AOC Comes Out Against Progressive Following Her Own Playbook

RepresentativeAlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,aNewYorkDemocrat,issuedawarningagainstprimaryingHouseMinorityLeaderHakeemJeffriesaftersocialistNewYorkCityCouncilmemberChiOsséfiledpaperworktochallengehim. NewsweekhascontactedspokespersonsforOcasio-Cortez,OsséandJeffriesforcommentviaemail. WhyItMatters DemocratsareoptimisticabouttheirchancesofretakingcontroloftheHouseofRepresentativesinnextyear’smidterms.Iftheydoso,Jeffries,alsoaNewYorkDemocratandtheHouseminorityleader,wouldbepoisedtobecomespeaker.However,JeffrieshasfacedoppositionfromprogressivesbackhomewhoviewhimastoomoderateforhisBrooklyn-baseddistrict.HislateendorsementofNewYorkCityMayor-electZohranMamdanialsodrewbacklashfromsomeontheleft. WhatToKnow Ossé,aJeffriescritic,hasfiledpaperworktorunforCongressagainsttheHouseminorityleader,accordingtotheFederalElectionCommission.However,someofthemostprominentprogressivesinNewYork,suchasOcasio-Cortez,areholdingoutsupport. Thecongressw