Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez plans on taking Congress hostage

Published July 17, 2018 4:43pm ET



In recent years the Progressive Caucus on Capitol Hill has introduced legislation to abolish ICE, called for free college, and backed a single-payer system that would socialize American healthcare. But they’re still not radical enough for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

She shocked the establishment with her win over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, and now, the Democratic nominee wants to reorganize Congress. With its 78 House members, she suggested that the Progressive Caucus was too unwieldly to create real change. Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is calling for a more nimble, more radical “sub-caucus,” something akin to a liberal version of the House Freedom Caucus.

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