Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized New York State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic</a> Party leadership on Wednesday after results revealed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> was moving toward the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican Party</a>.
The New York congresswoman was reacting to an image from The New York Times, which revealed that New York has <a href="https://twitter.com/brianpmangan/status/1590228057021116416" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved</a> more Republican in regions across the state since the 2020 presidential election.
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NYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable.
I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position. <a href="https://t.co/WM6BJUw4do">https://t.co/WM6BJUw4do</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590356796618993664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
“NYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable,” the congresswoman tweeted. “I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position.”
Jay Jacobs currently <a href="https://www.nydems.org/about/leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serves</a> as the Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee.
Ocasio-Cortez also tweeted a link to an article about Jacobs from last year when he and other top Democrats in the state had not endorsed a candidate in the Buffalo mayoral election. Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive Democrats had thrown their support behind India Walton, who was a Democratic Socialist.
Jacobs pointed out that it wouldn’t matter who received endorsements because a Democrat would win the race no matter what because there was no Republican on the ballot. He went on to say that a party doesn’t have to endorse a candidate simply because he or she is successful in a primary. He provided a hypothetical <a href="https://twitter.com/morganfmckay/status/1450163231591473154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1450163510562988044%7Ctwgr%5E9c11ceb143dde5aa6c5bdb9f9fcd0a88c089f7d1%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2021/10/19/ny-democratic-chair-jay-jacobs-under-fire-for-david-dukes-analogy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">situation</a> of if former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke won a New York Democratic primary.
“Let&#8217;s take a scenario, very different, where David Duke, you remember him, the grand wizard of the KKK, he moves to New York, he becomes a Democrat, he runs for mayor in the city of Rochester, which is a low primary turnout and he wins the Democratic line. I have to endorse David Duke? I don&#8217;t think so,” Jacobs said. “Now, of course, India Walton is not in the same category, but it just leads you to that question, is it a must? It&#8217;s not a must. It’s something you choose to do. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s an endorsement. Otherwise, they call it something else, like a requirement.”
Jacobs was criticized for his comparison and politicians even came out saying he should step down.
Jacobs later <a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2021/10/19/ny-democratic-chair-jay-jacobs-under-fire-for-david-dukes-analogy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apologized</a> in a statement, saying, “Using an extreme example of David Duke winning a primary, to make a logical point, even with stating twice the specific qualification that India Walton, was in a different category, was wrong. I should have used a different example, and for that, I apologize.”
On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted about the David Duke scandal, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590358383919476737?s=20&amp;t=XohyHRMiaLqKSrH5wpHbAA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “After leading the party to a catastrophic ballot measure loss that would’ve saved Dem House seats, the party chair (Jacobs) compared a Black woman Dem nominee to the KKK. He was protected. Last night’s underperformance is a consequence of that decision.”
“Last night’s NY underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine politics and favoring over performance, strategy, &amp; organizing. To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590359514913845249?s=20&amp;t=XohyHRMiaLqKSrH5wpHbAA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
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Last night’s NY underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine politics and favoring over performance, strategy, &amp; organizing.
To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy.
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1590359514913845249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
Ocasio-Cortez saw a victory in her own race this election cycle as she secured another term as the Democratic congresswoman from New York’s fourteenth district.

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