Ocasio Cortez 2021 Primary

Ocasio Cortez concluded, “ It means that that silence is acceptance, and they want it because they know that it is a core animating political energy for them. And this is extremely dangerous. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive and one of the most high-profile lawmakers in Congress, has said that death threats are “a normal part of her existence.' 2 days ago  — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2021 “You haven’t even apologized for the serious physical + mental harm you contributed to from Capitol Police & custodial workers to your own fellow members of Congress,” she added. “In the meantime, you can get off my timeline & stop clout-chasing.

A top New York Democrat warned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against attempting to unseat Sen. Chuck Schumer during the upcoming primary elections, saying she would “absolutely” lose to the current Senate minority leader.

“Chuck Schumer has been a progressive force in the state for decades,” Jay Jacobs, the chairman of the state Democratic committee, told the New York Post. “She has a constituency that admires her and supports her, and they’re in her community, and I think it would be a loss for them if she were to do that.”

Ocasio-Cortez has hinted in the past that she wouldn’t be “staying in the House forever” and once refused to rule out the idea that she could challenge Schumer in a 2022 primary.

The far-left 'Squad' member was also critical of current Democratic leadership in a recent interview, saying it was time for a new generation of leaders to take over while admitting she wasn’t sure who was currently up for the task.

But Jacobs believes that would be a bad idea, saying that such a challenge would be about Ocasio-Cortez’s “ambition more than” any “need” for her to run, adding that she would 'absolutely' lose to Schumer.

It's possible Jacobs could be persuaded otherwise if he met Ocasio-Cortez, which he admitted he is willing to do.

“We’ve never met. I would look forward to doing that,” he said. “I am open to that at any time.”

But there’s also a chance Ocasio-Cortez could go a completely different route, abandoning her career in politics altogether.

“I don’t even know if I want to be in politics,” Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times in November.

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While Jacobs isn’t confident in her chances, President Trump expressed an opposite view earlier this year when he stated his belief that Ocasio-Cortez would “kick his a--” in reference to a potential primary challenge of Schumer.

Neither Schumer nor Ocasio-Cortez immediately responded to the Washington Examiner's request for comment.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took an online victory lap Tuesday night after she handily won the Democratic primary in her Bronx and Queens congressional district, saying her win proves that the far-left movement she leads in New York and nationally is 'a mandate.'

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Ocasio-Cortez surprised political observers when she upset the powerful New York Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, who at the time was the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, in a 2018 primary. Her far-left campaign promises and embrace of democratic socialism excited the base in her district and launched her into national stardom once she was in Congress.

'When I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a 'fluke,' Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday after it became clear she would win the primary. 'Our win was treated as an aberration, or bc my opponent 'didn’t try.' So from the start, tonight’s race was important to me. Tonight we are proving that the people’s movement in NY isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate.'

With 100 percent of results in, the congresswoman running her first reelection campaign took 70 percent of the primary vote. Her moderate U.S. Chamber of Commerce-backed opponent, former CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, managed only 19 percent. Ocasio-Cortez, a member of 'the Squad' of four freshman Democratic House members who aim to push the party to the left, declared victory over the 'Wall Street CEOs' she regularly rails against.

'Wall Street CEOs, from Goldman Sachs to Blackstone, poured in millions to defeat our grassroots campaign tonight. But their money couldn’t buy a movement,' she said. 'Here’s to speaking truth to power.'

Republicans have dismissed Ocasio-Cortez's ideas, like the 'Green New Deal,' as unrealistic and dangerous for the country.

Self-declared democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., spoke highly of the 30-year-old lawmaker after her primary win.

'The people in her district have spoken loudly and clearly about her leadership, her struggles for workers's (sic) rights, racial justice, climate change and many other issues,' he said. 'Taking on a well-funded opponent, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez won a landslide victory. Congratulations Alexandria.'

And Ocasio-Cortez wasn't the only far-left Democrat in New York City to have a great primary night. Middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, with the majority of the results in, holds a significant lead over longtime Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. If his lead holds, the Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders-endorsed Bowman would pull off an upset on nearly the same level as Ocasio-Cortez's victory over Crowley.

Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly and Gregg Re contributed to this report.