Morning Jolt: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Loses an Election

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY

December 18 2024

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Loses an Election

On the menu today: On Tuesday, New York Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lost an election; the Democrats' youth movement in Congress is wildly overstated; and remembering another young Democratic Latino rising star who changed from the candidate of tomorrow to the candidate of yesterday in the blink of an eye.

AOC and the Democrats' Underwhelming 'Generational Transition'

My week began with Hugh Hewitt gloating about the Cleveland Browns advancing ahead of the New York Jets in the 2025 NFL Draft order, and predicting that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be "drafted" to be the next Democratic presidential nominee:

Hugh: I’m going to get you to go out on a limb early here, because in 1968 Republicans won a fractious, fractured violence-filled upheaval of an election when Richard Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey. And they came back four years later with George McGovern. So, who are the Democrats going to ...

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