{"id":2499846,"date":"2025-10-16T21:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-and-bernie-sanders-flip-out-on-cnns-kaitlan-collins-over-chuck-schumer-question\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:33:50","slug":"watch-aoc-and-bernie-sanders-flip-out-on-cnns-kaitlan-collins-over-chuck-schumer-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-and-bernie-sanders-flip-out-on-cnns-kaitlan-collins-over-chuck-schumer-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: AOC and Bernie Sanders Flip Out on CNN&#8217;s Kaitlan Collins Over Chuck Schumer Question"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-aoc-and-bernie-sanders-flip-out-on-cnns-kaitlan-collins-over-chuck-schumer-question%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=2499846&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>The article discusses a heated exchange during a CNN town hall involving progressive politicians Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) in the context of the ongoing government shutdown. When questioned about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s concerns over a potential primary challenge from AOC, both Sanders and ocasio-Cortez strongly dismissed the notion, though their reactions appeared exaggerated. AOC expressed frustration over political infighting distracting from critically important issues like healthcare, wages, and environmental concerns. sanders interrupted to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >emphasize broader progressive priorities<\/a> such as guaranteed healthcare, raising the minimum wage, combating homelessness, and addressing climate change. However, his interruption was seen by some as &#8220;mansplaining&#8221; and evading the direct political question about AOC&#8217;s intentions. The article suggests that the real driver behind the shutdown is Schumer&#8217;s political maneuvering to avoid dealing with Trump and the consequences for his own career,as he fears losing influence to AOC in a future primary battle. Social media responses interpreted Sanders and AOC&#8217;s behavior as theatrical attempts to divert attention from the political realities at play.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If there were an Oscar for overacting, it would be a tie between Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>The octogenarian socialist senator from Vermont and the thirtysomething Democrat from New York went into overdrive Wednesday during a CNN town hall meeting under questioning about the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>And the meltdown was as fake as a Hollywood screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AOC and Bernie have a full-blown melt down when asked if Chuck Schumer should be worried about primary challenge from AOC.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s so happening. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95HcWo6Naf\">pic.twitter.com\/95HcWo6Naf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1978644137566986472?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup'); 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        }          \/\/ Add custom styles for STN player         const style=document.createElement('style');         style.textContent=`         #videoPlayer {             min-height: 460px;             margin-bottom: 10px;         }         @media only screen and (max-width: 780px) {             #videoPlayer {                 min-height: 200px;             }         }         `;         document.head.appendChild(style);          \/\/ Add needed div for STN player         const stnDiv=document.createElement(\"div\");         \/\/ add data-stn-player attribute         stnDiv.setAttribute(\"data-stn-player\", \"s28Az7AY\");         document.getElementById(\"videoPlayer\").appendChild(stnDiv);           \/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #videoPlayer and observe it         let paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#videoPlayer\", 2);         observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ Assign user to a group window.adUserGroup=assignSplitTestGroup(); let isSubbed=getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ); 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while flubbing her lines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what we&rsquo;re talking about!&rdquo; An irate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sick of talking about these horse races and we&rsquo;re sick of leaders who only want to spend their time talking about that, instead of talking about real issues that affect our lives, instead of talking about health care, instead of talking about wages, instead of talking about having air that&rsquo;s drinkable &mdash; I mean, air that&rsquo;s breathable and water that&rsquo;s drinkable,&rdquo; the congresswoman said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/se\/date\/2025-10-15\/segment\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN transcript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it is, honestly, astonishing to me that the speaker of the House would waste his time on something so inane and silly, instead of actually worrying about his own constituents, who are suffering at the hands of his leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, teed up Collins&rsquo; next question:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But are you saying that Senator Schumer should not be worried about a primary challenge from you?&rdquo; she asked Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Cue Bernie Sanders, and his characteristic spittle-flecked outrage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me jump in on this one. Let me &mdash; this is &mdash; see, Kaitlan &hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have a country that is falling apart. We have a house &mdash; housing crisis, a health care crisis, an education crisis, massive income and wealth inequality, a corrupt campaign finance system.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the media says, are you going to run? What are you going to run for?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And then he was off to the races with the standard progressive script:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And, here, we will tell you what the real issue is. Let&rsquo;s see if CNN talks about it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;real issue,&rdquo; quoth Sanders, is actually a host of issues, all from the leftist playbook: Guaranteed health care, naturally, the minimum wage, homelessness, &ldquo;oligarchs,&rdquo; and, of course, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/activists-failed-cnns-data-guru-awe-americas-response-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s talk about that issue, not her own political future,&rdquo; Sanders said. &ldquo;She will decide that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For all the melodrama, the non-answer to Collins&rsquo; question fooled exactly nobody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">She&rsquo;s sooooo running for Senate!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Susan (@BigStuOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigStuOU\/status\/1978659898062701012?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That would a &ldquo;Yes&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; D David Steele (@DDavidSteele1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDavidSteele1\/status\/1978648344277950683?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s definitely happening. She can hardly contain herself. She&rsquo;s giddy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Snyder (@KevinSn50443721) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinSn50443721\/status\/1978645271807762868?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leave aside the fact that, as many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kendi-doubles-down-blames-disinformation-operatives-over-deleted-college-admissions-tweet-that-debunks-crt\/\" title=\"Kendi Doubles Down, Blames \u2018Disinformation Operatives\u2019 Over Deleted College Admissions Tweet That Debunks CRT\">social media users pointed<\/a> out, Sanders&rsquo; behavior was a classic example of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaks-loose-sen-hirono-interrupts-cruz-accuses-mansplaining-committee-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mansplaining<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; a know-it-all-male taking over for a woman to lecture another woman about the &ldquo;real issue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And leave aside the fact that, as many other social media users pointed out, Sanders was answering his own questions. The United States is the wealthiest country in the world precisely because it hasn&rsquo;t fallen into the global trap of the kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-sanders-defends-fidel-castro-ted-cruz-exposes-absurdity-biting-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialism he espouses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leave aside, even, AOC saying we need air that&rsquo;s &ldquo;drinkable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the purely political question of a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-disaster-aoc-crushes-schumer-primary-poll-beats-double-landslide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOC-Schumer primary fight<\/a>, this was Bernie Sanders throwing up a smoke screen by chewing up the scenery like Lionel Barrymore on a bad day.<\/p>\n<p>It was two progressive politicians denying the absolute political reality that what&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-emasculates-chuck-schumer-message-republicans-come-strike-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">driving Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s shutdown<\/a> is Schumer&rsquo;s terror. Schumer is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chuck-schumer-comes-fire-admitting-treating-shutdown-like-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing pure politics here<\/a>, knowing that signing off on any deal with President Donald Trump is going to mean signing his own political death warrant.<\/p>\n<p>As one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean&#039;s &#039;Try That in a Small Town&#039; Tops Chart Post CMT&#039;s Surrender to Woke Pressure\">social media user put<\/a> it, harkening back to the greatest dramatist of them all:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The lady doth protest too much, methinks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The lady doth protest too much, methinks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy Jaws (@Jimmy_Jaws) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimmy_Jaws\/status\/1978663874330014147?\">October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kaitlan Collins knows it. Bernie Sanders knows it.<\/p>\n<p>And Chuck Schumer, wherever he was watching this, knows it better than anyone.<\/p>\n<p>AOC is waiting. Stage left. 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