Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upsets Democrat Joe Crowley

There was a shocking upset of Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in Tuesday’s New York primary, which has stunned the Democratic establishment and sets a different tone for the future battles as socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the victory.

Crowley’s loss in his Queens district to Ocasio-Cortez, 28, gives Democrats a different look as the young Latina would be the youngest woman ever elected to the House.

“I’m floored,” a senior Democratic House aide told CNN.

Ocasio-Cortez took 57 percent of the Democratic primary vote to 43 percent for Crowley.

“We meet a machine with a movement, and that is what we have done today,” Ocasio-Cortez told NY1 before the race was called. “I think what we’ve seen is that working class Americans want a clear champion and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.”

Trump tweeted after Crowley’s loss, calling him a “big Trump hater” and “perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!”

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!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2018

Crowley, the No. 4-ranking House Democrat, was widely seen as the likely successor to House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, sharing the spotlight with current House minority whip, Steny Hoyer.

Ocasio-Cortez is a former Bernie Sanders organizer who argued that the 10-term congressman was not in step with his majority-minority district and was too cozy with corporate donors. She campaigned on abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and pushing the Medicare-for-all bill championed by Sanders.

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