“Earlier this year, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received an unlikely request: A former colleague who once excoriated her brand of left-wing politics wanted her assistance,” the Washington Post reports.
“The New York Democrat was happy to help.”
“She sent out a fall fundraising email calling centrist candidate Abigail Spanberger ‘a brawler for the working class’ — putting her stamp of approval on a former congresswoman who once fumed after a disappointing 2020 election season that she didn’t want Democrats to “use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again.” Their mutual embrace — unthinkable just a few years ago — shows the influence the democratic socialist has amassed in a party that once saw her more as hostile actor than helpful supporter.”
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