Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday that the defeat of Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., in Tuesday’s primary election to a progressive challenger is a sign that the Democratic Party has gone “hard left,” and said will be a “real drag” on the party’s ability to win back the White House in 2020.

“It was a stunning development,” McConnell said of Crowley’s loss to 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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