Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
@Bloomberg-News·2.8M subscribers·40.1K videos

AOC Is Getting Too Mainstream for Her Progressive Base

Posted

June 26, 2024

Views

5,269

Likes

89

Comments

38

Engagement

2.41%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone mainstream. The 34-year-old New York Democrat skyrocketed to national fame in the last half decade for her ambitious progressive proposals, in-your-face brand of politics and disregard for party elders.

Now she’s serving as President Joe Biden’s emissary to disenchanted young and minority voters, two blocs the 81-year-old desperately needs to beat Donald Trump and win reelection in November.

Her evolution from firebrand to pragmatist has roiled some progressives, including those who helped her topple Representative Joseph Crowley, a 10-term incumbent and member of Democratic Party leadership.

--------

Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Subscribe to Bloomberg Originals

Bloomberg Quicktake brings you global social video spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world.

Connect with us on…

Breaking News on YouTube

Guests & Subjects Covered

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-CortezNew York DemocratPresident Joe BidensDonald TrumpNovember HerRepresentative Joseph CrowleyDemocratic PartyBloomberg Originals Bloomberg Quicktake

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.