A high-profile member of the “Squad” is taking on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he announced on Thursday that he would not vote to stop a Republican-backed stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown.
CNN reported that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is mobilizing Democrats against Schumer’s plan and noted that some of her colleagues are privately urging the leftist firebrand to consider a primary challenge against him.
Ocasio-Cortez did not directly answer when CNN’s Jake Tapper asked if she thinks Schumer is a “weak” leader, but she did contend that not voting against invoking cloture on the Republican continuing resolution would be a “mistake” for Democrats.
“But we have — we have time between now and tomorrow, and I hope that individuals that are considering that — reconsider it, I genuinely do. I don’t think it’s what New Yorkers want. I don’t think it’s what the country wants,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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