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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez V. Democratic Party Leadership
Is she just picking a fight? Or is this the opening gambit in a major power move?
“America Has a White Male Problem,” seems to have become the general consensus in certain far-left progressive circles these days; “And It’s Not The One We Think,” being the only remaining point of contention.
Yet voting Democrats- left, right and center- couldn’t help but notice that a field of contenders first hailed as the most diverse bunch in history was eventually whittled down to two White men over 70.
Both happen to hail from and represent two of the whitest states in the union. Hyper-progressive Vermont, home to Sen. Bernie Sanders, is the only state never to have elected a woman to Congress.
Ever since, and in spite of triumphing over Donald Trump, the peace between far-left progressives and moderates has been a strained one.
The new, more-militant progressives use tactics modeled from the Tea Party movement on the right; aggressive primary challenges, public pressure campaigns, grass roots action.
These antics, and others, haven’t exactly endeared newly elected progressives to entrenched moderate Democrats. From encouraging outspoken progressive members to “think twice, or better yet; think once,” before bashing Democratic…