AOC: "Ed Markey is the leader we need "

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/30/metro/markey-launches-ad-featuring-aoc/?et_rid=1846304415&s_campaign=metroheadlines:newsletter

..."Ocasio-Cortez, who endorsed Markey in his reelection fight against Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in September, narrates the entire 30-second spot, describing the 74-year-old Markey as the progressive “champion” that America needs to solve the problems of “systemic injustice and inequality.” As she speaks, images of Black Lives Matter protests and scenes from the coronavirus pandemic flash on the screen.

Ocasio-Cortez notes that Markey was an original cosponsor of Medicare For All and wrote the Green New Deal with her, which has become the signature legislative issue for both lawmakers.

“When it comes to progressive leadership, it’s not your age that counts,” Ocasio-Cortez says, addressing the camera directly. “It’s the age of your ideas. And Ed Markey is the leader that we need.”

The involvement of Ocasio-Cortez — widely known just as AOC — in the race has scrambled what otherwise might be a strong argument for generational change by the 39-year-old Kennedy, considering Markey has been in Congress since 1976. Markey’s new ad further muddies that narrative for Kennedy."...(more)