John, we have some breaking news.
The Chamber of Commerce, Washington’s biggest corporate lobbying group, just endorsed AOC’s opponent in New York’s 14th.
Here’s why that’s concerning: they’re a dark money group that raises millions from corporate PACs and the wealthiest people in America. We have no idea how much they’ll spend attacking AOC. The only thing we know for sure is that it will be a lot.
These corporations are afraid of the mission we represent — and they’re more than willing to dump millions of dollars into defeating progressive candidates to protect our fundamentally broken economic system.
The candidate they’re supporting might be even worse. As a former member of the board of directors at a financial firm, she raised over $1 million (most likely from high-dollar donors) to fuel her corporate challenge.
This situation exposes yet another double-standard from the DCCC — as they’ve remained completely silent about AOC’s challenger, supporting AOC as an incumbent, or condemning the Chamber of Commerce’s meddling.
We’re not waiting for them to show leadership. We’re ready to defend AOC and make sure she’s back in Congress. Are you with us?
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats