Democratic voters in New York’s 14th Congressional District delivered a shock to the political system Tuesday night, rejecting the fourth-ranking member of the party’s House leadership, Representative Joseph Crowley, in favor of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former Bernie Sanders campaign organizer who has called for abolishing the nation’s immigration and customs enforcement agency.Being an admitted socialist who calls for socialism isn't part of any "liberal base". The NYT really is channeling their inner "Walter Duranty" on this one.....
In doing so, voters delivered a message to Democrats and Republicans across the country, and perhaps in Albany: The liberal base is fired up, showing up at the polls, and may be ignored only at great political risk.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The New York Times Editorial Board "Hides" Comrade Cortez's Socialist Label
The New York Times Editorial hides Comrade Cortez's radical socialist label: