Rejecting ‘Cynical Politics,’ Ocasio-Cortez Centers Workers in Primetime DNC Speech Common Dreams
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TakingthestageafterUnitedAutoWorkerspresidentShawnFaindenouncedRepublicanpresidentialnomineeDonaldTrumpasa“scab,”U.S.Rep.AlexandriaOcasio-CortezmadeevenclearerthattheDemocraticPartyisunapologeticallycenteringissuesaffectingworkingAmericansaheadoftheNovemberelections.
TheNewYorkDemocrat’sspeech—givenjustsixyearsaftershestunnedthepartyestablishmentbyoustinghigh-rankingcorporate-friendlyRep.JoeCrowley—representedashiftawayfromaDemocraticstrategythathasleanedheavilyonappealingtocentristvotersandpaintingprogressiveslikeOcasio-CortezandSen.BernieSanders(I-Vt.)asradicals,suggestedsomeobservers.
“DemocratsgivingAOCaprimetimespeakingslotatDemocraticNationalConventionmeanstheyarefinallyembracingprogressivesandacknowledgingthisispartandparceloftheirbaseandfuture,”saidjournalistWajahatAli,notingthatOcasio-Cortezwasgivenjust90secondstospeakatthe2020conventio
