Fox News host offers out-of-character praise for AOC after stunning new Chuck Schumer poll
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By ALEXA CIMINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 15:19 EDT, 5 April 2025 | Updated: 15:22 EDT, 5 April 2025
FoxNews’RachelCampos-DuffylikenedRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez toPresidentDonaldTrumpafteranewpollshowedherleadingSenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumerbydoubledigitsinahypotheticalprimary.
Thesurvey,conductedbytheprogressivefirmDataforProgress,foundthat55percentoflikelyDemocraticvotersinNewYorkpreferredOcasio-Cortez,while36percentbackedSchumer.
Ninepercentremainedundecided.Thepoll,whichhasafourpercentmarginoferror,wasconductedinlateMarchwith770respondentsviatextandonlinepanels.
TheresultsfollowgrowingdissatisfactionwithSchumeramongDemocrats,particularlyafterhesupportedaGOP-backedfundingbilltopreventagovernmentshutdown —amovehecontinuestodefend.
DanielleDeiseroth,executivedirectorofDataforProgress,saidthefindingsshowDemocratsarelookingforleaders‘wantingtostandup,wantingtofight,wantingtoseesomeonetakingastand
