{"id":9524,"date":"2020-03-30T09:08:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T16:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=9524"},"modified":"2020-04-04T03:01:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T10:01:18","slug":"aoc-breaks-with-bernie-on-how-to-lead-the-left-politico-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=9524","title":{"rendered":"“AOC breaks with Bernie on how to lead the left”, Politico Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alex Thompson\u00a0<\/span>and Holly Otterbein,\u00a0<\/span>

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The congresswoman is declining to back primary challengers following in her footsteps \u2014 and working within the system in Congress.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. | Samuel Corum\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Soon after her upset primary victory against a Democratic Party boss in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to St. Louis to prove her victory wasn’t a one-off by campaigning for Cori Bush, who was similarly taking on a longtime Democratic congressman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m asking for you to do is to support my sister, Cori Bush,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said at a rally<\/a>. \u201cIt is so important what we did, we just came off of this win in New York, but people were trying to say, \u2018It\u2019s just one place.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n