{"id":2369858,"date":"2024-11-16T20:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-pushes-democratic-party-to-distance-itself-from-obama-era-insiders-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:26:09","slug":"aoc-pushes-democratic-party-to-distance-itself-from-obama-era-insiders-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-pushes-democratic-party-to-distance-itself-from-obama-era-insiders-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC pushes Democratic Party to distance itself from \u2018Obama-era insiders\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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-pushes-democratic-party-to-distance-itself-from-obama-era-insiders-washington-examiner%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=2369858&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--><p>After \u200ca challenging \u200celection for the Democratic Party, in which Republicans gained control of the presidency,\u2063 House, and Senate, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2063 (D-NY) is advocating \u2062for a \u200bshift away \u2063from \u200b&#8221;Obama-era\u2062 insiders&#8221; within the\u2063 party. She \u2063argues \u200dthat while these figures may\u2063 have \u200dbeen involved in successful\u200b presidential campaigns, they \u200balso \u2063presided over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-set-to-lose-100-million-this-year-40-of-250-million-he-paid-for-it-a-decade-ago-report-2\/\" title=\"Jeff Bezos&#039; Washington Post to lose 0M this year, 40% of its purchase price.\">significant \u2062losses<\/a> in down-ballot races. Ocasio-Cortez\u2062 emphasizes the need for\u2063 the party to seek leaders with recent successes \u200crather than revert to past strategies. Her comments come in response to \u2064Democratic strategist David Axelrod&#8217;s suggestion of appointing Rahm Emanuel, a former Obama chief \u2062of staff, as the chair\u2062 of the Democratic \u2062National Committee \u200b(DNC). The current chair, Jaime Harrison, is\u200c not\u2063 expected \u200dto run for a \u200bsecond term, prompting discussions \u200babout the direction of the party and leadership changes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">AOC pushes Democratic Party to distance itself from &lsquo;Obama-era insiders&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1882024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After a disastrous election for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> that saw Republicans secure the presidency, House, and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>, Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) is urging her party to change course, including moving away from &ldquo;Obama-era insiders&rdquo; who may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">brought back<\/a> to unify the party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AOC\/status\/1857845792267985073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on X Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez said, &ldquo;A lot of people want to bring Obama-era insiders back for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-billionaires-fueled-anti-israel-groups-backing-democrats-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How billionaires fueled anti-Israel groups backing Democrats - Washington Examiner\">party building<\/a> purposes. While those <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">folks ran successful presidential campaigns<\/a>, they also oversaw some of the largest downballot losses in modern times. Party building is different. Look to people w\/ recent successes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been close to the Trump transition process, said in a reply to the post, &ldquo;Good idea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez&rsquo;s comments are in response to Democratic strategist David Axelrod floating Rahm Emanuel as a potential chairman of the Democratic National Committee as the DNC is seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3232345\/democrats-flee-weird-label-turned-back-on-them-next-dnc-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rebranding\">rebranding<\/a> and a new chairman since current Chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his podcast <em>Hacks on Tap<\/em>, Axelrod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/aoc-blasts-rumored-dnc-chair-contender-rahm-emanuel-1986954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>, &ldquo;If they said, &lsquo;Well, what should we do? Who should lead the party?&rsquo; I would take Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, and I would bring him back from Japan and I would appoint him chairman of the Democratic National Committee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Axelrod and Emanuel both served in the first Obama administration, with Axelrod as senior adviser and Emanuel as chief of staff for two years. Emanuel is currently the U.S. ambassador to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AOC\/status\/1857841077719372194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez linked to a report of the Axelrod comments, characterizing them as a &ldquo;disease in Washington of Democrats who spend more time listening to the donor class than working people. If you want to know the seed of the party&rsquo;s political crisis, that&rsquo;s it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DNC needs an organizer who gets people. Not someone who sends fish heads in the mail,&rdquo; she added, referencing how, early in his career, Emanuel once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/markets\/us\/illinois-governor-chicago-mayor-feud-leads-to-dead-fish-idUSL1N12U2PL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sent\">sent<\/a> a message to a pollster via a dead fish.<\/p>\n<p>The House Democrat&rsquo;s criticism of various prominent figures of the first Obama administration also follows many appearances by both Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama on the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris, which ultimately ended in disappointment as Harris was routed by President-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1882024\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1882024\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOC urges Democrats to move away from &#8216;Obama-era insiders&#8217; after election losses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2369859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-democratic-party-obama-insiders.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8334,32923,17368,19220,5894],"class_list":["post-2369858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aoc","tag-democratic-party","tag-insiders","tag-obama-era","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/aoc-democratic-party-obama-insiders.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369862,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369858\/revisions\/2369862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}