tell us that the only newsworthy and relevant aspect of this salacious story is the possible abuse of campaign funds, as reported by the Washington Examiner: Omar’s alleged paramour, Tim Mynett, has been a fundraising consultant for Omar’s 2018 and 2020 campaigns… …Of the $145,406 reported earnings by the E Street Group during the 2018 campaign cycle, $62,674 came from Omar’s campaign. Not counting payroll taxes and transfers to Minnesota’s Democratic Party, E Street Group was Omar’s second-largest vendor, according to FEC data. From Labor Day through the end of the year, E Street Group ate up mo
Read more

Newly Declassified FBI Materials Show Bureau Treated Clinton, Trump Campaigns Differently On Foreign Interference

FBI documents and communications that were recently declassified show the bureau treated foreign interference on Hillary Clinton’s campaign differently than it did with President Donald Trump’s campaign. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the documents on Sunday with a lengthy statement about the contents: There was a clear double standard by the Department of Justice and FBI when it came to the Trump and Clinton campaigns in 2016. These newly released documents indicate that a foreign government was trying to influence the Clinton campaign through a campaign associate and the FBI was seeking a FISA warrant. However, the Bureau, as it is supposed to do, required that Hillary Clinton be defensively briefed about the matter so she could engage in corrective action. When it came to the Trump campaign, there were four counterintelligence investigations opened against Trump campaign associates. Not one time was President Trump defensively briefed about th
Read more