AOC ‘runs away’ from opponent Rich Valdes at Puerto Rican Day ParadeBy Kevin Sheehan and Bruce Golding
June 9, 2019
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turned tail on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue to avoid a potential Republican challenger as they both marched in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, her political opponent said.
Talk-radio producer Rich Valdes told The Post that he tried to challenge the freshman Democratic congresswoman to a debate on the merits of capitalism versus socialism when he spotted her near West 47th Street.
But Ocasio-Cortez “cut her handshaking short, jerked her hand back and jetted to the other side of the street,†Valdes said.
“She literally ran!†he said. ...
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