The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on January 11, 2019, 03:55:52 pm
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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/424842-joe-lieberman-says-he-hopes-ocasio-cortez-is-not-the-future-of
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Thursday he's hopeful Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is not the future of the Democratic Party, arguing it must remain closer to the political center in order to have broader appeal.
“With all respect, I certainly hope she’s not the future and I don’t believe she is," Lieberman said told host Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network.
"She's gotten a lot of attention because she's different. She's controversial," Lieberman continued. "But if you look at the majority of new Democrats in the House, they tend to be, I say, center-left, if they are not left-left. And that is because they had to be center-left to win some of those competitive swing districts that they took from Republicans."
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To which she responded... and I am not kidding: "New party, who dis? (https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1083579511889973250?ref_src=twsrc^tfw)"
Congratulations, Bronxians. Your new Congresswoman speaks fluent jive.