All eyes were on the titular heads of the Democratic party: House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, who provided the response to Trump's speech insisting on funding for border-security measures, including the wall.
Since their victories last year, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar have been acclaimed as the future of the Democratic party.
Each brings her own assets and liabilities, but collectively they have become symbols of the incoming House Democratic class that is, as the party boasts, younger, more female, and more diverse.
Liberals are deluded if they believe that conservatives are merely making straw men out of Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and their fellow radical Omar.
Neither Tlaib nor Omar can match Ocasio-Cortez's appeal as the party's newest rock-star celebrity.
Observers have been noting for years that the Democratic grassroots are far more left-wing on economic and foreign-policy issues than their party's congressional leadership.
Schumer and Pelosi and their establishment cronies may have the power, but it's obvious that Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar are winning the hearts of Democratic voters and liberal journalists in ways that are bound to affect the national debate and the 2020 presidential race.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-radicals-drive-democrat-agenda/
Since their victories last year, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar have been acclaimed as the future of the Democratic party.
Each brings her own assets and liabilities, but collectively they have become symbols of the incoming House Democratic class that is, as the party boasts, younger, more female, and more diverse.
Liberals are deluded if they believe that conservatives are merely making straw men out of Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and their fellow radical Omar.
Neither Tlaib nor Omar can match Ocasio-Cortez's appeal as the party's newest rock-star celebrity.
Observers have been noting for years that the Democratic grassroots are far more left-wing on economic and foreign-policy issues than their party's congressional leadership.
Schumer and Pelosi and their establishment cronies may have the power, but it's obvious that Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Omar are winning the hearts of Democratic voters and liberal journalists in ways that are bound to affect the national debate and the 2020 presidential race.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar-radicals-drive-democrat-agenda/
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