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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during the Climate Crisis Summit before introducing Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at Drake University on November 9, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Ocasio-Cortez has been campaigning in support of Sanders after endorsing him last month in New York City. (Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
As part of a wave of reaction to comments made by former President Barack Obama who reportedly suggested to "liberal wealthy" party donors late last week that some Democrats were going "too far left," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded by saying progressives are not pushing in some new, radical direction but rather trying to bring it back to where it came from.
"I want to be the party of the New Deal again," tweeted the freshman Democrat from New York on Saturday, referencing the era of progressive change under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt last century.
"The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people. For that, many would call us radical," she said.
"We aren't 'pushing the party left,'" Ocasio-Cortez concluded, "we are bringing the party home."
The tweet also included a new campaign ad for Sen. Bernie Sanders, who Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed in the Democratic presidential primary. The two recently campaigned together in Iowa where they championed the need for a Green New Deal and spent time with local residents in the early voting states.
\u201cI want to be the party of the New Deal again.\n\nThe party of the Civil Rights Act,\nthe one that electrified this nation and fights for all people.\n\nFor that, many would call us radical.\nBut we aren\u2019t \u201cpushing the party left,\u201d\nwe are bringing the party home.\nhttps://t.co/wLeDaxCHkZ\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1573956069
"This is about a people's movement in the United States," Ocasio-Cortez tells Iowans during a living-room meeting featured in the ad, "and this campaign is a part of that and electing Bernie Sanders is the beginning of a transformational movement in the direction of working people in America."
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As part of a wave of reaction to comments made by former President Barack Obama who reportedly suggested to "liberal wealthy" party donors late last week that some Democrats were going "too far left," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded by saying progressives are not pushing in some new, radical direction but rather trying to bring it back to where it came from.
"I want to be the party of the New Deal again," tweeted the freshman Democrat from New York on Saturday, referencing the era of progressive change under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt last century.
"The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people. For that, many would call us radical," she said.
"We aren't 'pushing the party left,'" Ocasio-Cortez concluded, "we are bringing the party home."
The tweet also included a new campaign ad for Sen. Bernie Sanders, who Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed in the Democratic presidential primary. The two recently campaigned together in Iowa where they championed the need for a Green New Deal and spent time with local residents in the early voting states.
\u201cI want to be the party of the New Deal again.\n\nThe party of the Civil Rights Act,\nthe one that electrified this nation and fights for all people.\n\nFor that, many would call us radical.\nBut we aren\u2019t \u201cpushing the party left,\u201d\nwe are bringing the party home.\nhttps://t.co/wLeDaxCHkZ\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1573956069
"This is about a people's movement in the United States," Ocasio-Cortez tells Iowans during a living-room meeting featured in the ad, "and this campaign is a part of that and electing Bernie Sanders is the beginning of a transformational movement in the direction of working people in America."
As part of a wave of reaction to comments made by former President Barack Obama who reportedly suggested to "liberal wealthy" party donors late last week that some Democrats were going "too far left," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded by saying progressives are not pushing in some new, radical direction but rather trying to bring it back to where it came from.
"I want to be the party of the New Deal again," tweeted the freshman Democrat from New York on Saturday, referencing the era of progressive change under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt last century.
"The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people. For that, many would call us radical," she said.
"We aren't 'pushing the party left,'" Ocasio-Cortez concluded, "we are bringing the party home."
The tweet also included a new campaign ad for Sen. Bernie Sanders, who Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed in the Democratic presidential primary. The two recently campaigned together in Iowa where they championed the need for a Green New Deal and spent time with local residents in the early voting states.
\u201cI want to be the party of the New Deal again.\n\nThe party of the Civil Rights Act,\nthe one that electrified this nation and fights for all people.\n\nFor that, many would call us radical.\nBut we aren\u2019t \u201cpushing the party left,\u201d\nwe are bringing the party home.\nhttps://t.co/wLeDaxCHkZ\u201d— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1573956069
"This is about a people's movement in the United States," Ocasio-Cortez tells Iowans during a living-room meeting featured in the ad, "and this campaign is a part of that and electing Bernie Sanders is the beginning of a transformational movement in the direction of working people in America."