New York Democratic Party chairman warns Ocasio-Cortez against challenging Schumer
The House is one thing. But the Senate? The NYDP would prefer you didn’t.
If Ocasio-Cortez runs, she’ll likely charge Schumer with Cronyism.
(From The Hill)
“I think it would be a primary driven by ambition more than by need,” state party boss Jay Jacobs told the newspaper, saying he believed the progressive congresswoman would “absolutely” lose to Schumer.
“Chuck Schumer has been a progressive force in the state for decades,” Jacobs told the Post. “[Ocasio-Cortez] has a constituency that admires her and supports her, and they’re in her community, and I think it would be a loss for them if she were to do that.”
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