Big Win For The Left in US : Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beats Joe Crowley

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4th most Powerful Democrat in the House goes down to a 28 year old girl who is a real SOCIALIST !



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">SAY HER NAME! ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. <a href="https://t.co/VIpH5O3W5v">https://t.co/VIpH5O3W5v</a></p>— Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SusanSarandon/status/1011790801645527042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This would be a good time to read our extensive reporting on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (<a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ocasio2018</a>) and the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY14?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NY14</a> race. Start with this story: <a href="https://t.co/GAY7mNI5Ib">https://t.co/GAY7mNI5Ib</a> <a href="https://t.co/kyr1Rh5IU3">https://t.co/kyr1Rh5IU3</a></p>— The Intercept (@theintercept) <a href="https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1011792455702900737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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GTF in

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">attention centrists nationwide you are officially on notice</p>— Shuja Haider (@shujaxhaider) <a href="https://twitter.com/shujaxhaider/status/1011792451156180993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ocasio2018</a> ran on an ultra-progressive platform: Medicare for all, a federal jobs guarantee, making housing a human right, gun control, ending private prisons, abolishing ICE, and tuition-free public college.</p>— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1011791583489003520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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What. A. Story.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This photo is from Nov. 14, 2017. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, was then working as a bartender.<br><br>Less than a year later, she defeated the likely next Speaker of the House, and will almost certainly be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress <a href="https://t.co/JgHjdQWAF6">pic.twitter.com/JgHjdQWAF6</a></p>— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) <a href="https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1011791408162799618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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Even Trump is tweeting about this

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi’s place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he’s out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening. Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011795883925663744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We endorsed <a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ocasio2018</a> because we believe she is the future of the Democratic Party. Today, she ousted 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley. Here in New York, the progressive revolution has begun, and we could not be more proud to be a part of that movement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheMany?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheMany</a> <a href="https://t.co/uEEbbj8qaI">pic.twitter.com/uEEbbj8qaI</a></p>— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) <a href="https://twitter.com/CynthiaNixon/status/1011796491789389824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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Great campaign ad

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Crowley conceded and dedicated this song to Alexandria

'Born to Run'

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeCrowleyNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeCrowleyNY</a> is playing guitar. He dedicated the first song to <a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ocasio2018</a> — “Born to Run”<br>@ <a href="https://t.co/U3sx6mth90">pic.twitter.com/U3sx6mth90</a></p>— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) <a href="https://twitter.com/jdavidgoodman/status/1011795408383856645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">27 June 2018</a></blockquote>
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If she wasn't already an amazing person and politician...

this is what she said about Israel's massacre of unarmed civilians in Gaza


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a massacre.<br><br>I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such.<br><br>No state or entity is absolved of mass shootings of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else.<br><br>Democrats can’t be silent about this anymore. <a href="https://t.co/wJGATOtDsR">https://t.co/wJGATOtDsR</a></p>— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/996009689312825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">14 May 2018</a></blockquote>
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