Chris Cuomo has harshly criticized Democrats for legitimizing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, calling her a ‘symbol of the demise’ of the party. On his podcast, he accused Ocasio-Cortez of favoring the ‘few over the many’ and warned that legitimizing her is a ‘huge f—–g mistake’ that could lead to the party’s downfall. Cuomo also criticized the party for paying attention to radical left ideologies, suggesting such actions could bring severe backlash.
Later on in the show, Cuomo continued his criticisms of Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist, warning Democrats that spotlighting her is aiding the rise of dangerous ideologies into the mainstream. He reiterated that Democrats are ‘once again valuing the few over the many,’ and warned that the ‘pickle’ they are getting themselves into by supporting Ocasio-Cortez may bring backlash upon them like they’ve never seen before.
His brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is currently challenging another democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani, in the New York City mayoral race. Mamdani beat Cuomo out for the Democratic nomination last month, but Cuomo is still running in the general election.
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville seems to be on the same page as Chris Cuomo, calling out Democrats in April for allowing Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., to define the party. Carville emphasized the party’s deep talent pool that they should be showcasing to help redefine its identity, rather than the ultra-progressive platform that representatives like Ocasio-Cortez promote.
‘There’s truly depth and talent in the Democratic Party and the faster that we can get them on the field and people seeing them, and the sooner we can get people like Bernie Sanders and AOC not defining who the party is, the better off we’re going to be,’ Carville argued.
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