{"id":1733132,"date":"2022-11-10T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733132"},"modified":"2022-11-10T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T15:02:57","slug":"aoc-denounces-party-leadership-hours-after-avoiding-midterm-wipeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-denounces-party-leadership-hours-after-avoiding-midterm-wipeout\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Denounces Party Leadership Hours After Avoiding Midterm Wipeout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faoc-denounces-party-leadership-hours-after-avoiding-midterm-wipeout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/90-56\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>ep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/midterm-results-new-york-house-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tina-forte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) denounced party leadership in the state early Wednesday, calling on New York Democratic leaders to resign after midterm results showed the Empire State <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/sleeper-republicans-on-track-to-upset-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly trending toward the right<\/a> compared to previous elections. <\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez lamented the seemingly \u201cgutted\u201d influence Democrats have in New York, arguing party leaders in the state \u201cmust be accountable\u201d for the gains Republicans were able to make on Tuesday night. Her comments come as Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and one of the party\u2019s top lawmakers, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/midterms-results-new-york-house-sean-patrick-maloney-michael-lawler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conceded to Republican Mike Lawler<\/a> earlier Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/midterms-results-new-york-house-sean-patrick-maloney-michael-lawler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DCCC CHIEF SEAN PATRICK MALONEY CONCEDES TO LAWLER IN MAJOR DEFEAT FOR DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNYS Dem party leadership, which was gutted under [former Gov. Andrew] Cuomo, stuffed with lobbyists, works to boost GOP, and failed to pass a basic state ballot measure to protect NY redistricting, must be accountable,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1590359514913845249?s=20&#038;t=XohyHRMiaLqKSrH5wpHbAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in a tweet.<\/a> \u201cI called for Jay Jacob\u2019s resignation a year ago and I still hold that position,\u201d she added, referring to the president of New York\u2019s Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-ny-dem-chair-resign-over-david-duke-comparison-1640603\">previously called on Jacob<\/a><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-ny-dem-chair-resign-over-david-duke-comparison-1640603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s<\/a> to resign in October 2021 after the party president made comments comparing Buffalo mayoral Democratic candidate India Walton to a former Ku Klux Klan leader. The New York Democrat resurfaced those comments in a subsequent tweet, noting \u201clast night\u2019s underperformance is a consequence of that decision\u201d not to remove him from office. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night\u2019s NY underperformance is a testament to years of prioritizing calcified machine politics and favoring over performance, strategy, &#038; organizing.<\/p>\n<p>To win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1590359514913845249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a>\n             <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAfter leading the party to a catastrophic ballot measure loss that would\u2019ve saved Dem House seats, the party chair (Jacobs) compared a Black woman Dem nominee to the KKK. He was protected,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote. \u201cTo win from here, Jacobs must go and we must recenter the party to better value community leadership and small-d democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>However, her latest call for his resignation comes in response to data showing New York has increasingly trended toward Republicans since the 2020 election. <\/p>\n<p>Nearly every county in New York shifted toward the right when voting in the gubernatorial race compared to the 2020 election, according <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/11\/08\/us\/elections\/results-new-york-governor.html?action=click&#038;pgtype=Article&#038;state=default&#038;module=election-results&#038;context=election_recirc&#038;region=LiveAlertCard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to election data analyzed<\/a> by the <i>New York Times. <\/i>However, Gov. Kathy Hochul was able to fend off a challenge from Republican Lee Zeldin, securing her first full term after taking office following Cuomo\u2019s resignation last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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