Ocasio-Cortez says she isn't putting moderate Democrats in a tough spot — but they disagree
WASHINGTON – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive superstar who has captured an enthusiastic following, disputed charges from moderate Democrats that she is making it harder for them to win re-election in 2020.
USA TODAY talked to more than a dozen Democratic members, aides and strategists across the political spectrum and found there is broad agreement on the need to expand background checks for gun owners, protect immigrants and combat climate change. But some moderates say that the approach Ocasio-Cortez has taken on these topics has been unrealistic and it has left little room for the bipartisan compromise they promised voters during midterm campaigns.
Ocasio-Cortez, who represents a deep blue district, took it a step further. She warned lawmakers that she had alerted left-wing activists that 26 members had voted with Republicans, according to two aides who were in the room. “The addition of the added a toxic anti-immigrant to a clean gun safety bill,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “It forced myself and a very large amount of members to have to vote for an anti-immigrant amendment. So that puts me in a tough spot, too, you know? It’s not just about, you know, do 20 people have to take a tough vote? It’s that 200 people had to take a tough vote. So now ...
“In my experience it has never really been productive in the past,” Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said about Ocasio-Cortez’s public shaming of members of the same party. Grijalva is the former chair of the Progressive Caucus and supports much of the agenda Ocasio-Cortez is pushing.Gun control: Gabby Giffords' activism is symbolic of the Democratic Party's shift on gunsPolitical consequencesRepublicans already are trying to saddle vulnerable Democrats with Ocasio-Cortez's views.
Supporters of the nonbinding resolution say it illustrates a vision for a cleaner environment and promotes jobs and social justice. But Republicans say that vision will bankrupt the country.
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