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Related: About this forumAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refused To Campaign More For Bernie Sanders
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) turned down repeated requests from Bernie Sanders presidential campaign to appear at events promoting the Vermont senators candidacy in recent weeks, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
After the Iowa caucuses, Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir asked Ocasio-Cortez to stump for Sanders in New Hampshire, according to the sources. The campaign prepared a model schedule to highlight the kind of popular support she would expect if she attended, one of the people familiar with the talks said.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e6ade51c5b6bd8156f44356
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,424 posts)"At a rally in Ames on Jan. 25, Ocasio-Cortez delivered a speech in which she failed to mention Sanders name ― an omission that Fox News noticed and highlighted. She also encouraged those in attendance to tip off people about the presence of immigration enforcement authorities in their communities to help undocumented immigrants evade detention.
As Vanity Fair first reported in February, Shakir communicated to Ocasio-Cortez his dissatisfaction over her remarks about alerting the presence of immigration authorities. While Sanders has sought to scrap and restructure the ICE agency in its current form, his campaign has been trying to avoid the impression that it was encouraging noncooperation with federal law as it exists, according to one source.
After that, Ocasio-Cortez ― already annoyed with the campaigns Jan. 23 decision to publicize the endorsement of controversial podcast host Joe Rogan ― grew less interested in helping Sanders campaign, according to the source. After her last event in Iowa on Jan. 26, she did not return to the trail for Sanders until 16 days later, at the New Hampshire rally featuring The Strokes."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RandySF
(70,243 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(304,721 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(96,046 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Turin_C3PO
(15,505 posts)She has her issues but, in my mind, she goes about changing the party in the right way. She works to change the party from the inside, as a Democrat rather than an independent. Plus, she supported Pelosis leadership when some progressives were urging her otherwise.
Of the squad, I have much more of a problem with Rashida Tlaib, who booed Hillary Clinton.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baitball Blogger
(47,723 posts)Democratic party. Sadly, it's a lesson that Bernie couldn't grasp because of so much bitterness. That's my opinion.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
still_one
(96,046 posts)United we win, divided we fall
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(304,721 posts)she was in Ann Arbor on Sunday the 8th of March..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12967275
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LakeArenal
(29,721 posts)Shes there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)At any given moment every politician has a given amount of political capital. Its important for them to spend it wisely.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(304,721 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(153,883 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pampango
(24,692 posts)to admit defeat and move on to the general election supporting Biden. AOC's 'message' here "I have fought hard for Bernie, as have many of you, but it is time to face reality. 'Win with humility; lose with class.' Showing some class and humility will go far in bringing Democrats together."
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(70,915 posts)❤❤❤❤+
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(48,699 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
showblue22
(1,026 posts)and she felt sorry for him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
W_HAMILTON
(8,375 posts)...weren't happy with her campaigning because they felt she wasn't focusing enough on Sanders? I actually went and looked for the article I'm referring to and was able to find it easily enough; here is the part I was referring to:
Following Ocasio-Cortezs three-day stint, Sanderss campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, texted AOCs campaign manager to express his dissatisfaction with aspects of her performance, according to a source familiar with the exchange. Specifically, the Sanders campaign was miffed that Ocasio-Cortez didnt mention Sanders by name when she closed out a campaign event at the University of Iowa on a Friday night at the end of last month...
Taken from: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/aoc-bernie-sanders-campaign-iowa
Given that Sanders did the same thing to Hillary back in 2016 (i.e., """campaigning for her""" without ever even mentioning her name during his same 'ole stump speech), the irony is especially delicious!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Politicub
(12,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
empedocles
(15,751 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)One day she feels one way, the next she feels the other.
Lets be clear: Katie Porter is the star of that class, and its not even close.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(304,721 posts)thought I read she was just at a rally with BS?
I just googled.. this link says she was at Ann Arbor.. so what's with the OP?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/12967275
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Cha
(304,721 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(304,721 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LizBeth
(10,674 posts)what sucked the air out of Warrens campaign. AOC likes Warren and Warren helped her a lot when she first moved into her house position. AOC chose wrong.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden