Ocasio-Cortez endorses 7 female progressive candidates to challenge establishment Democrats

[RandySF]

Ocasio-Cortez’s sanctioned slate of newcomers includes voting rights activist Christina Tzintzun Ramirez, who is challenging Washington’s pick to take on Republican Sen. John Cornyn in Texas. The others are running in House races...

Her PAC describes the type of candidates she is looking to amplify as “people who refuse to bow to establishment pressure, who advocate ferociously for working-class families, and who have lived the same struggles as the people they seek to represent.”

Three of the women Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Friday, Teresa Fernandez in New Mexico, Samelys López in New York and Georgette Gómez in California, are running for open Democratic seats. A fourth, Kara Eastman in Nebraska, is making her second run against sitting Republican Rep. Don Bacon whom she nearly beat in 2018.

The other two candidates are taking on Democratic incumbents. Jessica Cisneros is running against Rep. Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Marie Newman who is challenging Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Ill.).


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-endorses-8-female-progressive-candidates-to-challenge-establishment-democrats/2020/02/21/4482c8bc-54be-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html

[Iliyah]

1. I'm tired of this . . .

establishment bullshit.

[EveHammond13]

3. agree. it's divisive. near hate speech.

[jcgoldie]

20. No it isnt remotely "near hate speech"

Ridiculous.

[EveHammond13]

2. challenging Democratic incumbents? Not cool.

[RandySF]

7. Cuellar endorsed vulnerable Texas Republicans

And Lipinski opposed the ACA.

[still_one]

4. Lipinski won the last time against Newman because of Open Primaries, and the republican cross overs

to vote in the Democratic primary

The perfect example where open primaries are billshit

[evertonfc]

5. Take over of party

sad.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. Sick of this.

[question everything]

8. They want to "drain their swamp" and they may just succeed

They will have their "revolution" and will eviscerate the Democratic party as we know it.

[TwilightZone]

10. That's the DSA's plan and she's a member.

They're pretty open about the fact that they want to hijack the party and overthrow capitalism. That fact should probably get more press than it does, but Sanders wisely chose not to be a member.

[democratisphere]

9. AOC will be primaried herself in the 2020 election.

[question everything]

11. Will gladly donate to her rival

[RandySF]

12. More likely than not she'll lose her seat in redistricting

[democratisphere]

15. One way or the other.

https://amp.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/election/article240187277.html

[cherryinpa]

13. Isn't it a bit early

For AOC to be sanctioning her own lists etc? Shouldn’t she focus on building credibility within the party or even some major legislative work before she starts this stuff?

[RandiFan1290]

19. She has plenty of credibility

Right wingers can't stop obsessing over her and every move she makes.

[lapucelle]

14. One of them is Tom Suozzi who was recently named to the Ways and Means committee.

He's local for me.

[mcar]

16. This is not helpful

[Arazi]

17. Don't know about the others but Lipinski needs to go. Bravo on AOC for a brave stance

[KG]

18. I lulz'd

[SharonClark]

21. I'm with AOC on SOME of these choices

3 are running for open seats.
2 are running against anti-choice men.

But Tom Suozzi is 100% pro-choice, Jerry Nadler supports him, and he's been targetted by the RRNC.

[SharonClark]

22. The headline is just wrong. Three are open seats.

But I guess some posters didn't bother to read the article (I couldn't because I'm not a WP subscriber) but I found the information elesewhere.