From Newsgroup: nyc.politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sharply criticized an anonymous rCLsenior DemocratrCY who was quoted saying the party was rCLresignedrCY
to another four years under former President Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez, in a post on the social platform X, said Democratic members
who feel that way should rCLabsolutely retirerCY from their posts in Congress.
rCLIf yourCOre a rCysenior DemocratrCO that feels this way, you should absolutely
retire and make space for true leadership that refuses to resign themselves
to fascism,rCY Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X.
rCLThis kind of leadership is functionally useless to the American people,rCY she added. rCLRetire.rCY
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to reporting from Axios about a shift among Democrats, who say they are focusing more now on their staffs personal
safety, rather than on President BidenrCOs standing as the partyrCOs presidential nominee.
rCLWerCOve all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency,rCY a senior House
Democrat said in the Axios story.
Democrats and Republicans have both largely signaled an effort to strike a unified tone in the wake of the assassination attempt on TrumprCOs life.
The Biden campaign has paused political activity, even taking down political advertising for the time being.
https://thehill.com/
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