Dems in disarray!
According to a CNN report, Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is mobilizing the left wing of her party against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after he folded on the funding fight and has agreed to support the CR to fund the government.
“There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters in Leesburg, Virginia, where House Democrats are gathered for their annual policy retreat. She said Democrats are “texting, calling, sending carrier pigeons” to rally opposition to Schumer’s plan to advance the GOP funding bill.
“We have time to correct course on this decision. Senate Democrats can vote no. We can correct course, and that is the most important thing in front of us right now,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
AOC blasted Senate Dems for their decision to “completely roll over and give up on protecting the Constitution.”
From CNN:
The New York Democrat has been among the most vocal Democratic officials nationwide in the push against the House GOP funding bill. Using her social accounts, Ocasio-Cortez has urged fellow Democrats across the country to exert maximum pressure on their own senators on the funding bill, which is the first major point of leverage in President Donald Trump’s second term.
Privately, House Democrats are so infuriated with Schumer’s decision that some have begun encouraging her to run against Schumer in a primary, according to a Democratic member who directly spoke with Ocasio-Cortez about running at the caucus’ policy retreat. Multiple Democrats in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and others directly encouraged Ocasio-Cortez to run on Thursday night after Schumer’s announcement, this member said.
The member said that Democrats in Leesburg were “so mad” that even centrist Democrats were “ready to write checks for AOC for Senate,” adding that they have “never seen people so mad.”
Asked by CNN about fellow Democrats encouraging her to challenge Schumer, Ocasio-Cortez declined to answer and said she was focused on keeping Democrats from backing the funding bill: “We still have an opportunity to correct course here, and that is my number one priority.”
Schumer told MSNBC he “knew” criticism was coming but insisted he was “obligated—for the country, the Democratic caucus, and the people—to explain the devastating impact of a shutdown.”
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