Self-titled Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) in the 14th congressional district in the New York primary.
Here is what she ran on
This was @Ocasio2018‘s platform, taken from her office in Elmhurst, Queens —> pic.twitter.com/w9KqwRl00x
â Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) June 27, 2018
She has called for the abolishment of ICE
ICE is operating exactly as designed when it rips screaming children from parents. Thatâs exactly why we must abolish it.
We MUST have the moral and political courage to #abolishICE.
Weak half-measures do nothing. This is a defining moment of our time – the time to act is now. pic.twitter.com/0viiQ4qdz8
â Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 19, 2018
She is anti-Israel
This is a massacre.
I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such.
No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else.
Democrats canât be silent about this anymore. https://t.co/wJGATOtDsR
â Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) May 14, 2018