{"id":553928,"date":"2021-06-05T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=553928"},"modified":"2021-06-05T19:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T23:50:54","slug":"aoc-endorses-new-york-mayoral-candidate-in-apparent-bid-to-pull-progressives-away-from-andrew-yang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-endorses-new-york-mayoral-candidate-in-apparent-bid-to-pull-progressives-away-from-andrew-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC Endorses New York Mayoral Candidate In Apparent Bid To Pull Progressives Away From Andrew Yang"},"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\">32<\/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-endorses-new-york-mayoral-candidate-in-apparent-bid-to-pull-progressives-away-from-andrew-yang%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=553928&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\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1155455392.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Saturday endorsed her pick for New York City mayor, a hit to the campaign of Democratic frontrunner Andrew Yang, who has been cheered by some Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez, whose district encompasses parts of Queens and the Bronx, endorsed Maya Wiley, a civil rights attorney and former MSNBC legal analyst who has received support from several other progressive leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot afford a future where New York becomes a playground for the wealthy,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/politics\/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-endorses-maya-wiley-for-mayor\/3092081\/\">said<\/a> during her endorsement speech at a\u00a0rally outside City Hall on Saturday.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s why I think it\u2019s so important that we as a movement come together to make sure we send a progressive candidate to Gracie Mansion this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m putting Maya no. 1,\u201d the congresswoman added. \u201cMaya Wiley is the one. She will be a progressive in Gracie Mansion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t come together as a movement, we will get a New York City built by and for billionaires, and we need a city by and for working people,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said.<\/p>\n<p>Wiley also worked in Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s administration as his\u00a0general counsel. Yang has had stern words for de Blasio over the course of his mayoral campaign, saying that he believes \u201cmany New Yorkers want to turn the page from the de Blasio administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polls close on June 22 for the ranked-choice Democratic primary for New York City mayor, but early voting begins on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Yang, who ran for president in 2020,\u00a0is considered a frontrunner, along with Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, and Kathryn Garcia,\u00a0the former sanitation commissioner. Garcia and Wiley would be the city\u2019s first female mayors if elected.<\/p>\n<p>Wiley received support from other prominent Democrats, including former presidential candidate Juli\u00e1n Castro, who tweeted Saturday that she \u201chas the experience and vision to tackle New York\u2019s biggest challenges successfully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Working Families Party also endorsed Wiley the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Yang\u2019s campaign has received support from GOP donor and hedgefund billionaire Jeff Yass, who supported Republican Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX). Yass donated $500,000 to a\u00a0PAC supporting Andrew Yang.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, along with Stephen Miller, former senior policy advisor to President Trump, praised Yang for speaking out in support of Israel when conflict broke out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere,\u201d Yang tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBravo to Yang for opposing the rabidly pro-Hamas &#038; anti-Israel attacks from fellow Dems Omar &#038; Tlaib,\u201d\u00a0Sen. Ted Cruz\u00a0wrote in a tweet, referring to progressive Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p>Yang later attempted to assuage the feelings of those who were offended by his original tweet in support of Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1392450726010531844\">saying<\/a>\u00a0that some of his campaign volunteers were correct in their view that \u201cmy tweet was overly simplistic in my treatment of a conflict that has a long and complex history full of tragedies. And they felt it failed to acknowledge the pain and suffering on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he added, \u201cSupport of a people does not make one blind to the pain and suffering of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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