New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown "a tremendous mistake." She also avoided saying whether she'd primary Schumer next cycle even though it's something some Democrats are privately urging her to do. Ocasio-Cortez said that she was concentrating on keeping Democrats from backing the funding bill, during an appearance on CNN on Thursday.
House Democrats on Thursday criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would supply the needed Democrat votes to pass a GOP-crafted spending bill to avoid a federa governmenrt shutdown Friday night. Schumer announced on the Senate floor that he would vot to advacne the so-called continuing resolution despite thinking the legislation is not good.“There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement, according to The Hill newspaper. “And this is not just about progressive Democrats, This is across the board — the entire party.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for announcing that he would vote for the House-passed funding measure to avoid a government shutdown. While appearing on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" on Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez accused Schumer of capitulating to Republicans and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agenda with the Democratic Senate leader's pledge to vote for the measure. "I believe that’s a tremendous mistake," she told Tapper
