Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Dem Senator Who Said "Too Far Left" Policies Do not Win in the Midwest

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" As far as the senator is concerned, the strong and clear advocacy for American workers is not just for the Bronx, "said Ocasio-Cortez in a tweet on Sunday. -Cortez, a democratic socialist and former organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernard (Bernie) SandersBiden Rally Dem Support for the Progressive Md Candidate Ocasio-Cortez: Democratic Socialism is "Part of What I Am, It's Not All I'm" Divided Democrats Are in Danger MORE (I-Vt.) Presided over the campaign two years ago, stressed that the policies to the left of 201 6 Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham Diane ClintonOcasio-Cortez responds to Senator Dem who said that policies "too far left" do not win in the Midwest July vote to repeal the tax on medical devices can strengthen the vulnerable GOP legislator Conflicts undermine the legitimacy of the investigation Mueller PLUS won in several Midwestern states.

Sanders won the Democratic primary in Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin. Indiana in 2016.

"We then lost many of these states in the general," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez. "What is the plan to prevent a repeat?"

As far as the senator is concerned, the strong and clear plea for working-class Americans is not just for the Bronx. Sanders won:
– Michigan
– Minnesota
– Kansas
– Nebraska
– Wisconsin
– Indiana

We then lost many of these states in the general. What is the plan to avoid a repetition? https://t.co/99K08qr7Sh

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ Ocasio2018) July 1, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez was responding to an interview given by Duckworth to CNN's Jake Tapper in which she said Political platform that is "too far to the left" could ostracize voters in the Midwest.

Hill reached out to Duckworth's office to comment.

Duckworth appeared on Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" to discuss Ocasio- Cortez's stunning victory over outgoing representative Joseph Crowley (D) in the primary for the 14th Congressional District of New York.

Tapper asked Duckworth if the young candidate represents the future of the Democratic Party.

"I think it's the future of" I think you can not win the White House without the Midwest and I do not think you can go too far to the left and still win the party in the Bronx, where she is. "Midwest," Duckworth said during the interview.

Duckw Ortho comments echo those of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Patricia Nancy D'Alesandro PelosiOcasio-Cortez responds to Senator Dem who said that politics & # 39; Too much left & # 39; Do not Win in Midwest Maxine Waters on Schumer's Critique: Leadership Will Do Everything to Protect Their Power House Dem: There's "Hunger" for New Faces, Voices in MORE Party Leadership (D-Calif .), Who told people not to get carried away by the platform of Ocasio-Cortez

"They made a choice in a district," said Pelosi. "Do not get carried away as an expert in demographics and the rest in caucus or outside caucus."

Ocasio-Cortez rejected Pelosi's comments Wednesday, saying the Democratic Party is in the middle of a movement.