NY-14: DCCC Says It's Prepared To Help Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fend Off Primary Challenge

[RandySF]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps elect Democrats to the House, says it is prepared to assist Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) with their reelection should the congresswomen request help from the campaign arm.

Neither candidate has reached out to the DCCC with a request of that kind yet, according to the party body.

“We stand by all of our incumbents and will continue working with our members to ensure that we protect and expand the House majority in 2020,” DCCC spokesperson Robyn Patterson said in a statement.

The Tlaib campaign declined to comment on its plans. A spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The DCCC’s offer of support is notable because Ocasio-Cortez, in particular, has criticized the campaign arm for its policy of blacklisting vendors that work for candidates challenging incumbent House Democrats.

Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), another member of the “Squad” of outspoken progressive, freshman lawmakers, won their seats in 2018 through successful primary challenges that they maintain might have been harder to achieve if the DCCC policy had then been in place.




https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dccc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez_n_5e9758b0c5b682e0de5a253a?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

[LizBeth]

1. I want Omar primarie'd and lose. I am still ok with AOC, though she gets close to the line.

The women better not take help from DCCC or they become who they are fighting with.

[democrattotheend]

2. They'd be very hypocritical if they didn't

They defended the black list in part by saying that AOC and other Squad members would benefit as much as conservative Dems being primaried from the left. My guess is they want to make a big show of supporting AOC and Omar to give credibility to their claim that the blacklist was as much to protect progressive incumbents as conservative ones, even though the clear intent was to prevent more AOC-style upsets.

[The Magistrate]

3. Excellent, Sir

I hope the young ladies avail themselves of the offered assistance.


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[Hortensis]

7. :) The party leadership obviously had their ducks all lined up

and ready to go for when Biden became our presumptive nominee and new party leader.

Whether a public promise of support suits the images the two young dissident ladies want to project or not, they of course knew the DCCC helps reelect members of congress and depend on it.

[theaocp]

4. Poor, poor MCC.

Will the DCCC offer her money if AOC doesn't take it? Somebody should chip in! AOC is obviously too wobbly in her endorsement timing. Mmmmm. Dangerous.

[beachbumbob]

5. one reason I don't give to the DCCC

[Celerity]

6. AOC's main primary challenger is a Repug plant, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

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Fucks Snooz is pushing her

https://www.foxnews.com/media/caruso-cabrera-aoc-socialism-dem-primary (sorry for the link but it is for illustrative purposes)

Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is hoping to knock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., out in this year's primary, as she runs to take New York's 14th congressional district.

A registered Democrat and descendant of Cuban immigrants, Caruso-Cabrera has been a fierce critic of socialism and advocate for free markets. According to CNBC, she filed to run late Monday.

Her 2010 book -- titled "You Know I'm Right: More Prosperity, Less Government" -- calls out both parties for ignoring "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" Americans like herself.

She has praised former President Reagan's economic policy and called for limited government, likely putting her at odds with Ocasio-Cortez's large-scale plans like the "Green New Deal." Ocasio-Cortez, who supports "democratic socialism," has faced other challengers for 2020, but Caruso-Cabrera seemed to be the most prominent to announce. Her website describes the race as "MCC vs. AOC," referring to the initials commonly used to describe Ocasio-Cortez.

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she is backed by the primarily RW US Chamber of Congress

from the OP's link

She has also landed the influential endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a deep-pocketed front group for big business that disproportionately supports Republicans.

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Chamber of Commerce backs AOC's primary challenger

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/09/chamber-commerce-aoc-primary-challenger-175917

The traditionally conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce is planning to endorse a primary challenger to progressive icon Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a move that represents a dramatic intervention in a Democratic race.

The influential organization typically supports Republican candidates who are closely aligned with the business community. But the Chamber has decided to help Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor who is waging an underdog challenge to Ocasio-Cortez. The freshman New York City congresswoman is perhaps the most prominent liberal in the House.

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