{"id":9014,"date":"2018-07-02T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:12:20","slug":"its-not-just-one-district-ocasio-cortez-pushes-back-against-nancy-pelosis-dismissal-of-progressive-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/02\/its-not-just-one-district-ocasio-cortez-pushes-back-against-nancy-pelosis-dismissal-of-progressive-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s Not Just One District&#8217;: Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Back Against Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s Dismissal of Progressive Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"field-wrapper-attribution\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-date field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><span class=\"pb-timestamp\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">June 28, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<h4>&#8220;I think that we&#8217;re in the middle of a movement in this country&#8230;but that movement is going to happen from the bottom up. That movement is going to come from voters.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-authors\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix inline-fields\">\n<div class=\"grouping-prefix\">by\u00a0<span class=\"pb-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/julia-conley-staff-writer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julia Conley, staff writer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shr_canvas2\" class=\"shareaholic-canvas shareaholic-ui shareaholic-resolved-canvas ng-scope\" data-app-id=\"6840204\" data-app-id-name=\"headline_above_content\" data-app=\"share_buttons\" data-title=\"'It's Not Just One District': Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Back Against Nancy Pelosi's Dismissal of Progressive Wave\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/06\/28\/its-not-just-one-district-ocasio-cortez-pushes-back-against-nancy-pelosis-dismissal\" data-summary=\"\">\n<div class=\"ng-scope shareaholic-share_buttons\" translate=\"no\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui shr-no-print shareaholic-flat shareaholic- shareaholic-block shareaholic-horizontal  shareaholic-mini\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-animation-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-buttons-heading shareaholic-custom\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ng-binding ng-scope\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shareaholic-share-button-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-article-img field--type-image field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"caption-processed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/cd_large\/public\/headlines\/screen_shot_2018-06-28_at_12.18.51_pm.jpg?itok=-qHypNh4\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-main-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p><em>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic candidate for New York&#8217;s 14th congressional district, spoke with MSNBC&#8217;s Chris Hayes on Wednesday night about her bold progressive agenda. (Photo: MSNBC\/screenshot)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<div>\n<p><span id=\":nm.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">Arguing that her win is part of a much larger political shift in the country, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing back vehemently after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi\u00a0 dismissed the New York Democrat&#8217;s stunning victory in the state&#8217;s 14th congressional district on Tuesday as an isolated incident.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that we&#8217;re in the middle of a movement in this country\u2014I feel this movement\u2014but that movement is going to happen from the bottom up. That movement is going to come from voters,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/06\/27\/politics\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-new-york-primary-win-cnntv\/index.html\">told<\/a>\u00a0Erin Burnett on\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0during an interview Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/more\/1460\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&#8216;s opponent in the primary, 10-term Rep. Joseph Crowley, presiding comfortably over his district while taking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/members-of-congress\/summary\/joseph-crowley?cid=N00001127\">hundreds of thousands of dollars<\/a>\u00a0in donations from real estate developers and Wall Street, Pelosi appeared caught off-guard by Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s triumph, releasing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticleader.gov\/newsroom\/62618-5\/\">statement<\/a>\u00a0after she won by a 15-point margin that mentioned the 28-year-old Bronx native only in passing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote\">&#8220;There are a lot of really exciting races with extremely similar dynamics as mine. It&#8217;s not just one district.&#8221; \u2014Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/span>Pelosi later\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/394398-pelosi-says-ocasio-cortez-win-shouldnt-be-viewed-as-something-larger\">dismissed<\/a>\u00a0the notion that Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s victory was indicative of an ascendent progressive movement that could replace establishment, more centrist Democrats like Crowley and herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They made a choice in one district. So let&#8217;s not get yourself carried away as an expert on demographics and the rest of that,&#8221; Pelosi told one reporter at a news conference. &#8220;The fact that in a very progressive district in New York it went more progressive&#8230;is about that district. It is not to be viewed as something that stands for anything else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of really exciting races with extremely similar dynamics as mine. It&#8217;s not just one district,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez countered on\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Intercept<\/em>&#8216;s Glenn Greenwald denounced Pelosi&#8217;s refusal to take seriously the nationwide enthusiasm surrounding Ocasio-Cortez and other candidates like her.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez herself has promoted the campaigns of a number of progressive congressional candidates, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ayannapressley.com\/issues\/\">Ayanna Pressley<\/a>\u00a0in Massachusetts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanielaing.com\/bold-vision\">Kaniela Ing<\/a>\u00a0in Hawaii,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chardo2018.com\/issues\">Chardo Richardson<\/a>\u00a0in Florida, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.votecoribush.com\/issues\">Cori Bush<\/a>\u00a0in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<em>MSNBC<\/em>&#8216;s Chris Hayes, Ocasio-Cortez outlined the core beliefs held by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which she is a member, and the progressive candidates she is supporting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me what it means is that in a modern and moral America\u2014in a modern, moral, and wealthy America\u2014where we have the capacity to ensure that every American can have healthcare and education and access to dignified housing, we should be able to try to do that as a society by whichever means we can&#8230;I don&#8217;t think any person in America should die because they&#8217;re too poor to live,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spoke with Chris Hayes as well, highlighting Ben Jealous, Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland following his own victory on Tuesday, as another progressive promoting bold agenda items like Medicare for All and tuition-free college\u2014both of which have the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/poll-medicare-for-all-public-option-bernie-sanders-plan-support-2018-3\">support<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2017\/01\/13\/poll-bipartisan-support-free-college-states\">most\u00a0<\/a>Americans.<\/p>\n<p>But Ocasio declined to wade into the inevitable debate about the &#8220;fracture&#8221; or &#8220;divide&#8221; within the Democratic Party, instead stating on Wednesday that her focus will remain on the issues that are central to her working-class constituents and that drove her campaign:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"field-wrapper-copyright-cond\" class=\"field-wrapper content-container clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-copyright field--type-text field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><em>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 28, 2018\u00a0by Common Dreams &#8220;I think that we&#8217;re in the middle of a movement in this country&#8230;but that movement is going to happen from the bottom up. 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