Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | |
|---|---|
| Other names | AOC |
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| Born | 1989 |
| Occupation | legislator |
| Predecessor | Joe Crowley |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the United States Congress's House of Representatives from New York state's 14th District.[1] When she was elected to her first term she was the youngest woman ever elected.
Political career
Ocasio-Cortez was a volunteer for Bernie Sanders 2016 re-election campaign.[1] After his re-election she took a trip to Standing Rock, South Dakota, to join individuals protesting the construction of a petroleum pipeline.
In 2018 she decided to make a challenge from within the Democratic Party of a long-term Democratic incumbent, Joe Crowley, at the party primary.[1] She thought enough constituents had grown dissatisfied with his performance that she could win the primary and be selected her party's candidate for the 14th District. Her success surprised some observers. Ocasio-Cortez would later say some members of her party were cold to her, when she arrived in Washington, because they were unhappy that she unseated their friend Crowley.[2]
Her supporters see her as an articulate, dedicated individual with a promising career. Some senior members of her party, the Democratic Party seem to see her as brash, impatient, and insufficiently deferential to their greater experience.[3] Some of her Republican Party challengers have used sexist and demeaning language when referring to her.
During her first term Ocasio-Cortez introduced 23 bills.[1]
Ocasio-Cortez described feeling fearful during the January 6, 2021 attempt to subvert Congress's certification of the votes from the 2020 Presidential election.[2] She described fearing that angry rioters would rape her, prior to killing her.
At least one rioter sent messages to social media, calling for her to be assassinated.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Representing New York's 14th District, United States Congress. Retrieved on 2022-07-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Greg Krieg. 'I didn't think that I was just going to be killed': Ocasio-Cortez on her fears on January 6, CNN, 2021-08-09. Retrieved on 2022-07-22. “'I came in and I unseated an incumbent that, while may not have been resonant in our community, was very popular inside those, you know, smoke-filled rooms,' Ocasio-Cortez, 31, said. 'I took away a friend (from those members). And so, I walked in into a very cold environment, even within my own party.'” mirror
- ↑ Susan Page. Inside Nancy Pelosi’s War With AOC and the Squad: How the House speaker put Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her place, Politico, 2021-04-15. Retrieved on 2022-07-22. “The relationship between the speaker and AOC, her party’s most charismatic newcomer, is complicated. Colleagues and congressional aides said Pelosi saw the New York congresswoman as a talented person but one who was often naïve about how the institution worked and unrealistic about what could be achieved, and how. She feared the Squad’s demands would imperil hard-won Democratic control — the slim majority that had put Democrats in a position to change the country’s course, but not to win every battle.”
- ↑ Michael Levenson. Man Threatened to Assassinate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Officials Say, The New York Times, 2021-01-23, p. A20. Retrieved on 2022-07-22. “A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 threatened on social media to assassinate Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that day and also threatened the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot a woman as she tried to enter the Speaker’s Lobby, federal prosecutors said.”
- ↑ Victoria Bekiempis, Martin Pengelly. US man charged with threatening to 'assassinate' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Guardian, 2021-01-23. Retrieved on 2022-07-22. “According to court documents, he allegedly tweeted: 'Assassinate AOC.'”