The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U. S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democrat primary says she brings an « urgency » to the fight for working families nationwide.
The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U. S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democrat primary says she brings an urgency to the fight for working families.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a former organizer for Bernie Sanders, spoke Wednesday on the MSNBC « Morning Joe » show.
Ocasio-Cortez says her father died when she was a teenager and her mother cleaned homes and drove school buses. The candidate worked as a waitress and a bartender so that her family didn’t lose their home.
She says it’s important to « lay out a plan and a vision that people can believe in » and then stick to that message.
Ocasio-Cortez adds that « getting into Twitter fights with the president » is « not where we’re going to find progress as a nation. »
She faces Republican Anthony Pappas in the November midterms.
