In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, former Democratic Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is urging New York City Dems to ditch their support of photogenic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in favor of Joe Crowley, who through a quirk of NYC election law will be on the ballot as a candidate for the Working Families Party:
Just incredible. pic.twitter.com/CsnN5VFbXE
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) July 18, 2018
You tell them, Joe!
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform, like hers, is more Socialist than Democratic. Her dreams of new federal spending would bankrupt the country or require very large tax increases, including on the working class. Her approach foresees government ownership of many private companies, which would decimate the economy and put millions out of work.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez didn’t speak much about foreign policy during the primary, but when she did, it was from the DSA policy book—meaning support for socialist governments, even if they are dictatorial and corrupt (Venezuela), opposition to American leadership in the world, even to alleviate humanitarian disasters (Syria), and reflexive criticism of one of America’s great democratic allies (Israel).
And Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) in an interview with The Hill said, “Meteors fizz out. What she will learn in this institution is that it’s glacial to begin with, and therefore no matter how far you rise, that’s just how far you will ultimately get your comeuppance.”
CNN’s Chris Cillizza seemed pretty psyched about the Hastings comment:
"Meteors fizz out." — Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezhttps://t.co/nYRWFtU378 pic.twitter.com/9HDBRW7wAi
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 18, 2018
This is the same Hastings, FWIW:
Rep. Alcee Hastings, who was removed from a federal judgeship over corruption charges, is offering career advice to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: https://t.co/ErWrzugDjI
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) July 17, 2018
There’s no indication, however, that Crowley has backed off his public support of Ocasio-Cortez:
There’s still no indication Crowley is actually backing off his pledge to support Ocasio-Cortez. But I do wonder if he’s holding on to the WFP line as a contingency if circumstances change and he decides there’s an opening to run on it and win.
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) July 18, 2018
But if he did run and win as a third-party candidate, oh, get the popcorn:
(And, jumping way, way ahead here, but if he were to run third party and win, have to figure he’d return to the House with his Democratic leadership path destroyed)
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) July 18, 2018
But, alas. Crowley says he’s still not running:
Still not running.
— Joe Crowley (@JoeCrowleyforNY) July 18, 2018
No popcorn, at least not yet.
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Related:
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle has a message for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — and these lefties are PISSED https://t.co/HF4UhVvm7i
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018
"She's such a FAKE"! The New Yorker gets DRAGGED for garbage piece on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez https://t.co/xJsGOjUUTr
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2018
ICYMI==> If you thought Ocasio-Cortez gave a bad answer on Israel, listen to what she had to say about unemployment https://t.co/sHoRCSqGsB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2018
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