Ocasio Cortez Iowa
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / oʊ ˌ k ɑː s i oʊ k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ z / (Spanish: oˈkasjo koɾˈtes; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since 2019. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will travel to Iowa this week to host campaign events for Bernie Sanders. Ocasio-Cortez will hold a rally at the University of Iowa on Friday with national surrogate Phillip Agnew. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a rally in support of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held at Iowa State University in Ames.
November 11, 2019 Joined by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Friday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders held the largest rally of any 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to date in Iowa, drawing more than. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the crowd at a rally for Bernie Sanders in Iowa City, Iowa, on January 24th. Scott Heins / Gothamist AOC is not so much a campaign surrogate for Sanders as.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the Iowa caucuses a “hot mess” and suggested the Hawkeye State should be booted from its perch as the first state to kick off the presidential election season.
“It shouldn’t be surprising or controversial to say that it’s a mess,” Ocasio-Cortez said at the Capitol Thursday. “The caucuses have been a hot mess.”
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., campaigned for Bernie Sanders in Iowa and it’s still not clear whether Sanders, I-Vt., or former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg won because of widespread and embarrassing counting problems.
She added her name to a growing chorus of Democrats who suggested 2020 should be the last time Iowa holds the first-in-the-nation contest.
“I think there are valid questions to raise as to -- should Iowa go first,” the influential New York Democrat said.
Her comments come as the debacle in Iowa got even worse.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday called for the Iowa Democratic Party to conduct a recanvass after the state's caucuses earlier this week were mired in confusion and have yet to produce a definitive result.
Perez cited difficulties with the delegate selection plan and concern over public trust in the results of Monday's caucuses after nearly three days of controversy.
'Enough is enough,' Perez tweeted Thursday. 'In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.'
By Thursday morning, with 97 percent of Iowa precincts in, Buttigieg narrowly leads the count with 26.2 percent of delegates over the 26.1 percent in favor of Sanders, according to numbers released by the Iowa Democratic Party.
With Iowa fumbling, other states are making a play to have a chance at being first in the future.
Michigan Democrats, led by Rep. Debbie Dingell, have relaunched a campaign to unseat Iowa, arguing the current system is broken and it’s time for another state to have a turn at the front.
Dingell, who famously led an effort in 2008 with former Sen. Carl Levin to have Michigan leapfrog other primary states, said she hadn’t intended to revisit that fight, but after the mess in Iowa she’s committed to building a nationwide campaign to dethrone Iowa and New Hampshire and build a primary process that's fairer.
“No one state should have a lock on going first,” Dingell said. “We need to figure out a system so that everybody has that opportunity.”
Fox News’ Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report.
Alexandria Ocasio-cortez Iowa City
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(WASHINGTON) -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear she has no interest in working with Ted Cruz.
The House representative from New York tweeted Thursday that she disagreed with Robinhood's decision to abruptly stop transactions of GameStop stock following the company's Reddit-inspired rise.
Ocasio-Cortez described the decision as 'unacceptable' and said she would support a hearing by the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
This is unacceptable.
We now need to know more about @RobinhoodApp’s decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit.
As a member of the Financial Services Cmte, I’d support a hearing if necessary. https://t.co/4Qyrolgzyt
Cruz then replied to Ocasio-Cortez's tweet, saying he agreed with her take on the latest development in the GameStop saga.
Fully agree. 👇 https://t.co/rW38zfLYGh
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 28, 2021Ocasio Cortez In Iowa
The Texas senator's response incited an angrier one from Ocasio-Cortez, who said that while she would be happy to work with Republicans on the issue where there’s 'common ground' she would not work with one who 'almost' had her 'murdered' amid the Capitol riots. A Capitol rioter who allegedly tweeted that he wanted to 'assassinate' Ocasio-Cortez is facing five federal charges.
'In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign,' she wrote.
Ocasio-Cortez has criticized Cruz for objecting to the Electoral College certification of President Joe Biden's victory on Jan. 6 -- the pretense for the rally that turned into the siege of the U.S. Capitol -- despite no substantiated evidence of voter fraud.
In another tweet, Ocasio-Cortez criticized remarks Cruz has made about 'moving on' from the insurrection on Jan. 6, saying that accountability is still needed.
'We need accountability, and that includes a new Senator from Texas,' she wrote.
While you conveniently talk about “moving on,” a second Capitol police officer lost their life yesterday in the still-raging aftermath of the attacks you had a role in.
This isn’t a joke. We need accountability, and that includes a new Senator from Texas.https://t.co/IQ69aZIt3v
Thursday wasn't the first time Cruz agreed with a stance Ocasio-Cortez has taken on Twitter.
In May 2019, Cruz agreed with a tweet Ocasio-Cortez wrote about banning former members of Congress becoming lobbyists after leaving office. Days later, he agreed with Ocasio-Cortez's tweet about making birth control available over-the-counter.
In both instances, Cruz offered to work with Ocasio-Cortez. While she did not publicly respond to Cruz's offer, she told ABC News' then-Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl that their teams were 'in communication.'
Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The Swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation? https://t.co/jPW0xkH2Yy
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 30, 2019I agree. Perhaps, in addition to the legislation we are already working on together to ban Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists, we can team up here as well. A simple, clean bill making birth control available over the counter. Interested? https://t.co/7kh3kqxN1w
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 12, 2019The two have also sparred on the social media platform previously.
In February 2020, when Ocasio-Cortez criticized former President Donald Trump's decision to put then-Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the COVID-19 task force, Cruz attempted to mock Ocasio-Cortez's own scientific knowledge.
As you are speaking as the oracle of science, tell us, what exactly is a Y chromosome? https://t.co/t4XVVzWr3A
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 27, 2020Ocasio-Cortez then fired back with some insults of her own, stating that she holds awards from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory for accomplishments in microbiology.
Sen. Cruz, while I understand you judge people’s intelligence by the lowest income they’ve had, I hold awards from MIT Lincoln Lab &others for accomplishments in microbiology.
Secondly, I’m surprised you’re asking about chromosomes given that you don’t even believe in evolution. https://t.co/vOIwJhpl7q
The Senate is gearing up to hold an impeachment trial for Trump next month on the charge of 'incitement of insurrection.'
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