AOC Slams Her Own Party’s Leadership in New York Following ‘Underperformance’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted a Twitter thread going off on the leadership of her own party in New York.

Ocasio-Cortez reacted to a map showing a shift towards Republicans in New York.

“NYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

She added, “I called for Jay Jacob’s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position.”

In her next tweet, Ocasio-Cortez criticized the New York state Democratic Party chair for making a decision that potentially cost Democrats in the election.

“After leading the party to a catastrophic ballot measure loss that would’ve saved Dem House seats, the party chair (Jacobs) compared a Black woman Dem nominee to the KKK. He was protected. Last night’s underperformance is a consequence of that decision,” she wrote.

Ocasio-Cortez suggested the “underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine 🏛️Politics and favoring over performance, strategy, and organizing.”

She concluded, “To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy.”

The congresswoman won reelection against Republican challenger Tina Forte.