Why Is A Progressive Group Targeting Fellow Democrat Henry Cuellar?

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Note: This article is posted in the Texas Group.


Other than, perhaps, Beto O’Rourke, few politicians have generated quite as much interest or excitement lately among Democrats as freshman House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She already generated political buzz after her stunning upset over 10-term incumbent Joseph Crowley. Now, a group that backed the unabashedly progressive Ocasio-Cortez hopes to pull off a similar upset in the Lone Star State. The political committee, which calls itself Justice Democrats, now has its sights set on toppling Democrat and veteran South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar.

Dave Weigel, national political correspondent for The Washington Post, says Justice Democrats is very closely aligned with Ocasio-Cortez. The group began as a post-2016 supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. They worked to elect first-time Democrats on platforms that resembled those of Sanders – Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage.

Weigel says Ocasio-Cortez was the group’s one major success in 2018. He says they learned from their win and their losses.

“The best way to change the party is not to do kind of a Hail Mary pass in a swing district or a conservative district,” Weigel says. “It’s to find a place that is likely to elect a Democrat anyway, and making sure they elect a liberal.”

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1. The article answers the question doesn't it?

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