Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria 2nd grade teacher Ocasio-CortezOcasio-Cortez tells her ‘you have this’ ahead of DNC speech New interview shows Markey with broad lead over Kennedy in Massachusetts Ocasio-Cortez celebrates’ squad’ primary victories: ‘The people triumphs’ MORE (DN.Y.) on Wednesday expected decisive primary victories by members of the ‘squad’, a group of newcomers progressive congresswomen.
New York Democrat quote-tweeted filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who noted Rep. Ilhan Omar
Ilhan OmarOcasio-Cortez celebrates ‘squad’ primary victories: ‘The people triumphed’ The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – The Choice: Biden-Harris vs. Trump-Pence Omar Rejects the Primary Challenge in Minnesota MORE‘s (D-Minn.) Tuesday victory over primary challenger Antone Melton-Meaux.
“All that energy and all those dollars is wasted because these ladies are going nowhere,” DuVernay tweeted.
“Tens of millions in big money were directed at 3 of us as ‘safe’ Dems – almost unheard of,” Ocasio-Cortez added. ‘This is what happens when you deeply challenge your systems of power and corruption. But the people triumphed. ”
I want people to recognize how great a triumph is @IlhanMNrepresents his victory.
Tens of millions of big bucks were intended to save 3 of us not as “safe” Dems – almost unusually.
This is what happens when you challenge deep systems of power and corruption. But the people triumphed. https://t.co/adVnV6wGGR
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 12, 2020
Omar even expressed similar feelings, tweeting “Despite spending 400%, we have: -increased our margin of victory by 9.23% over 2018; Received 92,443 votes – 27,206 more than our 2018 victory; saw 25,000 more voters in # MN05 than in 2018; all with an average donation of $ 19.18. Organized people save organized money. ”
Despite 400% outspent, we are:
✅ Increased our margin of victory by 9.23% over 2018
Received 92,443 votes – 27,206 more than our 2018 victory
✅ Saw 25,000 more voters in # MN05 then in 2018All with an average donation of $ 19.18.
Organized people save organized money. pic.twitter.com/mRi2E7IeNv
– Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 12, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez and rep. Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Harbi TlaibOcasio-Cortez celebrates ‘squad’ primary victories: ‘The people triumphed’ Omar misses primary challenge in Minnesota Centrists, progressive rally around Harris pick for VP MORE (D-Mich.) Both easily win back primary challengers by bilingual margins earlier in the summer. The fourth member of the squad, Rep. Ayanna Pressley
Ayanna PressleyOcasio-Cortez celebrates ‘primary victories’ of ‘squad’: ‘People triumph’ It’s past time to be from the legacy of Jesse Helms Minneapolis Star Tribune endorses Ilhan Omar MORE’s primary challenger (D-Mass.), Had no primary challenger.
In addition to these three victories, the primary season has seen multiple cases of political newcomers posing successful challenges against long-time Democratic activists, the same job Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley followed in 2018.
Jamaal Bowman, a former high school principal, defeated rep. Elliot Engel (DN.Y.), the 16-year-old chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, in July. Meanwhile, in August, Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush defeated Rep Wm. Lacy Clay
William (Lacy) Lacy ClayRyan Grim rejects claim that ‘rebellious’ Democratic movement ‘is inherently racist’ Progressive candidate Bush talks about her transfer primary win over Rep. Clay HuffPost reporter discusses progressive’s successful show on Tuesday MORE (D-Mo.), Whose family resides in St. Louis. Louis area has held for five decades.
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