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REPORT: Democratic Socialists Planning To Primary Chuck Schumer With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Emily Zanotti

The Democratic Socialists who launched a full-on assault on the House of Representatives in 2018 are looking at bigger targets for 2022 and 2024, but they still involve the group’s most successful candidate to date, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

According to a report in Axios, “top Democrats” are expecting Ocasio-Cortez to build on the success of the small civil war she’s created between factions of the party and launch a campaign to primary one of New York’s two senators, either Sen. Chuck Schumer or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

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