Current Events > Joe Crowley just got Primary'D in New York

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/26/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-beats-high-ranking-house-democrat-joe-crowley.html

Activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated powerful House Democrat Joe Crowley in a stunning primary election upset Tuesday, a result that could shake the foundations of the established party.

The 28-year-old's decisive victory over the fourth-ranking House Democrat in New York's 14th District holds potentially huge implications for the future of the party. Crowley, who has served in Congress for nearly two decades, had possible ambitions to challenge Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for House speaker if Democrats were to take a House majority in November's midterm elections.

We beat a machine with a movement, and that is what we have done today, Ocasio-Cortez told supporters Tuesday night. Working-class Americans want a clear champion and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.

In another race seen as defining the Democratic Party's path in 2018, primary voters emphatically backed a young woman who cast herself as a progressive on economic and social issues. Ocasio-Cortez, a community organizer and education advocate, is endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America and ran to Crowley's left.

She ran without corporate donors. Crowley's campaign spent spent about 16 times more than his challenger's did. The incumbent had about 10 times more money on hand than Ocasio-Cortez did as of early June.

Ocasio-Cortez promoted proposals such as Medicare for all, a jobs guarantee and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ocasio-Cortez argued that Crowley a 56-year-old white man could not properly connect with the diverse district.

She has earned support from the wing of the political left embodied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the independent from Vermont. In a tweeted statement, the senator congratulated Ocasio-Cortez on an "extraordinary upset victory."

"She took on the entire local Democratic establishment in her district and won a very strong victory. She demonstrated once again what progressive grassroots politics can do," he said.

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Oh, who cares? It's all meaningless anyway. Politics is nothing but a fucking scam!
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Nice. Lots of people were out telling people to vote today.

Had to tell them I can't vote in the primaries due to my party affiliation choice.
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You don't HAVE to tell them anything, you just wanted to brag, you could have easily told them to fuck off and leave you alone and it was none of their business what you do or don't do yet you felt the desire for an ego boost.
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feel the bern baby

tremain07 posted...

Oh, who cares? It's all meaningless anyway. Politics is nothing but a fucking scam!

weird coming from someone who always shills for trump
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Bio1590 posted...

Ocasio-Cortez promoted proposals such as Medicare for all, a jobs guarantee and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

I mean it worked here, but promising stuff you will never deliver is always a risky gambit
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Bloodychess posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Ocasio-Cortez promoted proposals such as Medicare for all, a jobs guarantee and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

I mean it worked here, but promising stuff you will never deliver is always a risky gambit

Not for Democrats. They've promised shit for decades and not delivered on most of it, and their fanbase still loves them.
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Dont you guys have your own political crap to talk about...?
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tremain07 posted...

You don't HAVE to tell them anything, you just wanted to brag, you could have easily told them to fuck off and leave you alone and it was none of their business what you do or don't do yet you felt the desire for an ego boost.

"Did you vote today?"
"No I'm not affiliated with a party."

Yeah so much bragging.
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Bio1590 posted...

Ocasio-Cortez promoted proposals such as Medicare for all, a jobs guarantee and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ocasio-Cortez argued that Crowley a 56-year-old white man could not properly connect with the diverse district.

I'm sure Democratic racism against whites will help them THIS time,right?
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This is a major shakeup for the Democrats.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (a self proclaimed socialist) just defeated a guy who was next in line to be the Speaker of the House.

Should be fun
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Crowley probably took some pages from Hillary's campaign playbook. Barely campaigned, but expected to win... and didn't.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Crowley probably took some pages from Hillary's campaign playbook. Barely campaigned, but expected to win... and didn't.

To his credit, he seems to be taking things in stride: http://m.theweek.com/speedreads/781483/watch-rep-joe-crowley-pick-guitar-dedicate-born-run-primary-winner-alexandria-ocasiocortez

I'm sure he could get a very cushy job on Wall Street if he wanted. They take care of their own, you have to give them that.

Wow, this is quite inspiring, there's hope for the Democratic party yet.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

To his credit, he seems to be taking things in stride: http://m.theweek.com/speedreads/781483/watch-rep-joe-crowley-pick-guitar-dedicate-born-run-primary-winner-alexandria-ocasiocortez

Now this is a man I can respect.
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