Democratic leader stands by attack on AOC’s top aide

Published July 16, 2019 4:31pm ET



A top House Democratic leader isn’t backing down from a weekend Twitter fight that yielded an extraordinary tweet from on high condemning Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff.

“The tweet speaks for itself,” Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told the Washington Examiner.

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