AOC reportedly distancing herself from longshot Bernie Sanders

[mountaineer]

AOC reportedly distancing herself from longshot Bernie Sanders
By Emily Jacobs
March 30, 2020 | 1:19pm

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been quietly distancing herself from Sen. Bernie Sanders in an effort to shift the progressive path forward given his likely defeat in the 2020 Democratic primary, according to a new report.

The relationship began to break down in early February, when Sanders’ campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, complained via text to AOC’s campaign manager about her performance during a three-day stretch campaigning for the senator in Iowa, according to Vanity Fair.

The magazine reported that Shakir was specifically upset about her forgetting to mention Sanders by name when she hosted a campaign event at the University of Iowa. ...

AOC’s move away from the group’s tactics is a sign of a larger shift in both her own and the progressive movement’s approach given their likely defeat in the Democratic presidential primary.

Sanders’ inevitable loss has left the progressive movement unsure of how to expand their base, and Politico reports that many progressives have privately questioned if the Vermont senator should have softened his approach in an attempt to make moderate Democrats feel welcome. ...

Full story at NY Post

[Cyber Liberty]

Makes sense, if she's not as stupid as people think she is.

[mountaineer]

Various lefty rags are trying to put a positive spin on it.

AOC Isn't 'Breaking' With Bernie, She's Evolving Beyond Him—as Progressive Politics Must
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has natural political chops that it's dangerous to underestimate.
By Charles P. Pierce   
Mar 30, 2020  ...

  Esquire

Yeah, she's a real political wunderkind.

[Cyber Liberty]

Various lefty rags are trying to put a positive spin on it.  Esquire

Yeah, she's a real political wunderkind.

As my friend, @Hopalong Ginsberg says, "#IStandCorrected!"

[mountaineer]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-politico-demoralize-the-left
AOC suggests Politico report part of effort 'to demoralize the left'
By Sam Dorman | Fox News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has disputed a recent Politico report that suggested she might be modifying her socialist views, claiming the piece was part of a campaign to demoralize the left.

During an Instagram Live session Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked whether the article, titled "The 'new' AOC divides the left," was "based in reality."

"If anything, I've only gotten more ardent in my positions," Ocasio-Cortez said, adding "but I do think it's funny that all these folks that one day are like, 'keep your third eye open,' 'manufactured consent,' are the same ones who fall the fastest for these ploys to demoralize the left." ...

 

[LottieDah]

AOC is distancing herself from Bernie Sanders because he isn't Socialist/Communist enough for her liking.